As we wrap up week 8 content we went through Chapter 7 You Need To Understand More Fully Who You Are in WCIYP? You need to know who you are and what you want. If an employer were to ask could you tell me a little bit about yourself and it were to draw a blank, how would that look in the eyes of a potential employer? By doing this homework on yourself you are able to describe in detail what you are exactly looking for. Another aspect is exactly ending up with a big picture of what job is going to excite you. I know later on in my life that when I find a job that pays well but I was too late in my career to really figure out what I really wanted and I am miserable it is going to make me want to change even if the money was great. Why not try to figure out who you are earlier in life than later on. Also you wont have to wait for companies to have a vacancy in able to talk to them. When you are younger and you are able to describe yourself in detail exactly who you are and what you want to employers that will give you that competitive edge.
In the book it calls your traits inventory. You need to begin by mentally disassociating your self from your last job title. If you were a salesman or perhaps a designer you have just locked yourself in that field. You want to go through and say I am a person who... "has had these experiences." I am a person who... is skilled at doing this or that." I am a person... " is unusual in this way or that" " I am a person who... "knows a lot about this or that." The author illustrates and reinforces that we are a person not a role. You need to identify constantly what a unique person you are. Throughout the chapter it will show and tell you how to accurately make lists about yourself and to really analyze yourself and you get to know who you are and what you want.
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