Standout Strengths: Inquiries

Inquiry (Questions)

Print out these questions and fill in the blanks below as best you can. Discovery is not a linear process. Feel free to work through these questions like a crossword puzzle. One answer may give you a direction on another. Don’t get stuck on any one question. Look for low hanging fruit, that is those questions you can answer easily.

I love to work at __________________.

I am passionate about using my abilities to ____________________.

The problem I would like to help solve in the world is _________________.

In an ideal world I would have an opportunity to ________________.

My recurring ideas and thoughts are about activities doing _________________.

I feel enthusiastic when ______________.

The most meaningful thing I’ve ever done is ___________________.

I continually imagine myself doing _____________________.

I come alive when I’m doing ___________________.

I like to think about __________________.

I would do this activity for free __________________.

When I get extra time I spend it on ___________________.

If I knew I couldn’t fail I would ____________________.

My dream job is __________________.

When I get extra money I spend it on ________________.

I have the special ability to __________________.

I have a talent for ____________________.

I seem gifted in the following areas ___________ ___________ ____________

My greatest talents are _____________ ____________ _____________ ____________

Thinking About Strengths

"Most job-hunters who fail to find their dream job, fail not because the lack information about the job market, but because they lack information about themselves."

~Richard Bolles, Author of 40 year best-seller, What Color Is Your Parachute

"The people who will hire you first need to differentiate you from other candidates. Your most immediate recognizable advantage is that unlike your competition, you understand the skills and attributes necessary for professional success. That you know who you are, what you offer, and how you want to be perceived will differentiate you from others. And because you understand yourself and can communicate this understanding you will project a unique presence."

~ Martin Yate, Author of the 25 year best-seller, Knock'em Dead Job Search Guide

"Try to think of the responsibilities from jobs you've had that you love so much that you would do them for free. Then, search for positions with those types of responsibilities.... When you love what you do, it no longer seems like work, and that should be the ultimate goal for each and every one of you."

~Abby Kohut, Corporate Recruiter and Job Search Expert

"Condense your whole career onto five 3x5 cards."

~Lou Adler

"Your professional profile identifies your profession or field of expertise. It might also mention which parts of that profession are your strongest suits, the areas you're most interested in."

~Orville Pierson, Highly Effective Job Search Author

"People always ask me, "Which career-aptitude tests do you use?" We don't use test. We talk to people. Can you tell us stories? Who are you? Who have you always been?" We collect stories and we look for the through line. The through line starts ten or twenty or thirty years ago. It starts in childhood. This stuff is in us."

~Liz Ryan, The Human Workplace

"I had to get to know myself, my resources, my strengths and know what I have to sell. Then I had to have the patience and the knowledge to find the right venue for what I had to offer. I had a faith that the right venue would show up...and it did.

~Occupation Change the World

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