Career Skills
The following 10 questions can help assess your need for
occupational skill training or for skills testing.
| Answer the following
questions using the key shown here: |
| A B C D |
1. I don't know what skills I need to get the
job I want. |
| A B C D |
2. I don't have the skills I need to get the
job I want. |
| A B C D |
3. I don't have the experience to get the job I
went to school for. |
| A B C D |
4. My job skills are obsolete. |
| A B C D |
5. I have to improve my skills to stay up with
the latest changes in my field. |
| A B C D |
6. I'd like to go to a vocational/technical
school to learn skills I can use on the job. |
| A B C D |
7. I have an employer who will hire me if I can
just get the tools, equipment, and/or uniform I need. |
| A B C D |
8. The only way to learn what I need to learn
is actually doing the job. |
| A B C D |
9. There are job skills I don't have that I
need to learn to be better able to get a job. |
| A B C D |
10. I have an employer who will hire me if I get training. |
Scoring:
Count the total number of A's and B's. _____.
If you have three or more, complete a Career
Skills Action Plan. |
Career Skills Action
Plan
Here are some
materials and resources that are available than I can use on my own:



Here are some classes I can take,
workshops I can attend, and groups I can join:



I can make an appointment to talk
one-on-one with a counselor on one of these topics:



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