Ignorance may be bliss in the game of love but it can totally destroy your chances for a job offer or a promotion. Many people don’t get ahead because of a blind spot in their self-evaluation.
Achieving real knowledge requires facing some challenging questions about yourself:
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Do you know what qualifications you have and where the gaps in your knowledge and experience are?
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Do you know yourself well, including character assets and defects?
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Have you given a thorough examination to your image? Have you been willing to have someone you trust tell you the truth about your appearance?
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How conscious are you of your level of energy, mood or spirit? Have you gotten discouraged by a long period of unemployment? Does it show?
Know your qualifications and work-experience gap. Candidates who lack job experience but fool themselves about their real qualifications set themselves up for rejection. A resume that chronicles certain knowledge may get your foot in the door, but a lack of experience will be uncovered in the interview process.
The best way to let your qualifications stand out is to be prepared to talk about yourself succinctly in a two- to three-minute pitch.
Prepare yourself to explain gaps in your work history if you have had a number of jobs in a five-year period. If you are asked questions about something you don’t know, take the opportunity to describe how you would find the answer.
Character defects: the hardest mirror to look into. Lack of qualifications is generally not the problem people face in being chosen as
