Monday 19 November 2012

Skills Audit

I have decided to do a skills audit, as I have been applying for a lot of intern ships and have only received 1 reply. In order to increase my chances of getting a placement I am going to try and do a skills audit so that I can fill in any gaps and improve my chances.
Here are the skills that I have listed on my CV.


Communications                                                                 Organisation
Beginners Photoshop                                                         Leadership
Overlockers                                                                           Teamwork
Sewing Machines                                                                Reliable
Pattern Cutting                                                                     Trustworthy
Lasercuttings                                                                                    Approachable
Sonic Welders                                                                      Helpful
Spot Machine                                                                       Beginners Photoshop
Tape Machine
Bullet Machine
Basic Gorkana Media Datebase

So far I have a list that involves skills for Design such as the bullet machine, and skills for PR such as the Gorkana database. I am going to start having 2 CV's so that they can both be more tailed to each role. For my PR CV I am going to list these skills. 

Communications                                                                 Organisation
Beginners Photoshop                                                         Leadership
Teamwork
Reliable
Trustworthy
Approachable
Helpful
Beginners Photoshop
Basic Gorkana Media Datebase

From looking at Job descriptions the skills that I need to either improve or get, are:

A language would be advantageous, therefore I am going to try and teach myself French,so that I can put French down as a skill. I will try and buy some books and simple French movie's to start with and may in a few months buy one of the interactive French programmes if I feel that French is something I possibly could learn. 

More Experience is needed. Many of the job descriptions are very explicit that you must have experience in the PR sector that they are in such as finance or travel. I therefore this year am going to try and get as many general PR/Social media placements as I can, and when I do my year out try to get some more specialised PR that is involved with fashion so that I can start to move into the area that I want to be in. 

For now these are the skills that I am going to work on, I am also going to read some of the books that people doing a Communications degree would read, so that I can try and get some more information and learn more about the different area's in PR.

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