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UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
If you could see yourself as others see you, the task of self understating would not be so difficult. Writing down facts and opinions about yourself will make your taskeasier. This listing woll enanble you to compare your characteristics’ and abilities objectively with the requirements of a career. Tennyson suggests that it may help your clarify your self. Concept ifyou try to identify your needs, interests, attitudes,values, work role perceptions, and competencies.
Other questions to ask yourself include those of physical fitness, metal qualifications,educational qualifications, and personality. Your teacher or your guidance counselo shoul be able to help you with some of the specific questions to ask yourself. Most libraries have “ Choosing career” book,often containg questionnaires to guide you in seld- analysis. These book are listed in the card catalog under such headings as “ Carrers” or “Occupations”.
Aptitude test have been desiged to help youlook whitin yourself for career clues. Such tests can provide valuable information about such things as your aptitudes, abilities, skills, and interest. All test result however, should be evaluatedwith caution. Feingold and Swerdloff indicate that “ No testes, by Themselves, will tell you that you should do. Test can, however, provide clues to norrow down down in ohtner word teste are tools forguidance not answer your teacher or conunselor my utilized these tools in assisting you with your sefl appraisal. In addiotion, testing services are available to you, they usually charge a fee fortheir service. In making your self- analysisi, be sure to condier actual work experiences you may have had and to talk, if possible with people doing work in which you are interested. When you havecomplete your self – inventory, you are readu to compare your personal characteristics, interests and aptitudes with occupational or carrer requirements. Career requirements. Your next step in...