Skills Audit

Name:

Competencies rating
1 - No experience
2 - Some experience
3 - An experienced student
4 - A competent and confident student
5 - A truly outstanding student – able to confidently enter the world of work
with a high level of competency.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
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• Be an effective member of a team to achieve

1 2 3 4 5
a successful outcome

• Understand your individual role and

1 2 3 4 5
contribution to a team.
Teamwork
• I understand my behaviour and impact on
others when working in and contributing to 1 2 3 4 5
the success of formal and informal teams

• Able to listen, give and receive feedback and

1 2 3 4 5
respond perceptively to others.

• Able to produce a well-structured and well

Communication - written report of substantial length. 1 2 3 4 5
written
Write clearly and in a
• Have confidence and control when writing
style appropriate to 1 2 3 4 5
different types of document in various styles.
purpose, e.g. reports,
assignments, letters.
• Able to demonstrate proficient report
1 2 3 4 5
writing skills.

• Able to communicate own ideas verbally,

1 2 3 4 5
Communication – with proficiency and confidence.
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verbal
Construct coherent • Able to explain my ideas at a range of levels. 1 2 3 4 5
arguments and
articulate ideas clearly
to a range of
audiences, formally • Able to construct arguments and present 1 2 3 4 5
and informally through these to a range of audiences.
a variety of techniques

• Show evidence of presenting information

effectively to groups. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to produce well-constructed clear

Presentation skills presentations and use audio-visual aids where 1 2 3 4 5
appropriate e.g. PowerPoint.
• Able to present work fluently and
confidently, and able to respond clearly and 1 2 3 4 5
persuasively to questions and comments.

Project management • Able to plan, organise and evaluate a given

skills 1 2 3 4 5
project.
Apply effective project
management through
the setting of goals, • Able to execute a project plan which follows
intermediate a designated schedule to produce a finished 1 2 3 4 5
milestones and piece of work within a given time period
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• Able to set and prioritise a number of
intermediate goals within an individual or
1 2 3 4 5
group project and to develop an effective
strategy and timetable for meeting them.
prioritisation of
activities • Able to make plans and balance competing
1 2 3 4 5
demands on time effectively.

• Build and maintain cooperative networks and

relationships with tutors, peers and corporate 1 2 3 4 5
representatives.
Networking
• Able to promote my unique selling points in a
networking situation with prospective 1 2 3 4 5
employers.

• Understand what effective negotiation

requires. 1 2 3 4 5

Negotiation skills • Demonstrate where I have carefully explored

my position and the other person’s position,
with the goal of finding a mutually acceptable 1 2 3 4 5
compromise, that gives us both as much of
what we want as possible.
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• Have negotiated in a situation where you
have found what the other person wants
matches what you are prepared to trade, and 1 2 3 4 5
that you are prepared to give what the other
person wants.
• Able to demonstrate my awareness of the
power dynamic in a negotiating situation and
1 2 3 4 5
how this can impact on me winning or losing a
negotiation.

• Able to work effectively unsupervised. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to manage competing demands on your

Managing self time. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to efficiently prioritise tasks 1 2 3 4 5

• Understand the skills and attributes of a

1 2 3 4 5
leader.
Managing others
• Have experience of managing or leading
1 2 3 4 5
another team or group.
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• Have experience of motivating a group and

1 2 3 4 5
giving them responsibility.

• Listen to team members and encourage

1 2 3 4 5
involvement.

• Experience of training or coaching people to

1 2 3 4 5
equip them to succeed

• Plan the work of a team, considering all that

must be accomplished, the various deadlines
1 2 3 4 5
or timeframes to be met, and the work steps
required.
• Delegate tasks and review progress to
achieve goals. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to demonstrate awareness of

individuals in a team, learn their strengths and
1 2 3 4 5
weaknesses and challenge them to achieve to
the best of their abilities.
• Can demonstrate fairness and impartiality
and be consistent when holding everyone to 1 2 3 4 5
the same standards and expectations.
• Have proven ability to challenge and/or
discipline a team member for failing to adhere 1 2 3 4 5
to standards and expectations
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• Effective use of Microsoft Office including

1 2 3 4 5
Word and Power point.

• Able to use Excel and develop and

1 2 3 4 5
manipulate spread sheets.

• Proficient in the use of email and Internet. 1 2 3 4 5

Application of IT

• Knowledge of computer hardware and how

1 2 3 4 5
to troubleshoot.

• Can use printer and photocopier efficiently. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to access online research databases. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to raise vital questions and problems,

1 2 3 4 5
formulating them clearly and precisely.

• Gather and assess relevant information,

using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively. 1 2 3 4 5
Critical thinking

• Come to well-reasoned conclusions and

solutions, testing them against relevant criteria 1 2 3 4 5
and standards.
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• Think open-mindedly within alternative

systems of thought, recognising and assessing,
1 2 3 4 5
as need be, your assumptions, implications,
and practical consequences.

• Communicate effectively with others in

figuring out solutions to complex problems,
1 2 3 4 5
without being unduly influenced by others'
thinking on the topic.

• Able to identify, clarify and describe a

1 2 3 4 5
problem (s).

• Ability to analyse the causes of a given

1 2 3 4 5
problem(s).

• Ability to identify and assess alternative

Problem solving 1 2 3 4 5
solutions.

• Able to choose a solution and implement it. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to evaluate whether the problem(s) was

1 2 3 4 5
solved or not.
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• Able to generate new ideas and approaches. 1 2 3 4 5

• Able to develop new methodologies as

Creativity 1 2 3 4 5
required.

• Able to find and implement solutions to

1 2 3 4 5
difficult problems.

• Demonstrate self-awareness and the ability

1 2 3 4 5
to identify own training needs.
Lifelong learning
• Pursue appropriate training to develop skills
1 2 3 4 5
and knowledge.

• Have a clear understanding of the theoretical

meaning and reference of moral propositions
1 2 3 4 5
and how their “truth values” (if any) may be
determined.
Ethics and social
• Familiar with the practical means of
responsibility 1 2 3 4 5
determining a moral course of action.

• Are aware how moral outcomes

1 2 3 4 5
can be achieved in specific situations.
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• Understand ethics in a business

1 2 3 4 5
context.

• Understand corporate social

1 2 3 4 5
responsibility (CSR).

• Have freely contributed to the

community through activities such as 1 2 3 4 5
volunteer work.

CAREER MANAGEMENT
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demonstrate:

• Active member of a professional institution

1 2 3 4 5
or body.
Appreciate the need for
and show commitment to
• Regularly attend seminars or presentations
1 2 3 4 5
continued professional
outside formal curriculum timetable.
development.
• Have ownership of, update and regularly
1 2 3 4 5
review a Personal Development Plan (PDP)
 • Aware of potential employers, general
Take ownership of and recruitment practices and effective job hunting 1 2 3 4 5
manage one’s techniques.
career progression, set • Have considered own career direction post-
realistic and achievable graduation and set realistic and achievable 1 2 3 4 5
goals, and identify career goals.
and develop ways to
improve employability • Have identified ways to improve your
1 2 3 4 5
employability and acted upon them.

Demonstrate an insight
into the transferable
nature of skills • Aware of the range of career opportunities
1 2 3 4 5
developed as part of within and outside the property sector.
your degree
to other work
environments and the • Fully able to demonstrate the transferable
range of career nature of the skills developed as part of your 1 2 3 4 5
opportunities within degree to other work environments.
and outside the sector.

• A broad knowledge of types of CV's,

interview techniques and standard questions
1 2 3 4 5
and recruitment techniques such as
Present one’s skills, psychometric testing.
personal attributes and
• Able to create a targeted CV which
experiences through
effectively presents your skills, attributes and 1 2 3 4 5
effective CVs,
experiences.
applications and
interviews
• Able to present your skills, attributes and
experiences effectively in a job interview 1 2 3 4 5
situation.
Commercial • Know where to look to find what channels
Awareness exist so I can keep up to date within my 1 2 3 4 5
specialism.

• Research events within organisations which

1 2 3 4 5
offer students opportunities to get involved.

• Aware of membership bodies which I am

1 2 3 4 5
able to join or get support from.

• Use social networking to keep in touch with

latest trends within my specialism. 1 2 3 4 5