When we use our strengths, we are more productive, perform better, and are more engaged in our work. By identifying our strengths, we can identify opportunities that require those attributes and that will give us greatest pleasure and satisfaction. We also impress employers who like to understand what makes us give our best. Listen to Employability and Career Consultant Fiona Hartley talking to recruiters across a range of sectors about their approaches to recruitment focussing on the importance of strengths.
Further Career Zone website resources
Help with self-awareness | Career Zone | University of Exeter
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/careers/research/helpwith/helpwithinterviews/
Other resources
Learn about strengths and how you can discover yours by watching this video.
Attend the popular termly in-person workshop Discover your strengths and why it is essential to career planning.
Listen to another Recruiter Perspectives: In conversation with Hannah Salton, Career Coach
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