Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies and Career Interest ProfilerEssay Preview: Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies and Career Interest ProfilerReport this essayCareer Plan Building Activity: Competencies and Career Interest ProfilerAfter taking the Career Plan Building Activity: Competencies exercise, I found that my strengths lie in the following areas; cooperating, following instructions, adhering to values, researching, delivering results and coping with pressure. Some of these results I expected, others at first glance, were not expected. For example, I am a pretty easy going person, so I do tend to cooperate and follow instructions. I also am a very moral person, so the fact that the assessment said I am a person who upholds ethics and values, came to no surprise to me. What surprised me was the delivering results category.
I decided to use my experience to create a job-seeking job for a couple who have spent their careers making money from the various services they are offered. The problem with this approach is that this job description is a mixture of vague information, and vague messages. In other words, only specific types of jobs are available for people to write about, and not all people are willing to give us the full description (for example, I was told that my job application does not have a detailed description about a variety of career paths, but it does include several other elements such as some skills, qualifications, experience in fields that I have not yet covered in detail). I did this because I knew that when I used this approach, this would require my employer to have a complete, accessible, and honest description to give to me, as well as a detailed description of my job (I am not sure whether this is still mandatory in your organization, I was not sure if it was mandatory until the review of my application, or whether this is still required in my professional life).聽
A few questions I asked on this job description were:
路 What is my salary?
The salary was a question I was asked in my initial description. I would have thought maybe $100/hr (roughly 1 percent) would fit the definition of that “working out/doing exercises” to me.
路 What job are you doing?
There seems to be a misconception that working for a full time firm is a “paying job.”
It does not! This is a term that just makes sense, and is used in all types of jobs in America (from an individual to the entire profession of business management).
How do you know how much you actually earn?
I am not sure we really know how much we actually earn to the extent that we are living paycheck to paycheck, and I wish we could have found out in advance. 聽I would be happy to tell anyone who questions my work income that I actually live pretty comfortably, even though I currently live paycheck to paycheck at ~$16,000/hr.
In any case, as a person who knows it all, if you are willing to let me do all of the work, which I may have to do (for example, I am unemployed, and am looking for a full-time job, I will make a few thousand dollars per year) I have something else in mind for you: we are going to try not to say that money is an expense, but that it makes a huge difference. If I spend my time building and implementing value systems to build value systems based on what I actually get into, then I am absolutely not going to waste my time and resources doing anything I shouldn’t be doing in order to make it as much fun as possible.
Also, you seem to see me as someone who takes time to learn, so if you have any questions, or you just want to share something interesting I’ve mentioned, go to my web site (http://www.femmingfunemployment.com/)
I decided to use my experience to create a job-seeking job for a couple who have spent their careers making money from the various services they are offered. The problem with this approach is that this job description is a mixture of vague information, and vague messages. In other words, only specific types of jobs are available for people to write about, and not all people are willing to give us the full description (for example, I was told that my job application does not have a detailed description about a variety of career paths, but it does include several other elements such as some skills, qualifications, experience in fields that I have not yet covered in detail). I did this because I knew that when I used this approach, this would require my employer to have a complete, accessible, and honest description to give to me, as well as a detailed description of my job (I am not sure whether this is still mandatory in your organization, I was not sure if it was mandatory until the review of my application, or whether this is still required in my professional life).聽
A few questions I asked on this job description were:
路 What is my salary?
The salary was a question I was asked in my initial description. I would have thought maybe $100/hr (roughly 1 percent) would fit the definition of that “working out/doing exercises” to me.
路 What job are you doing?
There seems to be a misconception that working for a full time firm is a “paying job.”
It does not! This is a term that just makes sense, and is used in all types of jobs in America (from an individual to the entire profession of business management).
How do you know how much you actually earn?
I am not sure we really know how much we actually earn to the extent that we are living paycheck to paycheck, and I wish we could have found out in advance. 聽I would be happy to tell anyone who questions my work income that I actually live pretty comfortably, even though I currently live paycheck to paycheck at ~$16,000/hr.
In any case, as a person who knows it all, if you are willing to let me do all of the work, which I may have to do (for example, I am unemployed, and am looking for a full-time job, I will make a few thousand dollars per year) I have something else in mind for you: we are going to try not to say that money is an expense, but that it makes a huge difference. If I spend my time building and implementing value systems to build value systems based on what I actually get into, then I am absolutely not going to waste my time and resources doing anything I shouldn’t be doing in order to make it as much fun as possible.
Also, you seem to see me as someone who takes time to learn, so if you have any questions, or you just want to share something interesting I’ve mentioned, go to my web site (http://www.femmingfunemployment.com/)
I believe that understanding my personal competencies will help me to improve my critical thinking skills. For example, researching was one of my strengths. It is important to remember when improving critical thinking skills, one must be open minded with their personal biases set aside. They must also be sure to gather all facts that support and rebuke the decision. Another one of my stronger strengths was coping with pressure. To improve critical thinking, you must be able to separate yourself from the argument at hand. Being able to keep emotions under control during difficult situations is a valuable strength when learning to possess when making that separation.
Knowing my competencies will help me to evaluate arguments because I know where my strengths lie. Researching, delivering results, and being able to cope with pressure skills could help me to defend, with accurate facts, my point of view in an argument. I will be able to keep an open mind, while still defending my argument without any biased opinions.