All about your skills
Explore skills you might've learned through school, work and socialising that employers love to see.
How skills develop
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From school lessons to team sports, work to socialising — we develop skills in all sorts of ways. You'll use the same skills in different areas of your life. For example, you'll use your creativity skill when you're drawing but you might also use it to imagine new tactics for a football game.
Why skills are important
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Our unique skillsets are what make us stand out from the crowd. Whether you're applying for a job, an apprenticeship or university, the person looking at your application will be keen to know what skills you have and how you use them.
Explore the 12 meta-skills
Social intelligence
Connecting and working with others
Innovation
Defining and creating change
Self-management
Coping with on-going change