The long version (including strategy elaboration) is recommended to pupils at the end of
a study cycle, undergraduates, graduates seeking career advice, adults.
Examples, case studies, exercises
Example 1: Student A. T. M., 12th grade
First stage: analysis of the four factors
Strengths / Aptitudes/ Competences Weaknesses / Defects / Drawbacks- High school pupil, final year, specializing in
social sciences and modern languages - IQ: 110
- Very good results in most school subjects,
especially humanities and modern languages - Extra training in modern languages
- Good results in foreign languages contests and
literature contests - Member in theatre club and poetry club
- ICT knowledge: PC
- Well-developed transferable aptitudes
(communication, team-work) - Personal characteristics: sociable,
communicative, fluent in foreign languages - Literary and poetic talent (easily writes in prose
and verse) - Dominant personality traits: honesty, morality,
correctness - Optimism, high energy
- Motivation to study and work
- Active in spare time and passionate tourist
- Pleasant-looking
- Limited self-knowledge
- Subjectivism
- Insufficient information on the
occupations she aspires to - No leadership skills
- Inability to look for a job
- Emotionally unstable
- Timid, undecided, hesitant
- Vulnerable under stress
- No self-confidence
- Low on self-appreciation
Opportunities / Chances Threats / Risks- Intellectual family, parents with higher
education, working in arts / culture, services - Upper-middle life-style, information and
education possibilities - Enrolled in a prestigious school
- The fields of activity she aspires to are demanded
and offer many jobs - Her aptitudes and qualifications help her succeed
- Competition with colleagues in her
generation - Rivals that are motivated and better
skilled in finding a job or being
admitted to a higher education
institution - Rivals graduating from more
prestigious schools
- Competition with colleagues in her