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How to Quickly Build Self Awareness in a Job Search

Oct 12, 2025
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A cartoon teacher points to a presentation called self awareness for a job search

A value sort exercise with a list of 30 values to put in rank order

An energy audit exercise to determine which parts of your work energize you and which deplete you.

A story mining exercise to think about your past success and how you achieved it

A 360 degree exercise where you solicit feedback from people who know you to gain an outside perspective on your performance

An example of a message you might send someone to request feedback.

A decision archaeology exercise where you reflect on your best and worst career decision to gain insights on what went right or wrong in the past

An example of a worksheet to pull out insights from the five self awareness exercises

a last exercise to put together all you have learned and describe an ideal work situation for you now

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Text asking, "NEED A NEW JOB?" on a bright yellow background.

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