Excerpts answering and posing questions
Two relevant excerpts from my health policy class reading this week:
"Self-awareness extends to a person's understanding of bis or her values and goals. Someone who is highly self-aware knows where he is beaded and wby; so, for example, he will be able to be firm in turning down a job offer that is tempting financially but does not fit with his principles or long-term goals. A person who lacks self-awareness is apt to make decisions that bring on inner turmoil by treading on buried values. "The money looked good so I signed on," someone might say two years into a job,"but the work means so little to me that I'm constantly bored." The decisions of selfaware people mesh with their values; consequently, they often find work to be energizing."
This one almost directly answers my previous journal entry. It's true, this is exactly why I should not go into nursing just for job security. And, interestingly, on Friday morning at a second job interview I was asked two questions that I wasn't really prepared for because they seemed like much more of an offer negotiation conversation than one to be expected at an interview, even a second interview with an expected answer within the next few days:
1. Q: What are your salary expectations? A: I answered with an estimate of my general expenses per year, stated as just that... "my living expenses" and did not directly answer with a salary expectation. (note: This isn't contract work, and I'm not intested in simply being the low bidder.)
2. Q: What is your job search process and how are you deciding what positions to persue? A: My current job search honestly is less about salary and more about finding a positon that interests me, that I feel to be relevant and an important area of research, and provides opportunity for growth.
"Such self-knowledge often shows itself in the hiring process. Ask a candidate to describe a time he got carried away by bis feelings and did something he later regretted. Self-aware candidates will be frank in admitting to failure - and will often tell their tales with a smile. One of the hallmarks of seifawareness is a self-deprecating sense of humor."
I'm having a hard time answering this one, but plan on thinking more about it. It's a good question to have an answer to. I'm used to being asked to describe a workplace conflict, how it was resolved, my weaknesses, and even what I did not like about a past or current positon. But, for some reason, this question is much more difficult to answer. I'm not sure I get carried away with my feelings much at work, and the few times when I do it ends up being the point at which I quit.
Fellow job seakers and recent job seekers, or bussiness/leadership types, what do you think about these questions and ideas?
"Self-awareness extends to a person's understanding of bis or her values and goals. Someone who is highly self-aware knows where he is beaded and wby; so, for example, he will be able to be firm in turning down a job offer that is tempting financially but does not fit with his principles or long-term goals. A person who lacks self-awareness is apt to make decisions that bring on inner turmoil by treading on buried values. "The money looked good so I signed on," someone might say two years into a job,"but the work means so little to me that I'm constantly bored." The decisions of selfaware people mesh with their values; consequently, they often find work to be energizing."
This one almost directly answers my previous journal entry. It's true, this is exactly why I should not go into nursing just for job security. And, interestingly, on Friday morning at a second job interview I was asked two questions that I wasn't really prepared for because they seemed like much more of an offer negotiation conversation than one to be expected at an interview, even a second interview with an expected answer within the next few days:
1. Q: What are your salary expectations? A: I answered with an estimate of my general expenses per year, stated as just that... "my living expenses" and did not directly answer with a salary expectation. (note: This isn't contract work, and I'm not intested in simply being the low bidder.)
2. Q: What is your job search process and how are you deciding what positions to persue? A: My current job search honestly is less about salary and more about finding a positon that interests me, that I feel to be relevant and an important area of research, and provides opportunity for growth.
"Such self-knowledge often shows itself in the hiring process. Ask a candidate to describe a time he got carried away by bis feelings and did something he later regretted. Self-aware candidates will be frank in admitting to failure - and will often tell their tales with a smile. One of the hallmarks of seifawareness is a self-deprecating sense of humor."
I'm having a hard time answering this one, but plan on thinking more about it. It's a good question to have an answer to. I'm used to being asked to describe a workplace conflict, how it was resolved, my weaknesses, and even what I did not like about a past or current positon. But, for some reason, this question is much more difficult to answer. I'm not sure I get carried away with my feelings much at work, and the few times when I do it ends up being the point at which I quit.
Fellow job seakers and recent job seekers, or bussiness/leadership types, what do you think about these questions and ideas?