Post on 12-May-2015
WoW® Self Awareness
Lucy Shenton
WoW® Skills Certificate
WoW® Skills Certificate Process
Questions
To be knowledgeable about your own strengths and areas for development, values, your ability to work with others
and factors which motivate you to achieve.
What is self awareness?
Why is it important?
Career Planning
Confidence
Match yourself to jobs
Employers Expect It
Interview Questions
4 areas to cover
1.Understanding and knowing yourself
2.Personal Values, Motivation, Drive and Energy
3.Relating to Others
4.My Future Planning
Understanding and knowing yourself
Your paragraph needs to address:
• Your three key strengths, related to potential employment options, with examples of how you have developed and demonstrated these
• An area /skill, related to potential employment options, you need to develop, together with a realistic action plan for overcoming your area for development
VERY ENJOYABLE
QUITE ENJOYABLE
NOT ENJOYABLE
NO EXPERIENCE
Your area for development
here!
Your key strengths here!
LOTS OF EXPERIENCE
SOME EXPERIENCE
Evidencing your skills?
University course projects
Part time jobs / holiday work
Industrial / commercial placements
Voluntary work
Travelling
Leisure activities (if relevant)
Be a STAR!
•Brief background about the situation - in context
Situation
•Providing more detail - how often, how many, how much you did etc
Task
•Actions you took – specify YOUR part in solving the problem
Actions
•Describe the POSITIVE outcome that happened
Result
A STAR Answer
SituationA good example of my organisational skills can be taken from my internship with Tesco last summer, where I was responsible for managing the marketing of various staff development events.
TaskI noticed that attendance at these events had dropped by 30% over the past 3 years and wanted to do something to improve these numbers.
ActionI designed a new promotional booklet to go out to all departments. I also included a rating sheet to collect feedback on past events and organised internal briefing sessions to raise awareness of what the staff development department could offer the employees.
ResultI utilised some of the ideas I received, made our internal systems more efficient and raised attendance by 18% in the first year.
Personal Values, Motivation, Drive and Energy
Your paragraph needs to address:
• Your work values and how they may impact on your career choices
• A significant achievement of yours, which demonstrates your drive, energy and motivation to achieve a goal
Work Values
For your work to be satisfying, it must also be compatible with your values.
Work values are things which are important to you in a job.
What are your work values?
Significant Achievement
What skills did
you utilise or develop?
What motivated you?
How did you
ensure success?
Example
To raise £500 for a local hospital, I persuaded four friends to join me last summer in a sponsored cycle around Cornwall. As well as planning the
routes, I arranged publicity and secured business sponsorship. I achieved this by phoning and
writing to local companies, approaching business associations and negotiating publicity with the local press and radio station. When severe rain
threatened the event, I convinced a local hotel to give us free accommodation and a donation in return for publicity in the local newspaper. The
final sum raised was £750.
Relating to Others
Your paragraph needs to address:
• An example of a time when you have worked in a team to achieve a task
• A situation where you have worked or dealt successfully with a difficult person. Consider how you managed your emotions, recognised their point of view and achieved a positive solution
What are the advantages of working in a team?
What makes a great team?
What makes a great team?
• Shared goals • Clearly defined roles • Active membership • Achievable goals • Leadership• Equally valued
opinions • Diverse backgrounds
• Responding positively to constructive criticism
• Respect • Motivation • Self awareness
(individually and as a team)
• Have a plan• Recognising strengths • Inclusion
Dealing with difficult people
Manage your own emotions
Positive Actions
Top tips
Stay calm
Show empathy
Focus on positive actions
Don’t take it
personally
Use your body
language
Your Future Planning
Your paragraph needs to address:
• Identify possible career options having reflected on your strengths, values, and ability to relate to others
• Identify the next steps to prepare for your career options.
What are your next steps to plan for your career?
Statement Marking Exercise
Self Awareness Resources
www.prospects.ac.uk http://destinations.ljmu.ac.ukwww.careerplayer.com/psychometrics.aspxhttp://www.windmillsonline.co.uk/interactive/index.htmlhttps://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/PLANNINGYOURCAREER/SKILLSHEALTHCHECKPages/default.aspx
http://icould.com/buzz/http://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/strengthtest