Ariel Joseph

How others see my strengths and skillsActivity 3.4

Jay Brown Boyfriend/Friend

Organized, punctual, and cordial

Jay said he chose these skills because in these particular areas that he believes

are my strengths he thinks he is the opposite in so he admires them greatly.

Brock Joseph Brother

Diligence

Brock said “It is a skill that takes you from being vaguely familiar to fully informed and readily capable” and he thinks I do that well with most things I set out to do.

Brandon JosephBrother

Dedicated and loyal to a job Brandon answered “you are prompt and

efficient with your work and in dealing with people as well. You are motivated and make wise decisions about what is best for the job and the customers.”

William and Vivian JosephParents

Sincerity, integrity, and compassion

“I selected these traits for you. I believe your SINCERITY allows you to be yourself and do what is right based on your God given values, your INTEGRITY, which highlights your honesty and consistency of character and your COMPASSION which is best exemplified when someone is in distress, you reach out with a genuine interest to help in whatever way you can to alleviate their suffering.”

Dependability, integrity, originality, and organization skills

“ I selected these particular skills as they are great strengths of yours. Your Integrity leads you to do the job to the best of your ability and not take any short cuts; your Dependability means the job will get done on time and correctly; your organizational skills ensures that everyone who works with you can understand how the task is to be accomplished and where the guidelines are; your originality means the finished product will be unique and exceptional while meeting all the requirements for the task.”

Integrity/Dedication

The Result: What happened

When I was initially hired I was hired on a seasonal basis so after Christmas they began cutting employees who were no longer needed, I was sure this would be me because although I'd worked hard I knew my sales weren't at the top. When my boss called me she told me that I was an excellent employee whose efforts were definitely noticed and they decided that they were going to keep me on if I chose to accept. I did accept and worked there for about another 6 months before moving here to New York. Although I never was a top salesperson I still tried my hardest and definitely improved those skills at least somewhat and in the process I learned to do other retail related jobs. When I left my boss told me I was the best visual display employee she'd had in a while and if our store would have had a specific position for someone to do that job (as many retail stores do) she would have offered it to me.

The Situation: What I facedNot in all positions I've had have I been completely satisfied with the position I was in or the way things were going, My first official job in retail I realized fairly early on that I wasn't so sure I was cut out for sales and I started to get nervous about how this would reflect on my job performance.

The Action: What I did I believe like what I heard from my interviews that I'm an extremely dedicated person and as long as I hold a position I will hold it with integrity and do the best job I can do and do my best to represent whoever I'm employed by in the best way possible. In this situation I did just that and stayed with it. Of course I could have found another position but I really wanted to give myself a chance to prove to myself I could succeed as well as showing my employer that I was willing to give it a chance even if it wasn't exactly what I was used to.

Reflections

Comment on any surprises

First I must say that unfortunately I was unable to get interviews with anyone I've worked with or for because I am from North Carolina and couldn't get a hold of these people and I haven't really been in school here long enough to have any professors who know me well enough and I just got a new job so it'll be awhile before those bosses or co workers get to know me. Honestly though I think my friends and family members are more honest if anything on these kinds of things. While a boss might tell me if I'm doing something wrong I've always noticed they tend to do it in a way that's not very aggressive. The people closest to me are normally the most honest with things that are not so great skills so I thought it'd be good to get their responses on my good skills. After I've been working at my new job for a while though it'll be good to get feedback from those people as well about my skills or lack of.

What did you learn about yourself?

I was actually surprised at a lot of the stuff I heard. The organization was really the only skill I could have guessed I'd get. I'm fairly notorious for my ridiculous need to be organized. All the other things mentioned however I was really surprised to hear and very flattered. I never expected to hear things like what was pointed out and was very reassured that these are in fact qualities I possess.