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Market Yourself!

Market Yourself!. Career Services Sinclair Community College 512.2772 www.sinclair.edu. Skills Organizations Want Extremely and Very Important. Communication skills Verbal and written Interpersonal skills Honesty/integrity Teamwork skills Strong work ethic Analytical skills.

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Market Yourself!

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  1. Market Yourself! Career Services Sinclair Community College 512.2772 www.sinclair.edu

  2. Skills Organizations WantExtremely and Very Important • Communication skills • Verbal and written • Interpersonal skills • Honesty/integrity • Teamwork skills • Strong work ethic • Analytical skills

  3. Skills Organizations WantExtremely and Very Important • Flexibility • Adaptability • Organizational skills • Leadership • Self-confidence • Detail-oriented

  4. Most Desirable Characteristics Leaders and Colleagues • Honesty/integrity • Teamwork skills

  5. Most Desirable Characteristics Leaders: Colleagues: Percentage of People selecting Percentage of People selecting Characteristics Characteristics Honest 87 Forward-looking 71 Inspiring 68 Competent 58 Fair-minded 49 Supportive 46 Broad-minded 41 Intelligent 38 Straight-forward 34 Courageous 33 Dependable 32 Cooperative 30 Honest 82 Cooperative 71 Dependable 71 Competent 70 Intelligent 46 Supportive 43 Straight-forward 37 Broad-minded 35 Imaginative 32 Inspiring 31 Forward-looking 27 Fair-minded 25

  6. Personality Traits of Leaders • Leadership • Self-confidence

  7. Personality Traits of Effective Leaders • Self-confidence • Important to be realistically self-confident • Akin to being cool under pressure • Humility • Contributes to leadership effectiveness • Modest, yet determined to achieve their objectives • Trustworthiness • Display honesty, integrity, and credibility, thus engendering trust • “Leaders must walk the talk” • Extroversion • More likely to assume leadership role • Engage in group activities • Assertiveness • Forthright in expressing demands, opinions, feelings, and attitudes • Helps demand high performance and making legitimate demands

  8. Personality Traits of Effective Leaders • Emotional Stability • Ability to control one’s emotions sufficiently • Emotional responses are appropriate to the occasion • Enthusiasm • Usually received favorably, perceived as reward for good behavior • Helps build good relationships with team members • Sense of Humor • Effective use considered important part of leader’s role • Helps dissolve tension and defuse conflict • Warmth • Key component of charisma • Facilitates providing emotional support • High Tolerance for Frustration • Important trait • Ability to cope with the blocking of goal attainment

  9. EmotionalIntelligence4 Clusters&21 Competencies • Interpersonal skills

  10. Emotional Intelligence The capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions effectively in ourselves and in our relationships.

  11. New Measurement/Yardstick “We are being judged by a new yardstick; not just how smart we are, or by our training and expertise, but also how well we handle ourselves and each other.” Daniel Goleman Working with Emotional Intelligence

  12. EMOTIONAL COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK PERSONAL SOCIAL SOCIAL (people skills) – Determines how we handle relationships. PERSONAL (self-mastery) – Determines how we manage ourselves. • Self-Awareness • Emotional Self Awareness • Accurate Self Assessment • Self-Confidence • Social-Awareness • Empathy • Organizational Awareness • Service Orientation PERSONAL (self-mastery) SOCIAL (people skills) • Self-Management • Emotional Self-Control • Trustworthiness • Conscientiousness • Adaptability • Optimism • Achievement Orientation • Initiative • Relationship Management • Developing Others • Inspirational Leadership • Influence • Communication • Change Catalyst • Conflict Management • Building Bonds • Teamwork and Collaboration

  13. Building BondsNurturing Instrumental Relationships • Person with this competency… • Makes close personal friends with acquaintances or classmates • Has a wide, informal network of colleagues • Nurtures relationships related to activities or projects Emotional Intelligence Relationship Management

  14. Teamwork and CollaborationCreating Group Synergy in Pursuing Collective Goals • Person with this competency… • Maintains co-operative working relationships • Builds team identity and spirit • Promotes a friendly, co-operative climate in groups or organizations Emotional Intelligence Relationship Management

  15. Who’s YOUR Career Manager?

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