In searching for a quality job, you must be, first and foremost, able to represent a quality product - you. In many career development workshops, I often asked the participants if they know themselves and the majority responded affirmatively. I like to counsel people because I have good communication skills. I enjoy the outdoors and would like to work in the parks and recreation department. When asked further how do they know for sure, none can respond.
Most people know some aspects of themselves.
However, few truly understand themselves within the framework of career development. To do that, we need to step outside of our mental self and take inventory of a number of attributes. In the fast-paced society that we live in, we are engaged in a daily rat race. Spare time, if any, is typically taken up by such things as trying to keep pace with personal, social and technological developments. In the workplace, we focus our attention on the job or the people we work with or manage.