Activity: Uncovering Personal Assets Worksheet

2. Identify Skills, Values, and Strengths

Before you proceed, here are a couple of terms for reference:

Skills
“... are developed capacities that an individual must demonstrate to be effective in a job, role, function, task or duty.” - LMIC-CIMT Work Words

Values
“...are a broad range of beliefs or principles... They are fundamental beliefs that drive the decision-making process and are key when making a choice about careers. For example some people value job security, structure, and a regular schedule. Others value independence. Work values, such as helping society, influencing people, and working alone are essential to consider in career planning. When expressed in the work setting, work takes on purpose and meaning.” - CERIC Glossary of Career Development

Once you have drafted a few short stories:

Starting with one story, identify all of the skills and values that you demonstrated in that story into the allotted space in the worksheet.

To help with this, you can use the activities on the following pages:

Then identify the strengths you exemplified in the story and write them in the allotted space on the worksheet, too! (This process is to assist you with deconstructing and organizing your assets).

Follow the same steps for your second and third stories. Take particular note of the skills you enjoyed and any emerging patterns (clues for your career planning).

Remember to use the Drag and Drop activities for all three of your stories!