John Pope
I
believe that I am able to bring the following skills to a project or working
environment:
1.
Understanding of the importance of committing time and
responsibility. During our 2nd year
group project, we sketched out a timetable of necessary meetings/milestones and
kept to these as much as possible. We
regularly had to meet up during weekends, which turned out to be very
productive.
2.
Happy to take the reigns and deal with the associated
pressure - 'carpe diem'.
3.
Good interpersonal/communication skills - happy to discuss
issues or chat at any 'level'. I am
currently student proctor to 1st year students and student representative for
the 3rd year running. I have a social
ability to get on with most people (even Senior lecturers!).
4.
Just as, if not more productive when I have a responsibility
to others as when I have to myself. I
make it a priority to perform as well as I can in all tasks undertaken (and
perseverance to see the task through), individual or group - especially in
respect of Uni work. I believe that the
result of the 2nd year project (1st degree level) underpins this.
5.
Penchant to motivate others and myself towards achieving a
common goal. Lets not concentrate on
ourselves when there is a bigger picture.
6.
Able and happy to offer civilised opinions to appropriate
discussion. During selecting the
project team, I had an initial reservation about whether or not it would be a
good idea for our group to have the numbers it has in it - this could have been
misconstrued to mean that I was unhappy about some member of the team - I
wasn't so I brought the point up.
7.
Have the presence of mind to know when to assert myself as
'referee' e.g. so to allow everyone to have their say.
8.
A professional attitude.
No matter what capacity held in I try to keep a professional
outlook. This helps me to focus on
whatever I am supposed to be doing.
9.
Able to respond constructively to suggestions for
improvement - not afraid of constructive criticism.
10.
Everyone should be treated with some degree of respect. Having had a life experience I believe that
you should treat a person you first meet with courtesy and respect.
11.
Understanding of various aspects within the computer science
domain: