Observe your Starting Place

"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are."

Have you ever sat down and seriously examined yourself?
What are your strengths, weaknesses, experiences, education and resources?

I have started many interview sessions with the following question: "tell me a little about yourself" or " who is your name? And it is dumbfounding the number of people who do not know who they are---or at least find it hard to tell me who they are.
In an early blog I mentioned that life/success is a journey and it needs a reference point.

An employer wants to know your journey so far and where you are heading. Your "journey history" helps the employer understand the goals you had set in life and your accomplishments so far. Your "future journey" helps the employer determine whether you will make a good "travel buddy".
Any good organization will have a clear direction of where it is going, so your "future journey" needs to be heading in the same direction (for a given period) in order for you to be invited to journey together.
So my advise is:
Clearly examine your history and have a short statement that you can use to define your past.
Then clearly set out future goals and develop a short statement that you can use to define your future journey. If you are able to do that, then you will not only save many companies precious time, but you will also be able to determine whether to apply for a particular position or not.
The future is yours, dont keep it waiting.

Hoseah Njuguna
empowerkenya@gmail.com
0734 609 741