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Prepare For Success
Assessing Your Last Role
Evaluation
When you begin the process of trying to understand and
document the characteristics and requirements of that
perfect role, as with most things, where you find yourself
today is the best place to start.
Although, whilst looking forward is very important and,
by using the role analysis element of IGH Aspire TM to
help you understand what will make you happy and
fulfilled in your new role, it is equally important to
look back and evaluate your past experiences. If only to
avoid repeating any previous errors!
By assessing your personal, professional and emotional reactions to your current or last role you
can begin to create a solid foundation on which to build your new role targets and aspirations.
Go right the way back to what you were looking for and why you accepted your last job and
then work forward from there.
Here the key questions to ask yourself to understand your last role;
• y What was I looking for when I started my last job search?
• y What attracted me to my current/last role during the recruitment process?
• y Did the role, the company, my boss deliver on these promises?
• y What didn’t they deliver on? Are these important to me?
• y Did I have a clear set of objectives when I started the search that led to my current/last
role?
• y If so, was I able to deliver on those objectives?
• y Did I like the people I worked with? And do I need to like them?
• y Did I receive recognition for my achievements? Was I made to feel valued?
• y What was acceptable and what was not? (Try drawing up two lists covering aspects such
as the hours, the travel/commute, the reward package, etc.
The most important thing as you begin to evaluate your past is to be totally, ruthlessly, honest
with yourself. It’s only by being completely straight with yourself that you get the real benefit
from the experience. Whilst you look for the failings or Habits evident in your current or last
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