This assessment helps users recognize skills they enjoy and learn how these skills transfer between occupations. SKILLS can be used to select occupations to explore, identify ways to modify a career direction, or prepare for a job interview. SKILLS  is a self-assessment tool that begins with a skills selection process. Users can use the SKILLS worksheet or cards to review the list of 72 skills and select their preferences. SKILLS rates skills in several ways. It lists the "Top 30 Occupations" that best match the user's skills. It calculates a Holland Personality Type based on those skill preferences. It rates users' skills to clusters of occupations.

The Occ Select feature in SKILLS provides the skill coding for any occupation in the program, which can be used for comparing occupations as well as building resumes.