Skills Profiles
Our skills profiles show what different skills look like in real situations. They can help you recognise where you are using these skills across your experiences and offer examples to help you evidence and articulate them confidently.
While our skills language includes around 250 skills, we’ve created in-depth profiles for some of the skills students most commonly want to understand and talk about:
Cognition
Cognitive skills are the fundamental abilities of your brain and are demonstrated through thinking, learning, attention, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. These are essential skills in any workplace: they help you interpret and process data, remember important information, and handle whatever challenges the position might throw at you. Demonstrating cognitive skills on your CV or in an interview can make you a stronger candiatate when applying for jobs.
Analysis
Analysis means breaking down information into smaller parts to understand how they connect and what they mean.
Decision making
Decision-making skills involve evaluating options, considering consequences, and choosing the most effective course of action.
Collection
Collection skills refer to the ability to gather data, objectively analyse information, measure quality, make comparisons, and develop evidence-based decisions. These skills are applicable across a wide range of fields and can be an asset for any position.
Digital literacy
Digital literacy is the ability to confidently find, evaluate, create, and communicate information using technology.
Evaluation
Evaluation means making judgments about the quality or value of something using specific criteria.
Communication
Communication skills refer to the ability to effectively convey information and ideas. Skills such as speaking, listening, and writing are essential in any work environment, so it is important to demonstrate your proficiency in communication on your CV or job application.
Communication
Communication is not just reading and writing, but being open-minded and using effective dialogue to build trust when working with others.
Presentation
Presentation is not just about public speaking, but structuring and communicating ideas clearly so that others can understand and engage with them.
Creation
Creation skills refer to the ability to generate new ideas, think outside of the box, and work innovatively. Employers value curiosity, creativity, and adaptability, so it is important to strengthen these skills and to highlight them in your CV or job applications.
Creative thinking
Creative thinking is the skill of using an imaginative approach in unique situations, improvising and experimenting to arrive at innovative solutions.
Innovation
Innovation is going beyond obvious answers by employing experimental and creative approaches to arrive at unique and unconventional solutions.
