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The doctor’s technical skills required many years of education and training. While the soft skills
may not seem as important, a good doctor needs to have excellent soft skills as well.

Where to find your skills:
• On the job
• In a classroom or training
• Volunteering
• Memberships / organizations / community involvement
• Hobbies
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• Past jobs

Proving You Have These Skills
While listing your skills, also think about how you can prove you actually have that skill. The career
portfolio you will create is designed to show samples of your work in an organized way. What could
you show an employer at a job interview that would prove you have these skills? Proof could come
in many ways such as: For Evaluation Only
• sample documents and materials created on the job
• a letter of recommendation
• a list of your skills, signed off by an employer or technical expert
• pictures of you performing the skill
• assignments and projects from a class
• flyer from a volunteer event you worked
• copies of certificates, awards, degrees you’ve received, membership cards

Start now to collect the proof you will put in your portfolio. Start a tote box or file folder and begin
to gather your samples. Your new motto will be: “Collect Now, Sort Later.”

4-A: Skills I Use On the Job

Instructions:
Look at the job application you filled out in Exercise 3:
1. Fill out a form for each job in your application. List the technical skills and soft skills you use
in your job.
2. Refer to the Appendix to see a listing of key skills from O-Net, the Occupational Information
Network. Look through the list to help you identify additional skills you might not have
realized you have.
3. Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook or got online to http://onet.center.org , Look up
each job and add any skills you missed to your own list. O-Net is a great source for
identifying your skills.
For example, if you are a welder, type in “welder” as a keyword in a search.
A list of related jobs, will display. Select your job and take a look at the skills that are
required to be a welder. Add to your list of skills if needed.
4. List how you will prove you have this skill in The Proof column.

30 No. 4 – Taking Inventory – Dialing Down On My Skills