Skills audit

Definition

The skills audit is a tool included in Educational and vocational guidance, and comprises a Process of analysing knowledge, skills and competences, work experience and motivations of an individual, to identify his/her training needs, define a career project or prepare a retraining/reskilling plan.

A skills audit aims to help individuals:

• analyse their career background;
• self-assess their position in the labour environment;
• define their training needs;
• prepare themselves for validation of non-formal or informal learning outcomes;
• plan their career pathway.

^{Source: Cedefop, Glossary: Terminology of European education and training policy - A selection of key terms, 2024}

Training providers

A number of institutional and private training providers are able to offer their expertise regarding the skills audit, and may be contacted for more information.

View the list of training providers that are members of the lifelong-learning.lu portal and offer a skills audit, listed by training domain.

View the list of training courses preparatory to a skills audit or assessment of professional experience.

Help with making a career change

Various assessment tests are available online to help you gain a better knowledge of your personal and professional profile and offer guidance in choosing a new career by providing you with an initial idea of your personal profile.

More information available on the website of the Educational and Vocational Guidance Centre (Maison de l'orientation).