Identify one’s personal interests, personality traits, and skills.

Identification should incorporate the concepts that career success is linked to self-satisfaction and that self-assessment should continue throughout a person’s life. It should also include

• procedures for self-assessment
• resources for self-assessment
• a list of personal interests, personality traits, and skills.

Process/Skill Questions:

• Why is self-assessment important to career choices and developing a career plan?
• What does self-assessment entail?
• What are some common instruments for self-assessment? How do these differ from one to another?
• What are some circumstances in a person’s life in which performing a self-assessment would be appropriate?
• Why is defining your system of values and identifying your aptitudes and interests essential in choosing a career?