{"id":133,"date":"2009-02-20T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/career-advice\/clues-to-your-strengths-passions\/"},"modified":"2019-10-19T10:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T17:02:18","slug":"clues-to-your-strengths-passions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/clues-to-your-strengths-passions\/","title":{"rendered":"Clues to your Strengths &#038; Passions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4939\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/Clues_to_your_Strengths__Passions.jpg\" alt=\"Clues_to_your_Strengths__Passions\" width=\"207\" height=\"207\" \/>One of the first steps you should take when beginning your career exploration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/re\/career-advice\/career-advice\/career-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planning<\/a> process is undergoing a thorough self-awareness process that looks at your preferences, what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/personal-motivation-finding-personal-motivation-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">motivates<\/a> you, and your past successes. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/the-services-of-a-career-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Career Coach<\/a>\/Counsellor, one of my key approaches is to ask probing questions to uncover clues to your \u2018best fit career\u2019. The following are a sample of the questions I use. Take time, have fun, and be open-minded\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Generally\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My greatest strength, gift or talent is . . .<br \/>\n<strong>2<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I have spare time I love to\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>3<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What I want more of in my work life is . . .<br \/>\n<strong>4<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What I want less of in my work life is . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>From my work background and other life experiences\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What gives me the greatest feeling of satisfaction is\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>6<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve felt the most competent when I was\u2026.<br \/>\n<strong>7<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I get most passionate about what I\u2019m doing when\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>8<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is what the \u201cjob from hell\u201d would look like for me\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>9<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is what the \u201cjob from heaven\u201d would look like for me\u2026 (tip: reverse of the job from hell)<br \/>\n<strong>10<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I consider the world, business and community around me, the\u00a0 \u2018causes\u2019 and \u2018issues\u2019 I feel most passionate about are\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the future and my potential\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If I knew I could\/would not fail at something new, then I would try\/do\/be a \u2026<br \/>\n<strong>12<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If I could do or be anything I would be a \u2026. doing\u2026.<br \/>\n<strong>13<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The most important legacy I could leave, or the most important contribution I could make to the world is\u2026<br \/>\n<strong>14<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My five (or more!) greatest success stories or times when I was highly motivated and engaged in my life\/work\/education\/volunteering are\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Review your answers and see if you can pick out any ideas, patterns, or clues that may point to a new career that you would find satisfying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related to Clues to your Strengths &amp; Passions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/personal-motivation-finding-personal-motivation-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal motivation | Finding personal motivation at work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/the-services-of-a-career-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The services of a career coach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/re\/career-advice\/career-advice\/career-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Career Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first steps you should take when beginning your career exploration and planning process is undergoing a thorough self-awareness process that looks at your preferences, what motivates you, and your past successes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6630,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/6630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}