Awareness
Self-Awareness is about doing a realistic appraisal of yourself and is the starting point for career planning. During this step, you will:
- Identify your interests, skills, values, strengths, and personality types.
- Determine how these important factors influence your career decision(s) and satisfaction.
- Learn the areas in which you need to improve, gain knowledge, or experience.
Best selling author and psychologist, Daniel Goleman, states in his research on Emotional Intelligence that Self-Awareness concerns knowing one’s internal states, preferences, resources, and intuitions. The Self-Awareness contains three competencies:
- Emotional Awareness: Recognizing one’s emotions and their effects.
- Accurate Self-Assessment: Knowing one’s strengths and limits.
- Self-Confidence: A strong sense of one’s self-worth and capabilities.
Understanding who you are can better help you discover your vocation in where and how you want to serve in your work. Below you will find self-assessment tools to help you identify your interests, skills, strengths, values, and to connect them to careers.