How To Get A Job FAST! No.3
How To Get A Job FAST!
Identifying Your Skills (continued)
This is the hands?on category. Do you have manual skills and, if so, what specifically can you do well? More importantly, do you enjoy it? Many people have turned hobbies they love into full?time, paying work. List the skills you have as associated with any of these categories. Also list the things you dislike doing, too. Finding that job you love is as much avoidance of things you dislike as things you love to do.
Information. The final category in this part of the evaluation process is seeing how good you are and how much you enjoy working with ideas, concepts, information, specific data and technology. There are four categories to concern yourself with. Do you like creating, storing, managing or putting this information to good use?
Creating. Are you particularly good at:
? gathering information by observation?
_ gathering information through research?
_ searching for data?
_ imagining ideas or concepts?
_ inventing?
_ sensory feelings?
_ designing?
Storing. Once you’ ve assembled the information, are you good at:
? storing or filing records in file cabinets, microfiche, audio or video cassette?
_ bookkeeping?
_ computer storage?
_ retrieving the information once stored?
_ helping others retrieve the information?
_ keeping track of details?
_ memorizing?
_ filming or recording?
Managing. You must do something with the data or information you’ve assembled and stored. Are you good at:
? analyzing your data?
_ organizing?
_ classifying?
_ planning?
_ accounting?
_ writing?
_ painting?
_ drawing?
_ problem solving?
_ evaluating your data?
_ programming?
_ prioritizing?
_ decision?making?
_ dramatizing?
_ comparing with other data?
Using The Data. Once you’ve decided to use the information, are you good at:
_ disseminating the information?
_ demonstrating?
_ putting it to some use?
_ showing it to individuals or groups?
_ publishing?
_ reporting?
At this point, you should total up your positives and the negatives (what you don’t like or aren’ t very good at) in this category. You now have three categories and you should combine the lists of advantages and disadvantages to see what your strong suits are. You may find that you like observing people and taking this information and writing a script and then putting it on video or film. This comes from seriously analyzing each of these categories and finding a consistency in what you love and what you’re good at. Your next step would be to look at more specifics rather than generalities.
Specifics: It’ s time to look at items you specifically like to work with. The following list should help you check yes or no to a number of things. Keep in mind that this is by no means a complete list and you should add your own thoughts of items you either like or dislike to make it more complete. Remember, this is your list, your career, your life, so make it as close to what fits you as possible. We’re merely giving you suggestions to help your frame of reference.
Office Products: Clothing:
? desk ? all types of clothes
? computer ? dyes
? switchboard ? shoes and boots
? word processor ? sewing machine
? pen or pencils ? umbrella, raincoat, poncho
? printers ? buttons or zippers
? software ? patterns
? office machines ? knitting
Household Goods: Material:
? furniture ? paper
? appliances ? stone
? dishes ? aluminum
? laundry ? cement
? blankets ? pottery
? wallpaper ? plants
? clocks ? bricks
? pots and pans ? wood
? burglar or fire alarms ? bronze
? chimneys ? pewter
? carpet ? cloth
? paint ? steel
? tools ? brass
? tents ? paper?m?ch?
Electronic: Financial
? television ? calculator
? camera ? money
? stereo ? adding machine
? videotape recorders ? money market accounts
? radios ? cash register
? radar equipment ? ledgers
? movie equipment ? financial records
? tape recorder ? stocks
? records, CDs, cassettes ? futures
Recreation: Communication:
? musical instrument ? telephone
? games ? short?wave radios
? gambling ? telegraph
? board games ? answering machines
? sporting events ? fax machines
? kites ? printers
Transportation: Medical:
? bicycles ? x?ray machines
? automobiles ? lab testing
? trains ? medicine
? airplanes ? prosthetics
? hot air balloons ? dental equipment
? boats ? anesthetics
? subways ? vitamins
? motorcycles ? hearing aids
? RV’s ? eyeglasses
Equipment: Miscellaneous:
? guns ? books
? gym apparatus ? newspapers
? fishing rods ? videos
? lawnmowers ? magazines
? garden tools ? overhead transparencies
? rakes ? candles
? traps ? batteries
? axes ? lasers
? pesticides ? engravings
? plows ? lithographs
? harvesters ? paintings
? threshers ? silk?screens
? shovel or pick ? microscope
? tractor ? telescope
? handtrucks ? toys
? sander ? food
? drill ? wine or beer making
Your list should be fairly complete. If you’ve followed your true nature, you should begin to see a pattern? similarities indicating the type of work you were destined to do. If your interest is in film and cameras and film making, that will be clear as you review your likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses from these lists. Now you need to refine and focus.
