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page 34 Community Development * Created needs assessment instrument containing 20 open-ended questions through research of five other such instruments. * Assessed needs of community by talking with/interviewing 20 informal leaders, 10 formal leaders, 20 randomly selected households, and 10 service providers in community. Now it is your turn. Get a notebook and begin to go through the sources of accomplishments you have found. List your accomplishments from each source in common language, categorize them, and then rework them several times. Take time out between reworking sessions. Ask your colleagues for assistance. Although this exercise focuses on your AmeriCorps service, you will want to determine your accomplishments prior to service as well. D. PACKAGE YOUR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS Finally, keep a long list of your accomplishments in your notebook or on a personal computer disk. Then pull from that list each time you need to cite or address your accomplishments. Make each use of accomplishment statements specific to the situation for which you need it. Concentrate on what is most important for that specific situation. If you are applying for private sector employment, for example, you want to present your management, communication, and computer accomplishments in a resume and/or interview. If you are applying for a graduate program in social work, however, you want to emphasize your social service, human resources, and community development accomplishments in a personal statement or admission interview. Don’t sell yourself short. Be accurate, not humble, about your accomplishments. Talk about them whenever and wherever appropriate. Sell yourself to prospective sites for your future. Finally, add your basic accomplishments categories to the “<strong>Next</strong>-Step Summary Sheet” on page 35. Personal Considerations Each person’s personal considerations are unique; yours will influence your next step after AmeriCorps. For example, are you committed to staying where you are, or can you relocate? Do you need child care? What salary level do you require? Do you have special medical, social, and/or personal needs that can be met only in certain areas? Do you need to live near family members for a particular reason? What will you seek in your next step, and what can you not do without? ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————— List your personal considerations under number 7 on the “<strong>Next</strong>-Step Summary Sheet” that follows.
NEXT-STEP SUMMARYSHEET Your Name: _____________________________________________________ Current Month/Year: _______________________________________________ 1. VALUES My three most-important work values for my next step are: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 2. SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS The six most-important self-management skills I want employers (or people who will influence my next step) to know I have are: 1. ___________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________________ 4. ___________________________________________________________ 5. ___________________________________________________________ 6. ___________________________________________________________ 3. TRANSFERABLE SKILLS The transferable skills I like to use and am really good at are: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ I prefer working with (mark preference: 1 is most preferred, 2 is next, 3 is least preferred): People Data Things The transferable skills I want to avoid in my next step are: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 4. SPECIAL-KNOWLEDGE SKILLS The special-knowledge skills I will take to my next job are: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ page 35
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