Sample assessment
Competency
Personal management
- acts with honesty, integrity and personal ethics
- recognizes personal efforts and the efforts of others
- acknowledges diverse opinions and accepts differences
- manages personal health and emotional well being
- takes responsibility and demonstrates resiliency and accountability for self
- plans and manages personal time, finances and other resources
- assesses, weighs and manages risk in the face of uncertainty
- recognizes strengths and areas for improvement
- adapts to new environments and cultures
- recognizes impact on others and demonstrates adaptability to and management of change
Your rating: Beginning
Development questions
Question:
Where and how have your experiences demonstrated competence?
Answers:
- I make an effort to compliment other staff members when they do something helpful or positive in the coffee shop where I work
- I’ve drafted a study plan for next semester to better organize my time and use strategies to keep on target
- I’ve made a personal commitment to complete this assessment to better understand the competencies I need to work on for my future success
- I chose an elective course that exposed me to new ideas
Question:
Why have you chosen your competency rating?
Answers:
- I’m not always consistent in acknowledging good work on the part of co-workers
- I don’t always respond in a receptive manner when they voice their perspectives
- I’ve made study plans before but don’t always follow them or hold myself accountable
- I haven’t completed a plan to develop the competencies I need to work on
- I recognize that I could identify new opportunities to develop this competency
Question:
What are your competency gaps?
Answers:
- I have to work hard to keep my personal life from impacting my daily work
- I don’t always take the time to listen to my co-workers when problem-solving
- I am reluctant to try new things and/or ask for help
Question:
How will you address these gaps in the future?
Answers:
- I will join a sports team to learn about a new sport and to develop leadership skills
- I will develop a new strategy to help me separate my personal life from my daily work by asking for feedback from friends and colleagues
- When my coworkers give me suggestions, I could work harder at listening and accept that they have different ways of doing things
- I can work at acknowledging the efforts of my younger siblings