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FREQUENTLY |
OFTEN |
OCCASIONALLY |
NEVER |
brainstorm new ideas |
speak to groups |
budget |
filing |
design conferences |
teach |
write reports |
drive carpool |
etc. |
organize meetings |
develop website |
etc. |
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etc. |
etc. |
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From this second list, select 15 items from the FREQUENTLY column that you enjoy doing, 15 from the OFTEN column and 10 from the OCCASIONALLY list.
Write them down and see which ones seem related to each other. Are there several that have to do with helping others? Is communication a category? Could a group of them be called “creative”? Use your own list to generalize about your skills areas. There will be more than one, probably three, fairly strong areas of ability. These are the skills you should be seeking to work with in your next career move. They’re the ones you’d like to use most frequently and you’ll feel frustrated if you don’t.
Once you have your list of preferred skills, you can scan job postings to see if there’s a match between what you want to do and what the job requires. Remember, if there’s a skill you don’t want to use, don’t put it on your resume.
Jan Cannon, MBA, PhD, has over 10 years of experience helping clients to find work that they enjoy through career coaching and resume preparation. She was an online expert with CIO.com and jobfindtoday.com and currently provides online content to the Career Connection of the Boston Herald ( http://print.jobfind.com ).
Jan speaks to groups and leads workshops on making career choices, networking, finding jobs, and staying motivated. She teaches courses on entrepreneurship for those interested in starting their own businesses. Jan has Myers Briggs™ MBTI™ and FirstStepFastTrack™ certifications and offers Inscape™ DiSC assessments.Jan's book on senior job search will be published by Capital Press in April 2005.
Jan's own web site is at http://www.CannonCareerCenter.com
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