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
My Career Zone Digital has lots more, including videos and articles, to help you identify your strengths, including:
Efficiency vs Perfectionism when starting out in a job or internship
Introducing Grand Challenges
How to Choose Your Referees
What are employers in the Law sector looking for? December 2021
What are employers looking for? December 2021
Introducing the Exeter Leaders Award
Resilience in the Workplace
In conversation with Izzy and Alina, students from the Enactus society.
Accessing the hidden jobs market
In conversation with Romy and Connor, students from the Enactus society.
Resilience in finding a placement
In Conversation with Emily Davies, SETsquared Exeter Student Startup Manager and Max Harrington, Founder of Just Surf
In Conversation with Natalia Lemanska and Zoja Vizinger, Oyana Soaps.
Student top tips on finding a placement
Intercultural communication
Introducing Green Consultants
Tips for Being More Confident
How will graduate jobs be impacted by Covid-19? – Part 5, September 2021
Introducing Create Your Future
What are employers looking for? - July 2021
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