Start by:
- Learning interests, abilities, skills, and work values
- Listing accomplishments
- Understanding physical and psychological needs
- Assessing aspirations and motivation level
- Deciphering personal traits and characteristics
Click here to try Self-Assessment Exercises
Competency Areas
As you begin to develop a better understanding of yourself. You will gain the following competencies:
- Gain self-awareness
- Improve self-confidence
- Understand time and stress management
- Develop personal/professional management skills
- Click here to view competency definitions.
Strategies For Gaining Self-Assessment Competencies
- The following list gives concrete examples of ways to gain competencies for self-assessment.
- Take exploratory classes
- Attend workshops for study skills, time management and stress management
- Join activity clubs or professional clubs
- Allow regular time for leisure, hobbies and friends
- Identify symptoms of stress
- Identify personality style
- Identify work values
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills in expressing feelings and ideas
- Demonstrate skills in overcoming self-defeating behaviors
- Complete SIGI Plus, Strong Interest Inventory, Self Directed Search, and/or MBTI
