Vocations · Job Skills

You have done more
than your job titles say.

List the tasks you have actually done, wherever you did them, and sort each into one of eight career readiness competencies with the result it led to. Pick the job you want and see what you can already prove, what is missing, and three lines ready for a resume.

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Inventories

The worked example is made up: a coffee shop shift lead aiming for patient care, and a high school student applying for a summer office job. Inventories save on this device only.

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What you get

Vocations · Job SkillsAlso for Vocations · Professional Development$5

What you finish with
An inventory per target role with who you are, the role and the competencies its postings ask for; tasks from any part of life sorted into eight competencies with results; three resume lines and an interview story; evidence counted per competency, gaps against the role and flags for tasks with no result.
Who it is for
High school and college students writing a first resume, adults changing careers or returning to work, and the teachers and counselors who help them.
Format
Browser inventory with a saved record per target role. Prints an inventory, all inventories or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Job search kit ($29) and the Vocations Suite pass ($99), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Job Skills space in Caveat Vocations; also listed in the Professional Development space (for career interest and self-discovery).
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Read two or three real postings for the job and pick the competencies they mention.
  2. List at least three tasks, from anywhere in your life.
  3. Give each task a result: a number, a time saved or what changed.
  4. Fill any gap with something you can do soon: a class, a volunteer role, a project.
  5. Turn the strongest three into resume lines and one interview story.

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Making a skill transfer

From a task to a resume lineTaskCalmed upset customers and fixed ordersCompetencyCommunicationResultComplaints fell from 9 to 3 a monthResume lineCut logged complaints from 9 to 3 a monthFrom a task to a resume lineTaskCalmed upset customers and fixed ordersCompetencyCommunicationResultComplaints fell from 9 to 3 a monthResume lineCut logged complaints from 9 to 3 a month
A skill only transfers on paper when it comes with a result an employer can picture.

The eight competencies

The National Association of Colleges and Employers names eight career readiness competencies that employers look for across jobs: career and self-development, communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, leadership, professionalism, teamwork and technology. They make a common language between what you have done and what a posting asks for.

Where to look

Look at O*NET OnLine for any job title to see its typical tasks, skills and work activities; it is free and run for the U.S. Department of Labor. Matching your words to the posting’s words helps a person, and an applicant tracking system, see the fit.

Sources

  1. National Association of Colleges and Employers. Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce (2021, naceweb.org).
  2. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. O*NET OnLine (onetonline.org): tasks, skills and work activities by occupation.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor. CareerOneStop: Skills Matcher and transferable skills (careeronestop.org).
  4. U.S. Department of Labor. Employability Skills Framework (cte.ed.gov), on applied skills across jobs.

The worked example is made up. This inventory helps you describe your own experience; it is not a test and gives no score. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.