Here's a few activities to get you thinking about your skills and how Kloodle can help to build them

1. Assessing your Skills

2. Objectives
- Students will understand the term ʻskillʼ
- Students will be able to identify and evidence skills of different professions
- Be able to identify and evidence your own skillset in light of chosen profession

3. ACTIVITY: - Define the term “Skill”

4. - The ability to do something well
- The ʻlearnedʼ ability to carry out a task
- An action that can be practised in order to improve
- Expertise in a specific field.

5. ACTIVITY: - Think of as many skills as
possible - make a list!

6. Why are these skills important?
- 94% of hiring managers say people with strong soft skills
are more likely to be promoted to leadership positions
- Automation means humans add value via “people” and
“creative” skills
- Interviewers ask about them!
- A study conducted by Harvard University suggested that
as much as 80% of achievements in an individual’s career
are determined by soft skills and only 20% by hard skills

7. Each career pathway will have a different
set of skills required to be successful
There will be some overlap
Importance will vary

8. ACTIVITY: - Get Career Wise! Pick
a career and identify the key skills
1. Select a career you’re interested in
2. Identify 5 skills crucial to success in this
field
3. Identify an example in your own life where
you have demonstrated this skill - the
more specific the better!
4. If you’re struggling to pick a career, use
this list: -
Dentist – Mechanic – Hairdresser – Journalist –
Accountant – Primary school teacher – Chef –
Counsellor – Architect – Actor – Pharmacist –
Electrician – Archaeologist – Surveyor – Nurse –
Cashier – Police officer

9. Doctor
Empathy
Handling pressure
Problem solving
Communication
Analytical skills
I had 2 weeks of work experience in a care home for people
with learning difficulties. This helped me to develop empathy
skills with the residents as they struggled to communicate
their needs and often was aggressive when frustrated.
I sang a solo in the school choir in front of an audience of
700 people. I felt pressure to perform well, but was able to
do so as I practiced hard and knew all of my lines.
During D of E, we lost our way, ran out of phone battery and
had no means of communication. We managed to stay calm
and identify a route back to a nearby village to call for help.
I led a project in english at school. This required me to be in
charge of 10 people. I used email, meetings, phone calls
and WhatsApp to ensure everyone was on the same page
and knew what they were doing
I ran a marathon. As part of my training, I documented
everything including run times, meals, heart rate and sleep.
I used the data to identify the combinations of all variables
and formulate a plan for running my best time

10. Doctor
Empathy
Handling pressure
Problem solving
Communication
Analytical skills
I sang a solo in the school choir in front of an audience of
700 people. I felt pressure to perform well, but was able to
do so as I practiced hard and knew all of my lines.
I led a project in english at school. This required me to be in
charge of 10 people. I used email, meetings, phone calls
and WhatsApp to ensure everyone was on the same page
and knew what they were doing

11. ACTIVITY: - Fill in the skills
shortage sheet
1. Use the selected career from
your previous example
2. Identify the skills you struggled to
think of examples from
3. List them in a table like the one
on the right
4. Identify examples of how you
might begin to gain experiences
to build these skills
5. Even if you had a table full of
examples - you can always think
of more - you’re trying to stand
out from the crowd

12. Doctor
Empathy
Handling Pressure
Analytical Skills
Volunteer in a care home; Volunteer to help the homeless; Write an article
convincing people of why drug addiction should be considered an illness;
Write an article on what it might feel like to be the victim of racist abuse
Take up a sport; Volunteer to read in assembly; Get a part time job in
telesales; Take up a leadership role;
Write an article analysing the performance of your favourite sports star
using data; Look into the performance of your favourite company on the
stockmarket and draw conclusions; Start a food log and record its effect
on mood - draw conclusions

13. Update your profile