What colour is my lighthouse? 01
I have decided to make a serious effort to get a "real" job. Not just any job, but the "perfect" job for me. So, I'm doing all of the exercises in What Colour is Your Parachute?, one at a time. All in an attempt to figure out just who the hell I actually am, what career I actually want to have, and how to get it.
Not an easy thing to prepare for, kids! In fact, it's damn tough slogging. Tough enough that I'm slightly stumped right now.
I have reviewed a series of my experiences from over the years, and analyzed each for the Transferable Skills contained within. I compiled a master list of said Transferable Skills, in order of most frequent occurrence. I whittled down that list to a top 20 that I do well and enjoy doing. Then I painfully cut that list down to a top 10.
Now, I have to sort the top 10 Transferable Skills by priority. And I'm stuck.
Here's my Top 10, in no particular order:
- Researching, searching, and compiling information
- Evaluating, appraising, deciding, making recommendations
- Keeping track of details
- Planning, laying out a process for achieving a goal
- Comparing, looking for differences or similarities
- Gathering information by studying or observing things
- Prioritizing, systematizing, classifying, or organizing
- Enabling others to find or retrieve information
- Representing others, interpreting others' ideas or language
- Adapting, improving, or developing ideas
OK all you LJ'ers out there... give me your opinion!
Especially those who know me IRL. Which of the above seem 'most like me'??
[Oh yeah, no comments about me having 'deciding' and 'organizing' in this list whilst not being able to make a decision or organize the damn list.]
Not an easy thing to prepare for, kids! In fact, it's damn tough slogging. Tough enough that I'm slightly stumped right now.
I have reviewed a series of my experiences from over the years, and analyzed each for the Transferable Skills contained within. I compiled a master list of said Transferable Skills, in order of most frequent occurrence. I whittled down that list to a top 20 that I do well and enjoy doing. Then I painfully cut that list down to a top 10.
Now, I have to sort the top 10 Transferable Skills by priority. And I'm stuck.
Here's my Top 10, in no particular order:
- Researching, searching, and compiling information
- Evaluating, appraising, deciding, making recommendations
- Keeping track of details
- Planning, laying out a process for achieving a goal
- Comparing, looking for differences or similarities
- Gathering information by studying or observing things
- Prioritizing, systematizing, classifying, or organizing
- Enabling others to find or retrieve information
- Representing others, interpreting others' ideas or language
- Adapting, improving, or developing ideas
OK all you LJ'ers out there... give me your opinion!
Especially those who know me IRL. Which of the above seem 'most like me'??
[Oh yeah, no comments about me having 'deciding' and 'organizing' in this list whilst not being able to make a decision or organize the damn list.]