Self-Assessment and career

The good numbers of people are not happy with his or her occupation because they have no option to choose a job for occupation while they getting the job in Bangladesh. You should aware of your career when study running. You should follow below issue when you seeking for an opening of your career:-

Own judgment about you:-

First Step: - Self-Assessment

Know what you want and what you have to offer.

Self-assessment is not about some affectionate exercise. It's about taking a good, hard look at your skills, interests and values and then drawing some conclusions about how and where you'd like to spend 40+ hours of your time each week.

It's also not about taking a quick test and letting the computer spit out a decision on your
future. If you don't put a little time into this process, somebody is going to sell you a job that you will eventually find dissatisfying.

In its broadest sense, self-assessment is about developing "an exploratory attitude towards life" (to borrow a phrase from BC professor David Blustein). If you develop the right attitude, your own process of self-assessment will continue throughout your lifetime, allowing you to change or develop careers as your needs evolve.

Self-assessment can be broken down into four categories of exploration:

1. SKILLS

Students are often surprised to learn that they have developed a number of valuable skills beyond analytical thinking and writing. Alumni are often surprised to learn that the skills they have developed in one career field are valuable in other unrelated fields.

2. INTERESTS

When you're browsing in a bookstore, what sections grab your attention? The arts? Finance? The mass media? Social or political issues? Psychology? Don't ignore your choices -- they are the ones that are likely to keep you interested in your job.

3. VALUES

We all need to make money, but what keeps you motivated to work hard? Making a contribution to your community? Providing leadership? Learning new skills and constantly adding to your knowledge base? There are no "right" answers here, just preferences.

4. PEOPLE & ENVIRONMENT        

Do you prefer to work alone or to collaborate with others? Would you like to work for a small organization or a larger one? In Bangladesh, the suburbs or the city? Do you thrive when you receive regular feedback from your boss, or are you self-motivated? Again, there is no right or wrong answers -- just your own personal preferences and proclivity.

Exploring Career Fields

Second Step: - To finding a satisfying career

This is the reality important step. You've worked on your "self-discovery" process. You've identified a few career fields that look like good matches for your skills, interests and values. Now you get to test the reality of your assumptions

It's too easy to make assumptions about career fields or to glamorize certain fields before you have all the facts. You might make big cash in high tech or consulting, but do you really know how you'd be spending your days? At the Career Center, we often see graduates who have worked for a few years in a field that they did not really enjoy. Sometimes, the only way to know if a career is right for you is to jump in and do it -- but if you can save yourself a few years of misery by doing your research now, why not do it?

Finding a Job

Step 3 to having a satisfying career

After you have completed Step 1 and Step 2, you are ready to find a job in a field that's right for you.

You should now know –

  1) What skills you want to use in your job,
  2) what sort of work you'd like to do, and
  3) what type of organization you'd prefer to work in?

You've already begun the process of looking for a job when you did your career research. You've started to network and target potential organizations. It's time to develop some job search skills.

If you haven't done so already, you should write a resume and feel comfortable writing cover letters. You'll also want to sharpen your interviewing skills.

There are several strategies in finding a job and you want to use as many as you can. It's important to vary the way you look for work so that you are available for every opportunity that leads you to employment.