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CAREER ACTION WORKSHEET

2-3 Personal Qualities Inventory

Use this worksheet to identify your strongest personal qualities and work performance traits. These characteristics will help you as you craft your Personal Brand Statement and 30-Second Commercials. Remember, there are no wrong answers when you are defining what is important to you.

Rate yourself on each item by checking the box for High, Average, or Low.

Add characteristics not listed here that you would give yourself a high rating for.

Respond to the statements at the end of this worksheet.

Your Rating

Personal Quality/Work Performance Trait High Average Low

Dependable/responsible

Hard worker

Flexible

Creative

Patient

Perseveres

Punctual

Takes initiative/resourceful/self-starter

Diplomatic

Intelligent

High energy level

Works well with a team

Sets and achieve goals

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Your Rating

Personal Quality/Work Performance Trait High Average Low

Plans, organizes, prioritizes work

Outgoing personality

Ability to handle conflict

Optimistic

Realistic

Enthusiastic

Confident/high self-esteem

Willing to take on new assignments

Orderliness of work

Attention to detail

Ability to manage time well

Honest, high integrity

Ability to multitask

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Describe five examples of how you have used or demonstrated some of these high-rated qualities and traits in the past. Being a self starter gives me the abilty to see what needs to be done and come up with a plan to get the job done. Also, I have been blessed with being able to see the details involved with a task, and doing a good job.

For each of your top five high-rated items, describe why an employer might want to

hire a person with this quality or trait.

Being a self-starter ,team player, hard worker, able to multi task, have attention to detail: Bosses want to be confident that things are getting done when they turn their back on employees, because if their team is made up of motivated people then they know that tasks will be completed.

Add your completed work to the “About Me” section of your Career Builder Files.

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List the five high-rated items that you feel best describe you. Self-starter, Team Player, Hard Worker, Multi-tasker, Attention to Detail.