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My present situation

Reflecting and analysing your present situation can be a good way to get started with formulating your goals.

What am I proud of?
In which fields am I successful?
What things motivate me?
What do I regret?
In which fields do I feel restricted?
Who / What encourages me?

What are my strengths?

Personal Mastery is a method of self-perception and personality development. The following key words should be used as your root idea:

· Everyone has their own qualifications but these are not always available when actually needed

· People with a high competence in personal mastery constantly enhance their skill to reach their set goals

· Everyone has to find out again and again what is really important for themselves

1. Personal goal setting
Ø Which professional goals do I want to reach? (position, salary, recognition, status, interesting tasks)
Ø Why? How do I define personal success?
2. Values
Ø Which values have I acquired so far in my life?
Ø Are my presumptions advantageous or unfavourable for these goals?
3.Skills
Ø What do I see as my personal skills?
4. Way of working
Ø How do I work?
Ø Which habits or patterns would I like to break?
5. Appearance
Ø How do I want to be perceived by others and does my appearance fit?
6. Communication / relationships
Ø Which network have I built?
Ø Which new contacts do I want to make?

Job interviews

Preparation of your answers

§ Have a look at the list of standard questions. Choose two questions you hope you will never be asked during a job interview.

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§ Prepare answers to those questions and include examples from your CV / resume:

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Practising these answers:

§ Arbeit in Gruppen von zwei bis drei Personen. Interviewen Sie sich gegenseitig und verwenden Sie dabei die vorbereiteten Fragen.

§ Work in groups of two or three. Ask each other the questions which have been prepared.

§ Try to simulate a real job interview with additional questions.

§ Give feedback in the following order: employer, external observer and job applicant

§ Write down all questions and optimal answers

§ Change roles to give everyone the opportunity to ask and answer questions

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Defining my position

How do you rate yourself?

To rate particular characteristics of your personality, use the following scale from 0 to 5 (very distinctive)

4 (distinctive)

3 (partly)

2 (not very distinctive)

1 (weakly distinctive)

Please tick every characteristic depending on how distinctive you think it is:

Group of characteristics 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Sensitivity
Ability to listen to others
Ability to socialise
Open-mindedness
Team orientation
Ability to cooperate
Flexibility
Willingness to compromise
Diplomacy
Negotiation skills
Ability to integrate into a group
Potential to convince others
Extroversion
Assertiveness
Ability to motivate yourself and others
Ability to express yourself orally
Ability to express yourself on paper
Rhetorical ability
Capacity for teamwork
Ability to adapt
Social skills
Communication skills
Group of characteristics 2 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Determination
Self-confidence
Sense of responsibility
Critical faculties
Self-restraint
Reliability
Tolerance
Courageousness
Willingness to take on responsibility
Group of characteristics 3 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Risk-taking
Decision-making ability
Safety consciousness
Willingness to delegate
Ability to delegate
Resilience
Stress tolerance
Enjoyment of life
Flexibility
Ability to represent (your future company)
Group of characteristics 4 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Willingness to work / motivation
Energy
Managerial skills
Initiative
Independence
Assertiveness
Self-reliance
Ambition
Determination
Stamina
Frustration tolerance
Success orientation
Vitality
Motivation
Idealism
Willingness to identify with your company / institution
Assertiveness
Group of characteristics 5 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Autonomy
Independence
Sense of responsibility
Self discipline
Patience
Sense of duty
Loyalty
Group of characteristics 6 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Analytical thinking
Conceptual planning
Methodical approach to tasks
Deductive / combinational thinking
Efficient labour organisation
Decision-making ability
Resilience
Group of characteristics 7 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Awareness of cost-benefit
Entrepreneurial thinking
Ability to work systematically
Ability to define targets
Work efficiency
Physical fitness
Wellbeing / physique
Mental health
Self control

Evaluation

Which characteristics have you ticked (5) or (4) in the particular groups of characteristics – which ones have you ticked (0)?

Group of characteristics 1: Personality / communication skills / social competence

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Group of characteristics 2: Self-reliance

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Group of characteristics 3: Decision making

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Group of characteristics 4: Achievement motivation

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Group of characteristics 5: Self-control / activity potential

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Group of characteristics 6: Systematic and goal-oriented thinking and acting

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Group of characteristics 7: Important general characteristics

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After completing this exercise you will have analysed three to five characteristics which describe your abilities, strengths and weaknesses appropriately.

Feedback on your Curriculum Vitae

Criterion / Commentary
Structure, clarity
Relevance to the job
Success: Can you feel positive effects?
Are skills and responsibility clearly noticeable?
Qualifications and further education: are your qualifications relevant for your job?
Are “further skills” fruitful additional assets?
Is the CV presented in an interesting and convincing way?
Clear and concise style?
Accuracy?
Appealing design?

CONTACT-AS e.V. Intensivtraining „Meine Bewerbung“

Comparison of the job advertisement with your own profile?

1. Which requirements are mentioned in the job ad?

2. Write the requirements in the first column. Start with the requirement that is the most important for the company and so on.

3. Is it clear if the requirement is indispensable or just desirable?

4. Which one(s) of your qualification(s)/experiences meet this requirement the most?

5. How far do you think your qualifications meet the job requirements (in percent)?

6. If your rating is only 60-70 percent, applying for the job does not seem promising

Requirement according to the job ad / Indispensable or desirable requirement / How do I meet the requirements ? / Match btw. qualification and requirement (+, Æ, -)

Hft Stuttgart/ / Prof. Dr. D. Lohaus