New june 2012 sa

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

Gordon Ramsey deals with a difficult customer

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

Self Awareness Resources

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