Self Assessment Reflection Paper

Self-Assessment Reflection Paper

The assessment results come out that I am an “ESFJ” person and my Holland Interest Codes are “ASC”. During the assessment test I scored a 28 on artistic, a 25 on social, a 20 on conventional, an 18 on enterprising, a 9 on Realistic and a 5 on investigative. As you can see, some of my scores are really close together, however, the three that stood out are artistic, social and conventional. After reading all of the portraits, I would say I learn more about myself; however, there are some descriptions and points existed that are different with what I think about myself. Artistic people are people with artistic ability and appreciate making original work. They like dealing with ideas rather than things. I didn’t expect “A” as my highest code because I would say I enjoy dealing with things rather than ideas. The reason why “Artistic” has the most points is that probably I am interested in photograph and the test guides me to “A”. However, I just enjoy stopping along the way and shooting the
moments I want to keep. It doesn’t mean I am an artistic and imaginational person. Personally speaking, one of my weaknesses is that I am a rigid and uncreative person. Therefore, I hate creating new things and ideas. It is less possible for me to be a photographer or enjoy doing some things creatively. However, after reading the reports of “S” and “C”, I though about and realized that they were absolutely correct. In the reports, they state that social people are the kind of people who are interested in dealing with people and like helping someone. Conventional people are people who prefer organizing things. I like talking to different people with different backgrounds and helping others solve problems. I will feel motivated and energetic if the company I work at has lots of employees. Individual work will be boring for me. I like cooperating and learning from each other by exchanging views. What’s more, I would like to follow the schedule and mission rather than make decisions and be a leader. I like working with different things and different people, however, I would do a better job if I work with routine tasks. In my daily life, I am always indecisive. It is really hard for me to make a decision. Predicting and analyzing risks will be torturous for me. Therefore, I enjoy work with specific instructions.
Those reports indicate that the “ESFJ” are organized, enjoying creating orders and interacting with people. These traits totally fit me. I hate risky and messy things. I feel safe and positive if there are a large number of people around me when I work. I would say it may feel good when I discuss, exchange thinking and handle problems with colleagues. However, once I have to work alone, I will be procrastinating and unmotivated. Those reports tell that the “ESFT” and the “ASC” possibly work as artist, writer and etc. However, I prefer and eager to be a volunteer service director, sale rep or customer service consultant. Working as one of these three professions, people may be listening, patient and organized. It is important that people are ready to helps others. Helping and providing appropriate information in response to customer inquiries. They have company guidelines helping them to handle problems; things they handle will be straightforward and sequential.
The Personality-In Depth Portraits states that “With Extraverted Feeling dominating their personality, ESFJ’s are focused on reading other people. They have a strong need to be liked, and to be in control. They are warm and energetic. They need approval from others to feel good about themselves”. And the Skills-Self-Awareness class handout tells my most proficient skills are arranging, listening and helping. The skills I want to obtain are dealing with pressure and unknowns, decision-making and leading. I would say potentially sale rep, volunteer service director and customer service consultant fit for me based on the results. I have experienced in being sale assistant and customer service assistant in Shenzhen, China. I helped customers with their questions, arranged meetings and planned events. I followed what my superior asked me to do. I enjoyed being a sale assistant and a customer service consultant very much. As the results indicate, the “ESFJ” like to be in control, eager to help others and consider others feelings. Furthermore, I have the skills to listen, arrange and help. I would conclude that I may be fit for my ideal careers. However, the assessment results illustrate that I am weak at changing and moving to new territories. I dislike conflict and criticism because I am a self-center person and I have strong need to be liked. I would say these are absolutely correct. In my daily life, I like to do things with people’s support and agreement. I always care about how people judge me. Many time, I felt sad when my family and my friends kindly criticized me. If I get someone’s support and care when doing a job, I can perform well. In addition, I hate to handle new things. This is why I choose dealing with pressure and unknowns, decision-making and leading to be the skills I would like to develop. My dominant values are friendships, stability and security. I like to work at a friendly environment, which means I can get along well with my colleagues and superior. I like to have predicted work routine and hope to have a steady income. It is obvious that my dominant values conform to my weakness. I like steady income because I am afraid of risks and unknowns. I prefer friendly environment because of the good moods I get during the work. I like predicted routine tasks because I am bad at making decision. Overcoming these weaknesses will be important to my future career since they can help me better face with different job situations.
If we don’t understand our weaknesses, we couldn’t sustain success over the long term.
Now I know my dominant weaknesses, I can make actions to improve them. I need to tell myself that don’t take other’s judgement too seriously. I need to distinguish what is exactly related to the reality; thus, I won’t be easy injured or be a self-center person. I would like to encourage myself to make decisions, try not be as hesitated as always. I should ask myself many times “How can I done this in a better way”? Stepping out of my comfort zone is very essential for me to be a leading person. I don’t like to be a leader because I hate to take responsible for all the consequences. I am afraid that I am not able to take care of the things and ruin them. This is also a kind of unconfident. I should strive for chances to make decisions, guide people and be a leader. If I never try to be a leader, I won’t able to know how far I can do it and how good or how bad I
am.