What must be Held in Mind and Done in Job Hunting 第3页2 Know about yourself-self-awareness
2.1 What is your type? Identifying your interests and exploring your career options
What is your type? Tall, dark, and handsome? Short, pale, and ugly? You have probably tried to answer that question a thousand times when it comes to dating. Some people think they know what they are looking for in a potential partner, whereas others rely on astrological signs. Or, if they are one of the roughly 60 percent of men and women responding to a poll conducted by Cosmopolitan magazine, they believe in love at first sight.
At face value, determining your type sounds like a simple concept, but is it really? Without understanding yourself first, finding your perfect match is going to be next to impossible. Unfortunately, a lack of self-awareness is evident not only in the world of dating, but also during the job search, when it occurs all too often. As a result, to avoid the uncertainty associated with change, we often seek out a new relationship that is similar to the one we just left, regardless of whether we were happy there. Don’t jump from one bad relationship to another. It’s time to break the cycle!
Self-awareness is critical to an effective job search because it enables you to determine what you want from your next opportunity. When you know what you are looking for, you can target careers or organizations that fit your wants and needs.
2.1.1 What do you like to do? The power of interest
Psychologist John Holland developed a well-known classification system that you can use to organize your thinking about your interest. He believed that most people can categorize their interests according to six types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. A review of these categories may help you define your strongest areas of vocational interest. Keep in mind that most jobs and occupations combine aspects of several interest categories instead of falling under the exclusive domain of any one category.
1. Realistic: Individuals with realistic interests prefer activities that involve working with tools, machinery, or animals. They often enjoy working with their hands and being outdoors. Typical realistic jobs include engineers, machinists, and farmers.
2.Investigative: Investigative people are usually analytical, methodical, precise
and curious. They enjoy solving complex mathematical problems, scientific inquiry and research. Typical investigative careers include biologists, mathematicians, research scientists, and physicians.
3. Artistic: Artistic individuals are often creative, non-conforming, original and introspective. They tend to like flexible, unstructured environments that value innovation and creativity. Typical occupations include artists, writers, designers and musicians.
4. Social: People with social interests enjoy helping and teaching others. They are often social workers, counselors, teachers, and bartenders.
5. Enterprising: Enterprising individuals are often drawn to the business world. They enjoy influencing, persuading, and leading others for the purpose of economic or organizational gain. Salespeople, attorneys, and managers are often enterprising types.
6. Conventional: People with conventional interests enjoy working with data and paper. They are often drawn to jobs or professions with high levels of administrative activities, such as accountants, secretaries, and administrators.
2.1.2 A second look at your interest
Because your likes and dislikes are such important dimensions of career success and satisfaction, list ten activities that you particularly enjoy (for example, going to movies, reading books, baking a cake) and they can help you identify your strongest areas of interest.
Secondly, list ten occupations that interest you. (Don’t worry about whether you have the ability to be successful in the occupations.)
Thirdly, list ten subjects or topics that you would like to learn more about.
When you have completed these lists, you may want to take a trip to the library or the bookstore or go online to find out more about how those interests can become a integral part of your career.
2.1.3 Finding yourself-career research
Make a list of jobs you think you might like. Then consider the reasons you are interested in them. As you gather more and more information about yourself, you’ll eventually reach a deeper understanding of what you are looking for-both personally and professionally. During your job search, you can use this insight to target employers and positions that fit your personality and skills. When you consider relationships, you can also take advantage of your increased self-awareness to determine whether you are compatible with someone. In both cases, self-awareness is a lifelong process, and it will continue to play an important role in your ability to locate jobs and develop personal relationships that are right for you in the future.
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