{"id":8638,"date":"2024-09-26T14:06:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/embl-fellows-career-service\/?page_id=8638"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:23:19","slug":"self-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/embl-fellows-career-service\/info-resources\/self-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Investing time and effort to reflect on who you are as a professional and to better understand your skills, interests, and values – such as intellectual freedom, recognition, salary and geographic location –  is the first step of the career planning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building self-awareness can help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • be effective in your current role, by identifying strengths that can help drive progress in your research project(s), recognising skills that require further development, and understanding how you work best with others;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • clarify what you want from your career, recognise jobs where you can excel, and identify career paths and employers that would provide the rewards, motivation and lifestyle you need to be satisfied and productive in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Starting your career planning with self-awareness can therefore help you be more strategic in your career development, and explore potential careers with clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Key questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • What skills, interests, values, and personality traits do you have? Can you identify and articulate these easily? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • How might your skills, interests, values and personality traits inform your career choices?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Are there specific skills you need to build for your target career?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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