Professional skills & competences
In this field you should consider all technical and professional skills you have acquired thanks to this experience; think and describe what has been the progress that will add value towards people who have not realized any mobility. It is very important that you also include any evaluation, testing or positive reference you have related to the development of work or with your level of expertise.
Imagine that your sector is transport and you have taken part in a mobility in London. In this case you should include among your competencies your ability to drive on the left. This example will help you to understand that within this category you should include those skills that can only be acquired in the socio-labour context of the country that has made the mobility possible.
Co-operating and teamwork skills and competences
- Managing relations with other members of the team/workmates efficiently
- Giving advice and support when hiring and laying-off employees
- Contributing with my own ideas effectively in a group.
- Taking a share of the responsibility in a group.
- Being assertive - rather than passive or aggressive.
- Accepting and learning from constructive criticism and giving positive, constructive feedback to others.
- Concentrating on behaviour that can be improved.
- Identifying my strengths and weaknesses.
- Working confidently within a group
- Supporting & empowering others.
- Having a Friendly and professional attitude
- Reflecting upon myself and the team
Leadership and self-confidence
- Setting objectives.
- Organising and motivating others.
- Taking the initiative
- Persevering when things are not working out.
- Taking a positive attitude to frustration/failure.
- Accepting responsibility for mistakes/wrong decisions.
- Being flexible - prepared to adapt goals in the light of changing situations.
- Being able to motivate & direct others
- Taking responsibility for the direction & actions of a team
Analytical thinking
- Interpreting schematic diagrams and flowcharts
- Gathering information systematically to establish facts & principles.
- Evaluating options based on logic & fact & presents solutions
- Clarifying the nature of a problem before deciding what action to take
- Collecting, collating, classifying and summarising data.
- Being able to use results effectively using text/graphs/tables/pictures.
- Finding where the required information is available.
- Gathering information systematically.
- Formulating questions.
- Being able to condense information/produce summary notes
- gathering material for essays;
- comparing sources of information and selecting from them to support an argument;
- using databases to search for material; researching for a project.
Decision making, personal effectiveness and determination to get things done
- Making things happen, constantly looking for better ways of doing things
- Determining the best course of action
- Targeting appropriate customers in a sales job
- Accepting responsibility for views & actions
- Working under my own direction & initiative.
Problem solving, capacity to conduct negotiation and conflict resolution
- Negotiating works hours and deadlines
- Agreeing facts and knowledge in conducting negotiations
Organisational awareness, good capacity in organising the task and time management
- Administering personnel data and information and compiling reports thereon
- Organising school events, class trips and similar tasks in an effective way.
- Deciding what steps are needed to achieve particular goals and then implementing these.
- Planning activities & carrying them through effectively
- Managing training programmes for groups, employees and leaders
- Planning the resources needed
- Managing time effectively, prioritising tasks and being able to work to deadlines.
- Prioritising tasks effectively.
- Setting objectives which are achievable and measurable.
- Identifying the steps needed to achieve goals.
- Using lists.
- Completing job-related documentation on date
- Completing work to a deadline.
- Managing the workload of several courses simultaneously
- Meeting essay deadlines
- Designing and carrying out surveys;
- Balancing academic work with extra-curricular activities and/or employment.
Commercial awareness and personal impact/confidence
- Understanding the commercial realities affecting the organisation.
- Paying care & attention to quality in all my work.
- Presenting a strong, professional, positive image to others which inspires confidence & commands respect.
Stress tolerance
- Maintaining effective performance under pressure
- Being able to work effectively under pressure/managing stress.
- Being flexible about the job type or location
Developing professionalism
- Accepting responsibility for own views and actions.
- Showing the ability to work under own direction and initiative.
- Making choices based on own judgement.
- Paying care and attention to quality in all your work.
- Taking the opportunity to learn new skills.
- Developing the drive and enthusiasm to achieve your goals.