The 10 core competences

This section is very helpful in building my personal ethics, management and in developing my goals in life.

• Personal Management- At the present I have been improving my personal management such as time, finances and priorities in life. This area helps me to recognise strengths and weaknesses to make improvements. 
• Communication- I have been learning the qualities I need to have in order to achieve a better communication skills. Knowing this will be very helpful in my academic, personal and career life as this will always be one of the most important skill they are looking for especially in looking for job.
• Managing information- Reviewing and exploring the aspects of this area makes me realize that I just don't need to meet deadlines. I also need to review, and apply variety of ideas on my piece of work especially put acknowledgements on the sources I use to prevent plagiarism.
• Research and Analysis- I have been practising this on my day to day basis and therefore I just need to gain more knowledge and experience to be able to make improvements and better progress.
• Project, task and organisational skills- In order to meet deadlines on my career and academic life; I need to make sure that I will have back-ups and use range of assessment techniques to monitor projects and tasks. This has given me a further thought for the future tasks and projects therefore I need to expand my knowledge through reading books and articles.
• Teamwork- Building teamwork comes with a lot of complications. In order to make an effective and dynamic team in the future I need to follow the requirements needed for this section such as accept and provide feedback in a constructive and considerate way.
• Commitment to quality- This made me realize that I will always need to be aware of everything I do, such as improve my work practices and pay attention to the quality of work. This is crucial as every work I submit at work and at university gives a big impact in my present and future life.
• Personal behaviour-Developing my professional behaviour from the College gives me an opportunity to grow and improve appropriate manner for my future job position/s. 
• Social responsibility-This area makes me realize to think twice before making a final decision towards the things I do. 
• Continuous learning- I will also need to include this section onto the things I need to do at the present to the future. This is one of the most important aspect of the competences that I need to do forever. 



This is a very efficient link to look at in setting your personal goals.