DO YOU REALLY KNOW YOURSELF??

Why do people need to run to find a job? I believe the employees should be employable enough to make the job seekers run after them.... and yes with a hefty amount of money.
I love to put things in this way but the question is where to start from? Shouldn’t every prospective employee start with picking the right job? Or should this quest go back in history when he has to decide about his career path, skills and inventories. It has widely been acknowledged by pundits that a man (I am not gender biased and I believe the statement should be man and woman) should know his strength, weakness and interest in the process of knowing himself. We all keep saying that an interviewer wants to see how much the interviewee knows himself, but do you really give a damn on self realization. I have been there and listened to HR specialists talking about how the employees get stuck in a regular job exercise when they are asked to write a page on themselves. So we need to ask the question once again- are we sure we know ourselves?

Here is where the issue of employability or the issue of being rightfully employed for a job arises. I would like to share my experience with one of the best career assessment tests I had known and took up-The Dheya Career Assesment test. I have to admit that I know myself better now and I am confident about what I speak of myself. Not only the test helped me realize my strong areas but in the process I came to know about my weaknesses as well. The test is scientifically made and will really give your brain a good exercise. It revolves around discovering every aspect of one’s personality, interests and abilities. It’s not just a test but an overall experience of knowing oneself. As a prospective HR manager I keep stressing on the words know thyself and be employable, I suppose that it is even a bigger problem faced by the youth of the country than unemployment. And I would like to stress on the subject that it is not the first assessment I took up. The Dheya report is an exhaustive one giving a complete overview of aspects mentioned above. Many of us would agree on the poor quality of report provided with other test providers who promise to be very effective and suck large amount of money from the customers. The write up might sound like an extremely happy and contended customer but then again, yes that is me, blissfully contended. I would recommend that every person should have a great philosopher or a mentor to them who guides their career path and other fields in life successfully. But when a person can’t find one, he learns from his experience. He tries and fails, he tries again and fails and then he decides to move on. The journey may not be always the right path. The third alternative is taking up an assessment to know yourself better from a quality provider just like Dheya did for me. I am pursuing my MBA degree from Symbiosis. I would also like to share how my friends took some test and ended up yet undecided on their future course of action in their second semester. But I boast that I got an edge on them. I know what I am good at, I know my limitations and I know the area I am not supposed to venture into.
I just regret one thing. There was a time when I wasted one precious year of my life trying to aim for the AIIMS or the other prestigious medical schools. Only if I had gone through my test or I had a real mentor, I would not have been lost. The second mistake I did was by taking B.Sc as my graduation subject. Had I made the corrective measures in time I would have been at ease and better-off in my B-school now. I share my failures because I want the readers to take a note and may be a lesson from them.
When in doubt ask questions, when you don’t know yourself make an attempt. The attempt might be feeble, but it makes sure you take the first step to improve your own employability. And yes there will be a world running after you. That’s how business leaders evolve - by taking the right decision for themselves and then for their organization.


Posted By: Anisha(Dheya Assessment taker)