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How to identify your strengths as an Employee

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How to identify your strengths as an Employee

Here are the steps you can take to identify your strengths as an employee:

1. Review your job responsibilities

The first step to identifying your strengths is by reviewing your job responsibilities. Consider your job duties on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and choose at least three strengths related to your work performance.

Example: You work as a marketing assistant. Your responsibilities include attending daily meetings with the marketing team, presenting monthly slide shows in front of managers, monitoring campaign success and coordinating with teammates on group projects. From this, you identify your top three workplace strengths as communication, teamwork and problem-solving.

2. Consider your weaknesses

The second step is to identify your weaknesses. By highlighting areas for improvement, you can focus on the qualities that you already possess. Think about particular job duties that take you longer to complete or areas where you are more likely to make mistakes.

Example: You may sometimes struggle to stay focused at work, especially when pulling data from campaigns to put in spreadsheets. You may also often enter information incorrectly. It could be possible that your self-motivation and attention to detail is low. Yet, by identifying your weaknesses, you can also analyze your strengths as teamwork and verbal communication. It is because you usually enjoy working with your colleagues and giving presentations to your managers.

3. Identify your personality type

You can also identify your workplace strengths by identifying your personality type. Consider taking online surveys or personality tests to discover more about how your personality type affects your strengths.

Example: You decide to take an online personality test to find out your strengths and weaknesses. You discover that your personality type is ESTP, which may mean you are an extroverted, sensing, thinking and perceiving individual. From this, you can identify your strengths as verbal communication, emotional awareness, problem-solving and optimism.

4. Make a list of your strengths

Making a list of your strengths helps remind you of your employable qualities. You can divide your list of strengths into three distinct categories, such as knowledge-based skills, personality traits and interpersonal skills. Think about how your personality and qualifications apply to the workplace, and you can create a comprehensive list from which you can identify your most valuable strengths.

Example: You decide to make a list. You use three categories to separate your skill areas:

1. Knowledge-based skills

a) Microsoft Office

b) Computer software systems

3) Upselling and cross-selling

4) Statistics

2. Personality traits

a) Extroverted

b) Analytical

c) Positive

d) Empathetic

3. Interpersonal skills

a) Verbal communication

b) Problem-solving

c) Optimism

d) Emotional intelligence

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