Beyond Bond Activity 1b: Skills Audit. June 2014

Personal Skills Audit Activity Employability Skills : Employability skills are the essential skills sought after by employers in addition to your

academic learning. These are developed through a variety of activities and experiences.

Learning objective: To assess my current level of attainment of each employability skill identified in the

Beyond Bond Activity Framework.

Activity Purpose: The Beyond Bond Activity Framework provides a wide variety of activities across the four

categories of work-based, work-related, community-based and career-exploration. Undertaking a skills

audit will assist you to focus your selection of activities and your reflections based on the skills gaps or weaknesses you identify. It is envisaged that you will update this audit as you progress through Beyond

Bond.

Task: Step 1: Using the scale below, rank yourself for the first employability skill.

Step 2: Then provide some brief supporting comments as to why you feel you are at that level.

Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the rest of the employability skills.

Step 4: Once you have completed steps 1-3, highlight any skills gaps or weaknesses.

Note: In order to obtain the 10 Beyond Bond points offered for this and the previous workshop, you must

upload your CV AND your completed Personal Skills Audit to the ILearn site by the end of week 14.

Scale: 0 = no development of this skill; 1 = very minimal development of this skill; 2 = minimal development

of this skill; 3 = good development of this skill; 4 = very good development of this skill; 5 = exceptional

development of this skill

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Employability

Skills

Description

Ranking

Supporting comments

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1 Communication –

oral/written

The ability to communicate

orally, with a level of clarity

and formality appropriate to

the context

The ability to express ideas

clearly and correctly in

written form to the style

required of the occasion.

3 Oral communication is still in

need of improvement due

to nervousness. The greater

the crowd, the harder it is to

remember necessary

information for the public.

Written communication still

needs improvement, but

not to the extent of oral

communication, because

there is more time to

processes thoughts and

present important

information and leave out

unnecessary information.

2 Teamwork

The ability to work with others

to achieve a collective goal,

ensuring clear responsibilities

and tasks, and the ability to

perform different roles to

adapt to the needs of the

group.

4 Most lab work requires

good team cooperation to

make best use of the

limited time we have in the

laboratory.

3 Leadership The ability to motivate,

encourage, energise, take

responsibility and support

3 Taking the lead role in

group projects is still in need

of development. Though,

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others while taking the lead

to achieve common goals.

because of my personality, I

enjoy encouraging and

supporting group members

to keep the motivation high

and achieve the common

goal faster and more

efficiently

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Employability

Skills

Description

Ranking

Supporting comments

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4 Self-management

The ability to set personal

goals and work steadily

towards them and organise,

prioritise and plan activities so

as to work at optimal

capacity and achieve a

desirable work/life balance.

Embracing a life-long

learning approach to skills

development.

4 The bachelor of biomedical

sciences requires an

individual to write lab

reports for different

subjects/classes and study

for mid semester and final

exams. There have been

semesters where lab reports

were due each week for 4

weeks prior to an exam.

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5 Critical thinking

The ability to identify and

think through issues from all

aspects, evaluate and

formulate a logical

framework to present a

reasoned case.

4 I feel I have a high ranking

in critical thinking because

of the skills needed to do

well in biomedical sciences.

Thinking through problems

and coming up with a

logical explanation is

required in experiments as

science is more objective

than subjective.

6 Planning/

organising

The ability to organise,

prioritise and plan activities

and events such that they

proceed at optimal capacity

and efficiency and

contribute to short term

and/or long term strategic

planning.

4 Self-management is closely

related to planning and

organising, as both skills

require optimal

management of time.

7 Information

management

The ability to know where

and how to retrieve (using

diverse technologies),

evaluate and organise

appropriate information to

address or apply to a

problem or issue.

4 The use of Bond Library

electronic resources, to find

peer reviewed journal

articles and textbooks for

evidence, in order to back

up claims when writing lab

reports.

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8 Initiative/

enterprise

Acting before being

prompted or taking a fresh

approach with energy and

enthusiasm to pursue a

project through being

creative and innovative.

3 Still in development, but lab

work require some amount

independence and

initiative.

9 Global

perspective

Adopting an approach to

issues which takes account of

cross-cultural and global

4 I have gone to an

international high school for

12 years that integrated

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perspectives and influences. multiculturalism within the

curriculum. Being

surrounded by a diverse

range of cultures

throughout my life.

10 Ethical thought &

action

Taking a responsible

approach which focuses on

integrity and ethical, moral

and cultural values and

standards.

4 As an undergraduate of

biomedical sciences, I have

learned that ethics are very

important when planning

and performing an

experiment. Additionally

the morals and standards I

have been brought up with

focuses on helping to

improve the well being of

others.

11 Sustainability Demonstrating a

commitment to development

that meets the needs of the

present without

compromising the ability of

future generations to meet

their own needs.

2 Was a member in a marine

conservation club during

high school and was

involved in a bio-rock build.

Also a member of Bond

Animal Welfare League,

contributing to the well

being of the wildlife.

Contributed in teaching

African children

schoolwork, such as math,

in high school.