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March 27, 2003
I'm sure there's an old saying somewhere that says, "to get where you're going, you need to know where you are."
This is especially true in Jobhunting. Knowing where you are is dependent on self-evaluation, rarely an easy task. But reaching your career goals is not something that is guaranteed ahead of time. It takes research, hard work, and the seemingly random hand of fate to step in and give a push. Some say that we make our own fate by putting ourselves in places where our chances of success are increasingly better, and there's obviously a kernel of truth in this line of thought.
The Net is full of websites devoted to self-evaluation. More precisely, the Net is littered with money-grubbing opportunists that will be more than happy to trade their packets of 'descriptive personality traits tailored just for you' in exchange for the dwindling room left on your credit card. Since the heydays of 'a sucker's born every minute' were 100 years (and five billion people) ago, the number of hucksters peddling used information has risen exponentially as well. And the when it comes to snake oil salesmen, the Net is the rule, rather than the exception.
Off the Net the general rule (with tons of exceptions) is: "You get what you pay for." On the Net you should consider this rule: "If the information isn't free, then keep looking." One site for skills assessment is (though be sure to look at the major career portals as well):
Job Analysis & Personality Research at Virginia Tech - Research documents dealing with job analysis and personality assessment.You may feel that you don't need any self-evaluation, and that all you really need is a Job, any Job. The nearest adage I can recall that this brings to mind is, "If you don't care where you are, then you can't be lost."
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