I met with a career advisor on Monday and she gave me quite
a bit of homework. One of her assignments was to free write what my interests,
skills, and values are when it comes to a future career. This assignment is
meant to serve as a brainstorming organizer that will allow me to better
interpret why a future job would be a good fit for me. Below is what I
developed.
Interests
I am interested in community outreach whether that be in the
social, public or private sector. I want to work with people daily and connect
with colleagues and clients on a human level all promoting the same cause. I am
interested in community building while team building within an organization. I
recognize that these are vague interests but I am not interested in pin
pointing what I want and being disappointed if I weren’t to find it.
Skills
I am a good manager and I enjoy managing. Right now I manage
a 3 teams of midlevel managers who oversee 80 people. I provide leadership and
direction while earning respect through competency. On the daily I motivate,
collaborate, delegate, trouble shoot, discipline, and appreciate those that I
manage. Not only can I manage people but I can manage organizations, community
partners, operations, etc. I communicate well interpersonally and build rapport
with those who I depend on and those who depend on me. I have command of the
written language and can be informative and diplomatic in newsletters and
emails. I am analytical when problems arise because problems needs solutions
especially when hundreds of colleagues, community partners, children, children’s
parents, and ASU students rely on such solutions.
Values
I value social impact. I want to know that I left a career
full of meaningful work and a lending hand. I don’t intend to solve global
issues such as poverty but I hope to alleviate local problems that may have a
domino effect. I value growth within myself and an organization and I hope to
find an organization that provides room for me to develop. I value activity. I
like to keep busy and stay active whether in my job or my personal life.
I agree and can relate to what you wrote under your Interests Section. I would also like to do something to help benefit the public. I also think with your skills you will go far. It sounds like you would do well in a leadership position with your experience.
ReplyDeleteGood insight. In one of my classes with Prof. Tom, we had to write a lengthy paper about ourselves. It was very interesting to analyze yourself. We took days to write that paper. This piece of writing is short but very informative. I really liked the way you analyzed your interests, skills and values.
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