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Having a sense of self and understanding your own personality can be extremely valuable when
completing a job search. In this activity, you will be able to identify and apply your individual skills, values, and traits to career paths that interest you. This could help you determine if they will bring you satisfaction in the workplace by matching with your unique personality profile.

Workplace Skills: The core knowledge, behaviors and attitudes a person needs to succeed in the workplace.

Values: Something (such as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable.

Personality Type: A cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together.

Introvert: A typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone.

Extrovert: A typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction.

**Definitions sourced from: Biz Fluent, Collins Dictionary, Merriam Webster

Consider what you know to be true about your personality at this time in your life. What do you already do/practice/value/implement that makes you employable? You can think of a one specific career, or the professional world as a whole while you complete this.

 

The following are a list of “workplace skills” that could be sought after by an employer.

Rate each workplace skill according to how strong you feel that you are in that area (1 is low and 10 is high – do not rank any skills the same).

Provide reasoning for your rankings, be honest when you consider your own personality in these areas (it is unlikely that you are very high or very low in all of them!).

 

Choose 3 of the values listed below that are the most important to who you are. Then scroll down to write a brief explanation for a time when this value played an important role in your life. Use your tools to look-up words you don’t know.

Abundance Acceptance Accountability Achievement
Adventure Advocacy Ambition Appreciation
Attractiveness Autonomy Balance Being the Best
Benevolence Boldness Brilliance Calmness
Caring Challenge Charity Cheerfulness
Cleverness Community Commitment Compassion
Cooperation Collaboration Consistency Contribution
Creativity Credibility Curiosity Daring
Decisiveness Dedication Dependability Diversity
Empathy Encouragement Enthusiasm Ethics
Excellence Expressiveness Fairness Family
Friendships Flexibility Freedom Fun
Generosity Grace Growth Flexibility
Happiness Health Honesty Humility
Humor Inclusiveness Independence Individuality
Innovation Inspiration Intelligence Intuition
Joy Kindness Knowledge Leadership
Learning Love Loyalty Making a Difference
Mindfulness Motivation Optimism Open-Mindedness
Originality Passion Performance Personal Development
Proactive Professionalism Quality Recognition
Risk Taking Safety Security Success
Teamwork Thankfulness Thoughtfulness Traditionalism
Trustworthiness Understanding Uniqueness Usefulness
Service Spirituality Stability Peace
Perfection Playfulness Popularity Power
Punctuality Relationships Reliability Resilience
Resourcefulness Responsibility Responsiveness Security
Self-Control Selflessness Simplicity Stability
Versatility Vision Warmth Wealth
Well-Being Wisdom Zeal

 

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Give an example of a time when this value played an important role in your life (at least two sentences).

2

Give an example of a time when this value played an important role in your life (at least two sentences).

3

Give an example of a time when this value played an important role in your life (at least two sentences).

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Give an example of a time when this value played an important role in your life (at least two sentences).

Most people are not 100% introverted or 100% extroverted. Use the range below to divide the line into two sections that represent your own judgement of how extroverted and how introverted you are.

Write at least three sentences.

 

Considering what makes you unique in terms of skills, values, and personality, research an occupation of your choice via the Career Browser on Next Steps Idaho.

Open the Career Browser

What does a typical day look like?

 

How does having a sense of your personality (soft skills, values, and personality type) help when considering or choosing a career? Why could it be beneficial to be knowledgeable about these things when applying or interviewing for jobs/colleges?

Click HERE to learn more about the six soft skills you learned about today, and see why they are valuable in the workplace. You can also gain tangible tips for how to improve in each area.

Or, visit Idaho LAUNCH it’s a great tool for jobseekers to connect with career planning/advice once they understand their goals and values for the workplace.