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Skills Tools

These skills tools offer practical guides, activities and resources to help you explore, strengthen and communicate your skills. Use them to reflect on your experiences, understand skills in demand and present what you can do with confidence.

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UofG's Tools for Reviewing Your Skills

Worksheet

Skills Review

Designed to help you reflect on your skills, strengths and areas for development.

Worksheet

Skills Action Plan

Helps you set goals, track progress and plan meaningful steps for developing your skills.

A student using a laptop to study in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub

Online Course

Your Future: Careers & Employability Moodle

Activities, videos and guides to help you explore, reflect on and articulate your skills in academic and professional contexts.

Interactive Tools

Quiz

Prospects: Career Planner

Matches your motivations, skills and strengths to possible job roles.

Lecture at the Saltire Lecture Theatre, James McCune Smith Learning Hub

Quiz

National Careers Service: Skills Assessment

Helps you understand your skills and see jobs that match your strengths.

A student using a laptop to study in the Library

Quiz

MyWorldofWork: Skills Discovery

Helps you to identify your skills and strengths and how they link to different types of work.

Several students chat in the library while studying

Online Course

Open University: My Skills Audit

A reflective tool that is part of a wider online course to assess your skills and identify areas for development.

Videos

Ted Talk: The Power of Yet

Carol Dweck is a pioneering researcher in the field of motivation, why people succeed (or don't), and how to foster success. In this video, she shares her advice for how to build a growth mindset and develop confidence in learning and improvement.

Guides and Further Reading

A student is interviewed by staff from Student Services

Guide

Imperial: Know Your Skills

Helps you to identify your skills through reflection and experience.

5 students in kelvingrove park with the Uni tower in the background

Guide

Prospects: What can I do with my degree?

Shows the skills typically developed through your subject area.

Guide

Prospects: Job Profiles

Outlines the skills needed and developed in specific professions.

Report

World Economic Forum: The Future of Jobs Report 2025

Chapter 3 ('Skills Outlook') discusses the skills currently required for work and whether these skills will increase or decrease in importance over the next five years.