Self-Analysis Checklist of Personal Qualities

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Self-Analysis Check List Of Personal Qualities

The following checklist has been devised to help you evaluate personal qualities that might be significant to an employer. Readthe questions after each named quality and rate yourself as Fair (need improvement), verage, or !ood.

"ersonal #uality Fair ve. !ood

Able to work alone. $o you plan your ownwork% &an you work by yourself when thereare no other people around% ( ) ( ) ( )

Aggressive. $o you promote a course of actionor an assignment energetically% $o you oftentake the initiative% ( ) ( ) ( )

Ambitious. $o you keep up with the currentliterature in your profession% $o you take one'tra assignments that will help you getahead% $o you plan your career advancement% ( ) ( ) ( )

Analytical. $o you perceive relationshipseasily% ave you ever solved a problem that

had baffled others% ( ) ( ) ( )

Articulate. &an you e'press ideas easilyorally% n writing% re your instructionsreadily understood% ( ) ( ) ( )

Cheerful. re you generally good natured% $oyou greet your fellow workers pleasantly% ( ) ( ) ( )

Competent. re you able to meet deadlines% syour work generally accepted *as is*% aveyou ever accomplished some feat of speed orskill in your chosen field% ( ) ( ) ( )

Congenial. $o you work well with others% ave

you served on committees at school% t work%n the community% ( ) ( ) ( )

Conscientious. $o you do an honest day+s workfor a day+s pay% &an you name some unpleasanttask you have done because it had to be doneand no one else would do it% ( ) ( ) ( )

Cooperative . $o you always do your part in ateam assignment% $o you often volunteer tohelp% ( ) ( ) ( )

Courageous. $o you undertake challengesreadily% ave you ever had to stand firm onyour principles despite opposition% ( ) ( ) ( )

Courteous. $o you treat your fellow workerswith respect% bserve the common sense rulesof social behavior% ( ) ( ) ( )

"ersonal #uality Fair ve !ood

Decision. re you able to make clear-cut


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decisions under pressure% $o you stand back fromthem later% ave you ever had to take a firmstand and accept responsibility for it% ( ) ( ) ( )

Depenable. ow is your attendance record%&an your supervisor count on you when thework load is heavy% $o you follow throughwithout being checked on by your supervisorsor instructors% ( ) ( ) ( )

Diplomatic. &an you cope with difficultsituations involving other people% ave yourestored harmony where there was friction%ettled a difficult personnel problem% ( ) ( ) ( )

Discrete. re you able to keep a secret% $o youguard confidential material carefully% $o yourespect other peoples/ right to privacy% ( ) ( ) ( )

!fficient. $o you plan your time well% $o youconsciously try to improve your work habits% ( ) ( ) ( )

!motionally Stable. $o you feel in control ofyourself most of the time0 &an other peoplecount on your day-to-day mood to be generallyagreeable% $o you originally feel good willtoward other people% ( ) ( ) ( )

!nthusiastic. re you interested in your workor studies% $o you inspire others with your owninterest% ave you ever done e'tra work becauseof your interest% ( ) ( ) ( )

"onest. ave you ever served as treasurer of anorgani1ation% 2een bonded% re you carefulwith trade secrets% chool or company propertyand supplies% $o you pass along the praise whencredit belongs elsewhere% ccept blame for your

own mistakes% ( ) ( ) ( )

#maginative. $o you often or occasionally comeup with new ideas% ave you ever contributedan idea which proved both workable and profited% ( ) ( ) ( )

#nustrious. &an you be your own self-starter%$o you work steadily on a task until it is done%$o you resist interruptions whenever possible% ( ) ( ) ( )

$uicious. &an you sift evidence and arrive ata sound 3udgement% re you able to separate youremotions from your sense of logic% ave you evermade a decision based on reason when it conflictedwith your emotional interests% ( ) ( ) ( )


Leaership Ability. $o people willingly followyour suggestions% ave you held positions ofresponsibility at work% n school% n clubs orcommunity activities% ( ) ( ) ( )


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Loyal. &an you set aside petty grievances toget a 3ob done% ave you ever been in a situationwhere you stayed with a pro3ect or organi1ation

because of a sense of responsibility despitedisagreements% ( ) ( ) ( )

Observant. $o you remember names easily%

places% $o you recall facts and figures accurately%Find your way in a new locale% ( ) ( ) ( )

Open-mine. re you able to accept ideascontrary to your own% $o you adapt well to change% ( ) ( ) ( )

Orerly. $o you keep things where they belong%ave a knack for arranging things in a logical way%4n3oy detail work% ( ) ( ) ( )

Patient. &an you keep your temper% re you oftenbored with the work you are doing% re you ableto train other workers calmly even when you haveto e'plain some procedures over and over again% ( ) ( ) ( )

Persistent. &an you stick to a task even when yourenthusiasm and patience are thin% ave you everaccomplished something in spite of seeminglyinsurmountable obstacles% ( ) ( ) ( )

Persuasive% re you successful in bringing othersto your point of view% n selling things and ideas% ( ) ( ) ( )

&esourceful% $o you see what needs to be doneand do it without being told% $o you e'ploreevery possible means of solving a problem%ave you ever worked your way out of animpossible situation% ( ) ( ) ( )

Shrew% re you able to make a keen

appraisal of future trends in order to determinea present course of action% ( ) ( ) ( )

Sincere% re you honest in your attitude towardyourself and other people% 5holehearted in youre'pressed interests and enthusiasms% ( ) ( ) ( )

Sober% as drinking ever been a problem for you%$oes it affect your work% re you able to go towork after a party%$o you have a problem withany other drug% ( ) ( ) ( )


Sympathetic. $o you try to understand the problemsof others% $o people confide in you often% $o youhelp them% ( ) ( ) ( )

'hrifty. $o you try to avoid waste in supplies andequipment% $o you know what to save and what todiscard% ( ) ( ) ( )


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'olerant. $o you associate with people of differentsocial backgrounds% ave you ever worked for theinvolvement of conditions for people of a differentracial or religious background% ave you ever

pleaded for the acceptance or consideration of anidea which was, insome ways, alien to your ownthinking% ( ) ( ) ( )

(6ote7 There are many other words which describe some of these same qualities, such as *responsible* instead of *dependable*or *actful* instead of *diplomatic* but these key words were selected from lists of the most desired attributes in an employee asindicated by reports from employers in a wide range of fields.)

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