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Developing Your Job Skills - Tip Five, Moving Your Competency Score Way Up

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

By challenging yourself to see how well you score against each competency, you will be able to assess the size of the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.

This will help you focus on how developing your job skills can really impact positively on your opportunities for success.

This sort of scoring is quite subjective and you need to be as honest as you can with yourself.

Strangely, it often means giving yourself enough credit for what you are already capable of. Many people fail to be as fair with themselves and underscore accordingly.

Which a bit crazy, but it’s true!

If you score yourself below 5/10 in any of the areas, there is quite a bit of work developing your skills to bring you up to scratch.

Over that and we are simply fine-tuning and ’spinning’ value out of what qualities are already there. It’s a good place to be!

The key now is what you are going to do about it next. And that’s where “How To Win At Assessment Centers” will make a difference!

Developing Your Job Skills - Tip Four, Measure Yourself Against Required Competencies

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

It’s time to score yourself against the guidance you’ve been able to get hold of.

Bear in mind, that even if you have been careful to select a target job that suits your personality very well, you might still feel a bit short in some areas (which you can fix) – and that’s OK.

Truth is, if you have focused on a job that you really are suited to, you may already have been developing your skills subconsciously anyway. It’s funny how that happens sometimes.

Once you have this in place, you may well feel very energized by the opportunity this has presented. You might be nearer than you first thought you were and any developing your skills will be the icing on the cake!

If you look at the competencies you have been able to get hold of, they usually number between 6 and 10 for any one job.

The key now is what you are going to do about it next. And that’s where “How To Win At Assessment Centers” will make a difference!