Self Reflection

To take steps toward shaping your professional career, it is important to have an idea of what skills you have. For example, are you someone who is highly skilled in communication, or do you excel at organizing and structuring information? The humanities profile explorer, will help you get an idea of your core areas through self-assessment.

Please make sure to answer all questions below to be able to generate a skill report.

1. I can easily reduce large amounts of information to a coherent, concise whole
2. I can analyse concrete facts on an abstract level
3. I can formulate an accurate research question
4. I can accurately apply theories, models and interpretations
5. I know how to find the information I need for my research
6. I can judge the value of research within my discipline
7. I can link conclusions to my own research
8. I can write academic texts
9. I know that my own role as interpreter is crucial to my analyses: I always relate my understanding of truth to myself
10. I can interpret facts in their historical context
11. I can take a bird's-eye view of what I am working on and use that to gain new insights
12. I understand the benefits and drawbacks of the methods that are commonly used within my discipline
13. I can interpret research findings
14. I can discover differences between elements that appear to be very similar
15. I am keen to learn more about research
16. I see myself as a researcher within my discipline
17. I can explain matters in such a way that my audience knows what the most important points are
18. I can take information from a variety of sources and shape it into a coherent whole
19. I am capable of formulating a well-reasoned hypothesis
20. I can quickly discover the essence of a text
21. I can make a good synthesis of information
22. I can efficiently distil the essence of information
23. I can easily find reliable sources of information
24. I can conduct qualitative research
25. I can devise original questions that have not previously been asked
26. I can analyse qualitative data
27. I can find inspiration for my own research in developments in other kinds of research
28. I can communicate a message in an appealing way
29. I can describe, interpret and critically analyse the practice of teamwork
30. I can delegate tasks to others
31. I do not hesitate to take the initiative myself in order to ensure the success of a project
32. I work well as part of a team because I can communicate well with others
33. I have developed strategies to achieve optimal communication in a professional context
34. I can resolve communication problems that arise in practice
35. I can communicate a message convincingly
36. I can select an appropriate channel through which to communicate my message
37. I have the right communication skills to fulfil a leadership role
38. I give relevant feedback to the people around me, with the aim of achieving a positive collaboration
39. I am creative in finding solutions to communication-related challenges
40. I can chair a meeting
41. I have the communication skills to defuse conflicts
42. I can signal when team work is needed in order to ensure the success of a project
43. I understand the composition and structure of more than one language
44. I understand the composition and structure of at least one language
45. I see myself as a language expert
46. I can think in abstract terms about linguistic structures
47. I have above-average skills in at least one language
48. I pay attention to the way in which language varies, functions and changes in my surroundings
49. I can use more than one language
50. I can translate accurately from a source language into a target language
51. I pay attention to how language is used in day-to-day life
52. I can manage my own workload when working on a project over a long period (e.g. several months)
53. I can manage my own time and deadlines using a realistic schedule
54. I can work efficiently
55. I can divide a task into achievable smaller tasks
56. I can set my own goals
57. I can prioritise a list of tasks
58. I can work towards a deadline in such a way as to meet that deadline
59. I can retain a clear overview when working on multiple tasks at the same time
60. I am very imaginative
61. I can develop a project creatively
62. I can think out of the box to come up with new ideas
63. I am a creative thinker
64. I am artistic
65. I realise that things are not just black and white: I can also think in shades of grey
66. I can reflect empathically on life in other cultures
67. I can reflect on social diversity in a nuanced way
68. I can reflect on the similarities and differences between human behaviours and expressions from a variety of eras, regions and cultures
69. I can interpret facts in their cultural context
70. I am open to other people's ways of thinking
71. Please indicate that you “totally disagree”.
72. Please indicate that you “slightly agree”.
73. Please indicate that you “disagree”.
74. Please indicate that you “totally agree”.