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Self-Analysis Checklist of Personal Qualities

The document provides a self-analysis checklist for evaluating personal qualities that may be important to employers. It lists 27 qualities such as being able to work alone, ambitious, articulate, cheerful, competent, and conscientious. For each quality, it presents questions to rate yourself as fair, average, or good in that area. It instructs the reader to review their ratings and prioritize their top comfort and growth qualities. The checklist is intended to help individuals assess their personal attributes and identify areas for improvement.

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Self-Analysis Checklist of Personal Qualities

The document provides a self-analysis checklist for evaluating personal qualities that may be important to employers. It lists 27 qualities such as being able to work alone, ambitious, articulate, cheerful, competent, and conscientious. For each quality, it presents questions to rate yourself as fair, average, or good in that area. It instructs the reader to review their ratings and prioritize their top comfort and growth qualities. The checklist is intended to help individuals assess their personal attributes and identify areas for improvement.

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Self-Analysis Check List Of Personal Qualities

The following checklist has been devised to help you evaluate personal qualities that might be significant to an employer. Read
the questions after each named quality and rate yourself as Fair (need improvement), Average, or Good.
Personal Quality

Fair

Ave.

Good

Able to work alone. Do you plan your own


work? Can you work by yourself when there
are no other people around?

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Aggressive. Do you promote a course of action


or an assignment energetically? Do you often
take the initiative?

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Ambitious. Do you keep up with the current


literature in your profession? Do you take on
extra assignments that will help you get
ahead? Do you plan your career advancement?

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Analytical. Do you perceive relationships


easily? Have you ever solved a problem that
had baffled others?

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Articulate. Can you express ideas easily


orally? In writing? Are your instructions
readily understood?

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Cheerful. Are you generally good natured? Do


you greet your fellow workers pleasantly?

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Competent. Are you able to meet deadlines? Is


your work generally accepted "as is"? Have
you ever accomplished some feat of speed or
skill in your chosen field?

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Congenial. Do you work well with others? Have


you served on committees at school? At work?
In the community?

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Conscientious. Do you do an honest day's work


for a day's pay? Can you name some unpleasant
task you have done because it had to be done
and no one else would do it?

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Cooperative. Do you always do your part in a


team assignment? Do you often volunteer to
help?

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Courageous. Do you undertake challenges


readily? Have you ever had to stand firm on
your principles despite opposition?

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Courteous. Do you treat your fellow workers


with respect? Observe the common sense rules
of social behavior?

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Personal Quality

Fair

Ave

Good

Decision. Are you able to make clear-cut

decisions under pressure? Do you stand back from


them later? Have you ever had to take a firm
stand and accept responsibility for it?

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Dependable. How is your attendance record?


Can your supervisor count on you when the
work load is heavy? Do you follow through
without being checked on by your supervisors
or instructors?

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Diplomatic. Can you cope with difficult


situations involving other people? Have you
restored harmony where there was friction?
Settled a difficult personnel problem?

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Discrete. Are you able to keep a secret? Do you


guard confidential material carefully? Do you
respect other peoples right to privacy?

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Efficient. Do you plan your time well? Do you


consciously try to improve your work habits?

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Emotionally Stable. Do you feel in control of


yourself most of the time7 Can other people
count on your day-to-day mood to be generally
agreeable? Do you originally feel good will
toward other people?

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Enthusiastic. Are you interested in your work


or studies? Do you inspire others with your own
interest? Have you ever done extra work because
of your interest?

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Honest. Have you ever served as treasurer of an


organization? Been bonded? Are you careful
with trade secrets? School or company property
and supplies? Do you pass along the praise when
credit belongs elsewhere? Accept blame for your
own mistakes?

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Imaginative. Do you often or occasionally come


up with new ideas? Have you ever contributed
an idea which proved both workable and profited?

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Industrious. Can you be your own self-starter?


Do you work steadily on a task until it is done?
Do you resist interruptions whenever possible?

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Judicious. Can you sift evidence and arrive at


a sound judgement? Are you able to separate your
emotions from your sense of logic? Have you ever
made a decision based on reason when it conflicted
with your emotional interests?

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Personal Quality

Fair

Ave

Good

Leadership Ability. Do people willingly follow


your suggestions? Have you held positions of
responsibility at work? In school? In clubs or
community activities?

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Loyal. Can you set aside petty grievances to


get a job done? Have you ever been in a situation
where you stayed with a project or organization
because of a sense of responsibility despite
disagreements?

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Observant. Do you remember names easily?


places? Do you recall facts and figures accurately?
Find your way in a new locale?

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Open-minded. Are you able to accept ideas


contrary to your own? Do you adapt well to change?

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Orderly. Do you keep things where they belong?


Have a knack for arranging things in a logical way?
Enjoy detail work?

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Patient. Can you keep your temper? Are you often


bored with the work you are doing? Are you able
to train other workers calmly even when you have
to explain some procedures over and over again?

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Persistent. Can you stick to a task even when your


enthusiasm and patience are thin? Have you ever
accomplished something in spite of seemingly
insurmountable obstacles?

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Persuasive. Are you successful in bringing others


to your point of view? In selling things and ideas?

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Resourceful. Do you see what needs to be done


and do it without being told? Do you explore
every possible means of solving a problem?
Have you ever worked your way out of an
impossible situation?

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Shrewd. Are you able to make a keen


appraisal of future trends in order to determine
a present course of action?

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Sincere. Are you honest in your attitude toward


yourself and other people? Wholehearted in your
expressed interests and enthusiasms?

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Sober. Has drinking ever been a problem for you?


Does it affect your work? Are you able to go to
work after a party?Do you have a problem with
any other drug?

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Personal Quality

Fair

Ave

Good

Sympathetic. Do you try to understand the problems


of others? Do people confide in you often? Do you
help them?

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Thrifty. Do you try to avoid waste in supplies and


equipment? Do you know what to save and what to
discard?

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Tolerant. Do you associate with people of different


social backgrounds? Have you ever worked for the
involvement of conditions for people of a different
racial or religious background? Have you ever
pleaded for the acceptance or consideration of an
idea which was, in some ways, alien to your own
thinking?

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(Note: There are many other words which describe some of these same qualities, such as "responsible" instead of "dependable"
or "actful" instead of "diplomatic" but these key words were selected from lists of the most desired attributes in an employee as
indicated by reports from employers in a wide range of fields.)
SUMMARY LISTS
Review your ratings and prioritize your "comfort" (higher rated) and growth lower rated) qualities below.
Comfort

Growth

1.______________________

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2. ______________________

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3. ______________________

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4. ______________________

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5. ______________________

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6. ______________________

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7. ______________________

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A Quote from cartoonist Charles Schulz; "Life is like a 10-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.

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