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<strong>Prepare</strong> <strong>For</strong> <strong>Success</strong><br />
Education<br />
Habit Ten – Perception Is Everything<br />
There is no doubt that self-awareness plays a crucial part in ensuring<br />
an individual achieves their goals. But what is self-awareness? It’s<br />
about knowing your internal strengths and weaknesses. It’s<br />
about seeing yourself the way the rest of the world sees you.<br />
It’s about closing the gap between perception and reality.<br />
But what does this deep self-knowledge bring you?<br />
It enables you to respond better to the various opportunities<br />
and threats that will make themselves known to you in the<br />
world today.<br />
This is heady stuff and you may ask how this applies to the jobhunting<br />
process. Simple: being self-aware and knowing your own<br />
strengths and weaknesses in terms of skills, experience and knowledge means that you can<br />
develop a more focused job search campaign; meaning you will be directing your energies<br />
towards those opportunities best suited to you. This will increase your chances of successfully<br />
securing an interview.<br />
Another advantage of being truly self-aware is that it can identify areas for personal<br />
development. <strong>For</strong> example, if through an honest self-appraisal of abilities, personality traits<br />
and behaviors you realize that you have weaknesses in communication skills, assertiveness<br />
and negotiation, then you can read books or attend courses to develop these skills. This will<br />
mean that you will be developing your skillset and increasing your employability within the<br />
job market.<br />
True self-awareness will also help you during the interview process. Knowing your strengths<br />
and weaknesses prior to attending the interview means that you can prepare more effectively<br />
by preparing counter arguments and explanations should the interviewer probe areas of<br />
weakness. Additionally, during the interview, you can put greater emphasis on personal<br />
strength areas you know to be relevant to the role.<br />
Self-awareness will also help you at the negotiation stage should you be offered a role. You<br />
will be much clearer on ‘must haves’ versus ‘nice to haves’. You can negotiate more effectively<br />
as you will know which areas to be more flexible on and which areas to stand your ground on.<br />
You can be assertive but in a far more informed way.<br />
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