SMART Career Choices

Survey : SECTION 8 – WHAT I CAN PROFESSIONALLY DELIVER

The competencies I have actually built, used, and strengthened over time

Before we begin – this matter…

So far, you have shared:

•    where you started,
•    how you were shaped,
•    how you learned, behaved, handled pressure, led, and where you are headed.

This section is different.

This section is not about potential or aspiration.

It is about professional competencies you have actually acquired and applied.

Think of this as:

“If I had to explain my real professional strengths to someone serious - this is what I would say.”

There is no expectation that everyone has many competencies.

Depth matters more than quantity.

How this section is structured - please read once.

You will be asked to list competencies in three bands, based on how much of your professional effort they have taken so far:

1.    Core Competencies – 50–60% of your professional effort
2.    Supporting / Momentum Competencies – 20–30% of your effort
3.    Learning & Exploration Competencies – 10–20% of your effort

For each competency, you will share three things:

1.    What the competency is….
2.    Roughly how many years it took to build (through education, training, internships, work, or practice)
3.    Where it was primarily built (organization, institution, project, or context)

This helps move away from vague claims to grounded professional reality.

8.1 Core Professional Competencies

Your primary impact strengths – what you are most relied upon for

Question;

Please list up to 3-4 core professional competencies that together account for around 50–60% of your professional contribution so far.

Why we are asking this;

These competencies usually:

•    move the needle for organisations,
•    create tangible outcomes,
•    and are the reason people trust your work.

Examples (illustrative only):

Supply chain coordination, farm extension training, ESG reporting, data analysis, community mobilisation, project execution, process optimisation, research synthesis, quality assurance.













8.2 Supporting / Momentum Competencies

Capabilities that enable, stabilise, or amplify your core work

Question;

Please list up to 2–3 supporting competencies that typically account for around 20–30% of your professional effort.

Why this matter;

These competencies:

•    keep systems running,
•    improve coordination and discipline,
•    and often support your core competencies directly.

Examples (illustrative only):

Documentation, stakeholder coordination, reporting, scheduling, vendor follow-up, team facilitation, compliance tracking, communication support.












8.3 Learning & Exploration Competencies

Capabilities you are actively building or experimenting with

Question;

Please list up to 1–2 competencies that currently take around 10–20% of your effort, and which you expect to grow in importance.

Why we are asking this;

Green roles evolve quickly.

Learning agility and exploration matter as much as experience.

Examples (illustrative only):

Carbon accounting tools, AI-assisted analysis, new regulatory frameworks, advanced data tools, regenerative practices, impact measurement methods.












Closing note for this section;

Thank you for laying out your professional competencies clearly.

This section helps translate your life journey into professional capability.

It does not replace interviews or judgement.

It simply makes them more informed.

You can update this section as your experience grows.

Competencies evolve — and so should profiles.

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