Competence self-assessment with KODE® (online)

The economy, the market, and politics are becoming more dynamic and complex, and predictions are becoming less reliable. Decisions are increasingly being made amid uncertainty. People must organize their own actions as well as those of teams, groups, and organizations.

This places increased demands on all graduates, as they are expected to acquire not only “hard skills”—that is, specialized knowledge—but also “soft skills” or competencies during their studies. Competencies are abilities related to self-organization; they are dispositions toward self-organization. Self-organized behavior is defined as acting in open-ended problem-solving and decision-making situations within complex, often chaotic systems.

To master challenges, one needs not only the knowledge of “how to do it” but also the appropriate mindset to act competently. We offer the opportunity to measure this mindset—personal value patterns or a competency profile—using the KODE® method. This method is not a personality test; rather, it measures value orientations in various situations, which are subject to change.

As a student at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, you have the opportunity here to complete a free competency self-assessment using the KODE® method.

For more information on how the process for your competency self-assessment works, see the tutorials on using the career portal for competency development here.

On our career portal for competency development, you can log in with your university credentials and request your competency self-assessment.

The career portal serves as a guide during your studies and, by allowing you to select job families, helps you define your development goals for your dream job.

The Career Portal, as a digital assistant for competency development, offers you not only personalized development plans but also relevant events for your individual competency development.

How is the self-assessment of competencies conducted?

Log in to the career portal for competency development using your university account

• After logging in to the Career Portal for the first time, there may be isolated cases where access rights are not granted automatically.
• In this case, please contact us at kompetenzentwicklung(at)hszg.de
• You will then receive prompt confirmation that your access rights have been granted.

You can request the self-assessment of competencies under the “Competency Assessment” menu.

You will then typically receive a personal email one week before the next evaluation session with information on the competency self-assessment and your link to the questionnaire.

During the two-hour evaluation session, you will receive your competency profile evaluation and will be able to use all features of the portal.

• It is very important that you have completed your questionnaire before the evaluation session and arrive on time, as late entry for individual participants is not possible for technical reasons.
• Since this evaluation is costly, only questionnaires from participants present at the session will be evaluated.
• All completed but unanalyzed questionnaires will be deleted at the end of the session.

After the evaluation session, you can schedule another individual evaluation appointment to receive further guidance and support for your personal competency development.