Strengths are what we were traditionally taught to use as a basis for a career plan. It includes the areas where you excel — your strengths — as well as skills, talents, personality traits, experiences, and education. Strengths can also include skills you would like to develop further; it does not have to be only those that you consider to be well-developed.
When you define your strengths, start with your current job, but do not limit yourself to one experience. Think about the skills and experiences from all of the different aspects of your working life, as well as from related experiences — like volunteer work, hobbies, and even, parenting.
Some people are concerned that focusing on skills and experiences for their career plan will limit them to a career similar to the current one. It won’t. Most of the skills and experiences you identify will be translatable to a new career. It is all in the way you think and talk about them.
People often ask me if assessments can be helpful in their career plan. Assessments can provide pieces of information, especially helping you to identify some of your strengths, but they cannot identify all of the elements that need to be part of your career decisions.
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