Blog Post: Key Personal (Introspective) Questions About Your Job Search

In today’s workplace turmoil, it is more important than ever to clearly understand your goals, motives, values and attitudes otherwise they will not be clearly understood by others. Asking yourself the following basic questions and writing them down is one way to start this process.

What are my strengths? Am I using them in my present or previous position? Can they be better used elsewhere?

What kinds of people do I like to work with? Looking back, what people have I most enjoyed or least enjoyed working with?

To what extent am I willing to give up my outside life for my job? Are 60-hour work weeks acceptable, even though my social or family life will suffer? How much stress am I willing to take? What balance do I need?

What is my personal definition of success?

How do my ethical beliefs affect my choice of organization or job?

Be honest with yourself. There are no right or wrong answers. In my next blog, I will provide you a list of values and ask you to identify the five most important and five least important.