Download Your Unique Design - Crossroads Career Network

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Step 2 APTITUDE
Discover & Develop Your Strengths
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Workbook Page 7
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Your Unique Design
 5 Factors in Your Unique Design
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Experiences – Your background
Abilities - What you do best
Personality - How you do what you do best
Interests - What you like best
Values - What’s important to you
 Your Gifts and Passions
 Experiences + abilities + personality = Gifts
 Interests + values = Passions
Your passions motivate you to
employ your gifts in service to others
 Introducing the “X” Factor
 Presence of Christ in your life
 You are a new creature
 Spiritual gifts and calling
Workbook Pages 25-26
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4 Steps to Discover Your Strengths
 Self Assessments
 Count Your Blessings – experiences
 You Are a STAR – accomplishments
 You Are an A+VIP - keywords
 Reference Assessments
 Input and feedback from others
 Professional Assessments
 CareerDIRECT complete guidance system
 PLACE spiritual gifts assessment
 Gallup StrengthsFinder
 Summarize Your Strengths
Workbook Page 26
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Self Assessments
 Count Your Blessings - Experiences
 List places you worked and work you did
 Circle what you did and liked best
 You Are a STAR – Stories about Your Accomplishments
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Situations you faced
Tasks to accomplish
Actions you took
Results you got
 You Are an A+VIP - Keywords
 Review background and accomplishment assessments
 Select keywords to describe your abilities, values, interests, personality
Workbook Pages 27-29
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Reference Assessments
 Select People Who Know You Well
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Family
Friends
Schoolmates
Workmates
Others
 Ask for their Input & Feedback
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Accomplishments
Abilities
Interests
Personality
Values
Blind spots/weaknesses
“Perfect” career fit for you
Workbook Page 30
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Professional Assessments
 CareerDIRECT Complete Guidance System
 Combines personality, skills, interests, values
 Connects interests to occupations
 Action plans: educational, vocational, maximization
 PLACE Assessment
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Personality discovery
Learning spiritual gifts
Abilities awareness
Connecting passion with ministry
Experiences in life
 Gallup StrengthsFinder
 Discover your top 5 of 34 talent themes
 Develop talents into strengths
Workbook Page 31
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Summarize Your Strengths with Keywords
GIFTS
Experiences
Your Background
Abilities, Talents,
Skills, Knowledge
PASSIONS
Personality
Behavior Traits
Interests
What You Enjoy
Values
What's Important
FACTOR "X" SPIRITUAL GIFTS & CALLING
Workbook Page 32
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Give the Gift that Keeps on Giving
YOU
Each one should use whatever gift he has received
to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Peter 4:10
Workbook Page 32
Onward & Upward – Step 2 to 3
 How to Make Your Career Soar
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Memorize your unique design as a masterpiece
Employ your passions as well as your gifts
Explore your spiritual gifts and calling
Focus on your strengths, not weaknesses
Dig deeper with online resources
 Target Opportunities & Resumes in Step 3
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Seek to serve people who need most what you do best
Learn 6 factors in targeting opportunities
Develop your career brand and value
Write resumes that get results
Workbook Page 33