Yes, I can! Assessing strengths and competences

02 June 2025
(4h)
campus Hasselt
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Content

When you want to take your career into your own hands, at any point in life, it is important to know yourself. However, it can be difficult to translate your daily activities and knowledge into competences or strengths. In this workshop, by Dr Ilse Van Damme (Career Center UHasselt), you will ask yourself questions like: What am I good at? What can I say about myself based on my experiences so far? What would I like to get better at? How can I talk about my strengths in an authentic way?

You will be handed tools to help you reflect upon yourself, which can be used to document your strengths and which you can fall back on at any point in your career.

Learning outcomes

After attending this workshop, you ...

  • know which language/words to use when describing talents and competences,
  • know (several of) your own strengths,
  • understand the importance of reflecting upon your strengths, with an eye to both your daily functioning, and the preparation of your further career,
  • dispose of various tools to keep track of your competency development.

Competences

You will not only reflect upon your strengths, you will also (further) develop certain competences by participating in this workshop. The following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:

  • personal effectiveness:
    • self-development
    • self-confidence
  • interpersonal competences:
    • collaboration

Practicalities

For whom?

  • PhD students and postdocs, UHasselt staff
  • 14 places available

When?

  • June 2, 2025 - 13:30-17:30

Where?

  • Campus Hasselt, Old Prison: Green room

Registration? 

  • Register via this link from February 6 until May 11, 2025.
  • As places are limited, registering does not automatically imply that you will be able to participate. You will be notified by email after the registration deadline has passed.
  • Please cancel your registration at least one week in advance in case you cannot make it (cf. cancellation & no-show policy).

Acknowledged as?

  • DS BSH: category 'career management & personal development' - workshop on career management
  • DS HLS: category 'transferable skills' - half of a course on transferable skills
  • DS ST: category 'career & personal development' - course about career development

What others say

Succesful and useful workshop for your daily and professional life, as well as your private life. It reminds me to take such training on a regular basis to stay alert. Repetition and self-evaluation is necessary to make you feel good and keep feeling good.
(participant in 2023)
This was a really interesting training that provided me with not only insights into myself, but also useful tools that I can apply to further my career and when applying for jobs.
(participant in 2022)
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