H. Entrepreneurship I - Unit 1 - 1.03-1.04

Employees should seek positions that

• minimize their strengths

• capitalize on their strengths.

• capitalize on their weaknesses.

• minimize their experience

Which of the following quotes encourages you to evaluate yourself as a person:

• “Never give up.”

• “Know thyself.”

• “Give me liberty or give me death.”

• “Life is like a box of chocolates.”

Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help you

• obtain any job you want to.

• perform better in your current job.

• make the right decision every time.

• receive a raise each year

Which of the following illustrates how knowing your strengths and weaknesses can contribute toward professional development and career success:

• Spending less time on tasks you find difficult

• Avoiding new assignments

• Taking a leadership role on a group project

• Developing new friendships in your neighborhood

Why is it important to assess personal strengths and weaknesses before interviewing for a job?

• Employers require you to have at least 10 strengths

• You must improve all weaknesses before you are hired.

• Interviewers often ask you to discuss your strengths and weaknesses.

• If you know your strengths and weaknesses, you will get the job.

Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can help contribute to improved group performance because

• groups need members with different strengths to succeed.

• groups will be able to remove members with too many weaknesses.

• a group can only function with one leader.

• you will be able to avoid bringing your weaknesses into the group.

Why is assessing strengths and weaknesses a difficult task?

• It may reveal characteristics about ourselves that we don’t like.

• It’s impossible to be modest when listing our strengths.

• It’s an extremely time-consuming process.

• It’s unrealistic to try to discover every strength and weakness.

To find a career that’s best suited for your strengths, it’s important to be __________ about your strengths and weaknesses.

• general

• hopeful

• competitive

• realistic

Why shouldn’t you compare yourself to others when assessing strengths and weaknesses?

• You will not measure up to others.

• Everyone has unique abilities.

• Self-assessment is very competitive.

• Certain strengths are better than others.

When assessing strengths and weaknesses, what is wrong with simply saying, “I am a good leader”?

• It's not specific.

• It's not honest.

• It's not realistic.

• It's a false generalization.