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B) Skills and competencies

• Be able to identify strengths and weaknesses in a situation or plan
• Be able to demonstrate prowess, determination, will, responsibility,
adaptability, optimism.
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In the workplace this skill is particularly important, as it is linked to
understanding the context of work, accessing opportunities and risks, exploring
alternatives and exploiting challenges and innovation. This skill must
characterize mainly those who choose to start their own business.
However, in today's labor market is important to have an
entrepreneurial spirit, whether if someone wants to set up his own business or
not, entrepreneurship helps people to broaden their career opportunities and
personal development. It also helps to face the challenges and uncertainties in
workplace with resourcefulness, flexibility and efficiency.
Professional skills

Professional knowledge and skills are those which are acquired or
developed by adults through the exercise of their profession, voluntary work,
internship etc. These skills are directly related to the exercise of the individual's
profession which could be the use of machines, implementation of specific
information systems, exercise of specific activities requiring relevant training or
experience, etc.
Professional skills can make someone a competitive candidate for a
job that requires them and other professional may not have.

Self-esteem and building credibility¹²
A lack of self-confidence affects the credibility and credibility affects
a career. The definition of credibility is the quality of being believable and
worthy of trust. If you don't believe to yourself, you can't expect others to
believe in you. If you don't trust yourself, other people won't trust you either.
How to be confident and gain credibility at work:

• Know yourself
PART 1 • Be yourself, never pretend
• Trust yourself
• Practice small acts of courage
• Build your own confidence
B) Skills and competencies
• Reach out, help others

¹²E-stadiodromia.eoppep.gr Article: Basic skills and how to Develop them. Personal file of career designing

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