‘The unexamined life is not worth living’Socrates
Thinking about what you might like to do with your life is a big project. The thing to remember is — it’s your life — and everything has to start from where you are now.
Before you can visualise a future self, you need to look at yourself today — what interests you, what you are good at, what really matters to you — in order to evaluate possible future roles and careers which may be right for you.
Employers interested in recruiting students from the University of Gloucestershire consistently say that they are looking for graduates who are self-aware, who know their own strengths and weaknesses, who have reflected upon their experience to understand themselves better. Such people are likely to be an asset to any employer, because they have already begun to take responsibility for their own development. They will be the sort of employee who assesses their own performance critically, who looks for ways to use their strengths and seeks out opportunities to develop new skills, who interacts productively with colleagues and clients and is ready to take the initiative. If you engage in self-analysis, you can demonstrate your potential in these areas on the CV you send out for your first job after graduation.
The three sections below take you into some key areas for self-analysis.
The Story So Far — looking at the past to make sense of the presentIt’s All About You — your skills, interests, personal qualities, values and circumstances.
Thinking about what you might like to do with your life is a big project. The thing to remember is — it’s your life — and everything has to start from where you are now.
Before you can visualise a future self, you need to look at yourself today — what interests you, what you are good at, what really matters to you — in order to evaluate possible future roles and careers which may be right for you.
Employers interested in recruiting students from the University of Gloucestershire consistently say that they are looking for graduates who are self-aware, who know their own strengths and weaknesses, who have reflected upon their experience to understand themselves better. Such people are likely to be an asset to any employer, because they have already begun to take responsibility for their own development. They will be the sort of employee who assesses their own performance critically, who looks for ways to use their strengths and seeks out opportunities to develop new skills, who interacts productively with colleagues and clients and is ready to take the initiative. If you engage in self-analysis, you can demonstrate your potential in these areas on the CV you send out for your first job after graduation.
The three sections below take you into some key areas for self-analysis.
The Story So Far — looking at the past to make sense of the presentIt’s All About You — your skills, interests, personal qualities, values and circumstances.
