This document discusses the importance of self-awareness and skills awareness. It explains that being aware of your strengths, weaknesses, and skills helps with finding internships, discovering your career path, and interviewing. The document provides activities for readers to reflect on their self-awareness, such as identifying their strengths, weaknesses, and communication style. It also includes questions to help identify skills and suggests updating your online profile to showcase your personality's strengths and skills.

1. SELF & SKILLS
AWARENESS
LEADERSHIP, VALUES, AND BENEFITS PROGRAM
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2. WHY SKILLS & SELF AWARENESS
ARE IMPORTANT
Being aware of yourself and your skills is important to succeed
both inside and outside of the classroom.
This awareness will let you play up these strengths. You will
uncover how you learn most effectively and how you best
contribute to a team.
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3. HOW THIS HELPS YOU FIND AN
INTERNSHIP
Searching for an internship can sometimes be overwhelming because there are so
many options. If you are not completely sure what career path you want to
pursue, you may not even know where to start.
Being self-aware and knowing your skillsets will help you during this search
because you can search for internships that require specifics that you can excel in.
For example, if you are an introvert, you may prefer an internship where you work
independently in a cubicle or from home. If you are an extrovert, you’ll want to
narrow down your search to internships that take place in a team environment or
have a large internship program where you’ll get to work with 20 other interns.
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4. HOW THIS HELPS YOU DISCOVER
YOUR CAREER PATH
When you are self-aware and know what lights you up, what
triggers you, and how you best contribute to your work can be
the key to your success and happiness in your career.
If you are unhappy in a position, you will understand WHY
that is and know what changes you need to make. When you
are loving what you are doing you will know what it is that
makes you love it, so that you can bring more of this joy into
your career.
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5. HOW TO USE THIS AWARENESS IN AN
INTERVIEW
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When you are in an interview, the interviewer wants to know what makes you
different from the other candidates, they want to know what makes you perfect
for the position, and what you have that will allow you to succeed in the company.
When you are self-aware, you will be able to give the interviewer concrete
examples of how you are a great fit for the job in terms of how you work, how you
work with others, and your career goals.
Candidates who are able to express this are highly sought after.

6. SELF AWARENESS ACTIVITY
Write down your answers to the following self-awareness
questions.
● What are your strengths?
● What are your weaknesses?
● What triggers stress you?
● How do you cope with this stress?
● What inspires you?
● What derails you?
● How do you respond to authority?
● How do you deal with criticism?
● Describe your communication style
● If you could receive an award, what would you like it to
represent?
● What personal accomplishment are you most proud of?
● Do you prefer to lead or to follow?
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7. SKILLS AWARENESS
Write down your answers to the following questions.
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• When you’re in a group project, what is your role?
• What types of things do your friends ask you for help with?
• In what ways are you a leader in the classroom, in your work, with your family,
and in your friend group?
• Do you enjoy problem solving? Why or why not?
• Are you analytical?
• Are you creative?
• Think back to the last time you completed a successful project, what is it that
you did that took it to this level of great success?
• What are your talents?
• Do you prefer to communicate in writing or verbally?

8. UPDATE YOUR PROFILE
***All HonorSociety.org chapter members must complete their
profile by March 1st, 2016
Go back to your HonorSociety.org profile.
Does it showcase your personality’s strengths and skills?
Go back into your profile and add in your skills and strengths
where you see best fit.
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