This document discusses the importance of self-assessment in choosing a career path. It explains that self-assessment focuses on goals, interests, personal traits, and skills to determine the profession that is suitable. The key steps of effective self-assessment are preparation, making lists of interests and goals, evaluating skills and achievements, screening options, customizing a resume, and using the results to find the perfect job. Self-assessment helps people identify careers that match their natural inclinations in order to succeed professionally.

1. SELF ASSESSMENT
BY
Sidra Kanwal Rizvi
BIZTEK

2. Finding the career that is perfect
for you is not as easy or simple as
most of us expect it to be. Some
have to switch from one career to
another in search of the
profession of their choice.

3. A person can only perform his tasks
well if he is good at the job, which
means possessing the skills and
natural inclination towards that job.

4. The dilemma in Pakistan is that
students are not provided any proper
counseling which can help them in
finding which career will be right for
them

5. What Is Self Assessment?
Self assessment is the first step in
anyone’s professional career as one
cannot lead a successful professional
life without choosing the career path
that is appropriate for him

6. Focus Areas:
Self assessment basically focuses
on certain aspects which reveal a
lot about the person’s orientation
in professional life.
These aspects include:

7. • GOALS
• INTREST
• PERSONAL TRAITS
• SKILLS

8. Goals:
What you want from your professional life both in the
long term and the short term, helps in determining
profession is suitable for you. It can be money, fame,
stability, status, or anything else that you feel is the
reason you want to enter a profession.

9. Interests:
Interest and hobbies are important in selecting a
professional field as you can work much better if you
have an interest in what you are doing. Otherwise,
you end up getting stuck in a job that has no
attraction.

10. Personal Traits:
Your personality such as what you
like, what motivates you, etc are also
important in determining what
profession is good for you.

11. Skills:
During the course of education, the skills that
one has acquired such as writing, computer
programming, organizing, managing etc.,
help in choosing a specialized field.

12. Effective Steps For Self Assessment:

13. Preparation:
Simply put preparation is the key to success in
every sphere of life. You cannot execute any
plan or complete any project unless you are
well prepared.

14. Make A List
This will give you a general sphere of interest
as you can highlight the jobs that you liked
best
Set Your Goal:
The next step involves making a list of your
short term and long term goals

15. Skills & Achievements:
In the next step, you need to focus on your additional
skills and academic achievements which can help in
a specific field or at any job in general.
Screen & Select:
Now, you need to evaluate the three lists made under
these directions and see which skills match the job
title of your choice.

16. Customize Your Resume:
Keeping in mind the positions you have chosen,
modify your resume and add the skills and
achievements that cater to a specific job title.

17. Conclusion:
Self assessment can help you in finding the perfect
job within no time. So if you are languishing in a job
where there is no interest, motivation or success, it is
time to go through self assessment and see which
career suits you best.
If you feel that you are not going to be able to carry
out self assessment on your own, you can ask a
friend or family member to help you. Otherwise,
there are many online self assessment tests which
you can take and determine which career or industry
suits you better