Connor Amlee

Hard & Soft Skills

Hard Skills: objective, quantifiable, learned skills gained through education, work and life experience.

Research & Data Collection:
★★★★☆ The ability to utilize a variety of resources, methodologies and processes  to gather  data and information on a variety of subjects.
Data Analysis, Organization & Presentation:
★★★★★ The  ability to interpret, summarize, and assemble gathered research data and prepare or present it for consumption.
Leadership & Project Management:
★★★☆☆ The ability to guide and manage a group of people, assets or resources, and unite their efforts towards a common goal.
Political Science Theory:
★★★★☆ The knowledge of the theoretical aspect of political ideologies and methodologies, and the ability to apply that knowledge critically and objectively.
Policy Analysis:
★★★★☆ The ability to use research and data to understand the effects of public policy.
Writing/Editing:
★★★★★ The ability to prepare information in a way that is both academically sound and approachable by the average person.
Community Engagement:
★★★★☆ The ability to interact, and connect with a given community through shared experiences, empathy and communication.
Public Affairs:
★★★★★ The ability to address the needs of the public as they relate to public policy and government action.  

Soft Skills:  non-technical qualities that influence interactions with others.

Communication:
★★★★☆ The ability to effectively  exchange and convey feelings, ideas and information.
Empathy:
★★★★★ The  ability to understand, relate to, and share the feelings of others.
Adaptability & Flexibility:
★★★★☆ The ability to adjust one's own structure, beliefs, approach or ideas according to a variety of new conditions through compromise and understanding of motivation and alternative forces. 
Problem-Solving:
★★★★★ The ability to use unique, innovative approaches to find and enact solutions to obstacles as they arise.
Conflict Resolution:
★★★★★ The ability to end disputes among coworkers, associates and friends  by reaching an agreement that satisfies all affected parties.
Time Management:
★★★☆☆ The ability to  prioritize tasks  in order to use time in an effective and productive way in order to achieve the most possible in as little time as possible.
Innovation & Creativity:
★★★★★ The ability think individually and uniquely, to create imaginative and new methodologies in order to establish new opportunities and approaches to common experiences.
Responsibility:
★★★★★ The ability to hold oneself accountable and take ownership of decisions and actions taken independently.
Self Awareness:
★★★☆☆ The ability to consciously know the effects of one's actions and the impact they will have on the world around them, their coworks, friends, consituents and associates.