Journal Entries

  • Describe your ideal job/career.
  • Describe what you would do if one of your co-workers constantly talks to you and complains about everything and everybody while you are trying to get your work done.
  • Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
  • If you were famous, for what would you be famous?
  • Think about a situation in your life where you encountered a difficult person. How did you handle it? Would you handle it differently now?
  • What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction and why?
  • What do you consider your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
  • What are the most important rewards that you expect in your career?
  • What is more important to you, the salary or the type of job?
  • Why should an employer hire you instead of somebody else?
  • Which of you past jobs did you like the best and why?
  • What type of environment or management style suits you best?
  • What subjects did you enjoy at school/college/university?
  • What recreational and leisure activity interests you?
  • How would your co-workers describe you?
  • How well do you perform in stressful situations? Give an example.
  • Is Honesty the best policy?
  • Would you consider yourself to be a good communicator? Explain.
  • Would you consider yourself to be a good listener? Explain.
  • What does the following mean to you: "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important."
  • What does the following mean to you: "Success is more attitude than aptitude."
  • What does the following mean to you: "Most of us will never do great things, but we can do small things in a great way."


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