Self Assessment

This is a self-assessment in order to help in career exploration to fulfill lifelong goal of career success. Success is relative and for me it is defined as being able to provide for my family. By virtue of elimination, based on an evaluation of my own skills, interests, and values I have chosen stay in the career of Electronics Technologies. Although I am choosing to stay in the same career I have been in for the last 20 years, I believe it will provide for me the challenges that my character needs to maintain sanity. The beginning of the self-assessment brought an understanding of psychologist Donald Super’s Self Concept Theory helped to bring perspective to my current position in my occupation. Although, I am currently in continues …show more content…
Deciding on the career of Electronic Technologies was based on my decision making style, the style of Default. Not all my decision are made this way, many of my decision I agonize over not sure what is the best possible decision, sometimes I paralyze in fear of making the wrong choice and thereby not making one. I have concluded that this happens cause I intake to much information and get overwhelmed by what could go wrong. As I reflect on some of my past decision I also have a good intuitive in making some decisions. The time a made a decision to look for used car, at first it was agonizing search overwhelmed with the amount of cars available, but the car I decided on, it just felt right. And I haven’t regretted purchasing that car, being a used car you would expect multiple problems. But this car was been running smoothly for over two years, making multiple cross country trips with no problems. Another example was the decision on what college to attend, I started researching colleges and degree programs and it just felt right to attend Thomas Edison State. Thomas Edison State online program has worked wonderfully in helping me complete my degree while working full time and helping my wife raise four wonderful children. The decision to continue in electronics comes from my own personal experience, as this type of work provides the active style of work that provides …show more content…
I learned variety of skills including but not limited to strategic thinking, comprehensive analysis of electronic system with the ability to diagnoses and repair electronic equipment. I am also capable of coordinating the installation of equipment, which not only requires managing a team but also the integration of multiple departments. I have completed my Bachelor’s degree in Electronic technologies and would love an opportunity to sit down with you in the future, when would be a good time to call you to set up a