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Developing Your Job Skills - Tip Three, Be Fundamentally Honest With Yourself!

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

When you are developing your skills to meet certain role criteria, it’s critical to get really honest and clear about your current skill level right now.

You need to know clearly where you want to be (in the role in question) and where you are now (in preparation for achieving that job when it comes along), so it’s vital to be able to ’tell yourself the truth’.

Then you can start developing your skills in a targeted way.

So, with both these in mind - where you want to be to be a great candidate, likely to win and where you are right now - you can start to plot a strategy to achieve what you need, when you need it.

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

Developing Your Job Skills - Tip Two, Ask About Job Skills From Employers Directly

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

You will need to find out from a target organization just what you are going to need to do in developing your skills.

So by asking them about the competencies, job descriptions and role specifications in advance, you can get a good picture of what you need to do next.

Doing this can have unexpected benefits, because you come to a new employers attention.

Just once in a while, you won’t need to worry much about developing your skills, because getting noticed through this one act will be enough to trigger a job offer in itself!

So, by being proactive and showing up, you are putting yourself in the job marketplace without even trying!

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!