Your skills tell the employer if you have the necessary background and related experience to do a good job. These can come from your life, your work, and your educational experiences. When identifying your job related skills, special emphasis must be given on how you handled data, people, things, and ideas. This includes any type of factual information. There are two questions to ask yourself when evaluating your people skills.
Every occupation uses some type of tool, machine, or piece of equipment.
No tool or piece of equipment should go overlooked. Remember, people are paid to answer the phone, drive nails and dig up dirt with shovels. This is the most overlooked part of peoples' evaluation of their own work and educational experience. It's also one that might be the most valuable. Ask yourself if you've ever come up with a good idea to make the job easier, more profitable, safer, etc.