Do You Know Who You Are? And What You Bring to the Table?
Do you know who you are and what you bring to the table? I would venture to say that most people do not know who they are and what they bring to the table. Let me start by saying this, if you don’t know your value, your values, your skills, your abilities and how to articulate them to a hiring manager, you don’t know who you are well enough to get the jobs you may be qualified to get.
The table I am speaking about is a metaphor for the hiring discussion. The meeting between you and the hiring organization. What you bring, and how you bring it should communicate your value. Why should the hiring manager bring you into their organization? It is your responsibility to answer that question.
What is the value you bring to a hiring organization? The best way for me to answer this question: Your value is measured on what you can bring to the organization that will help them go to the next level. If what you bring is measured by what they already have in their organization, than you can only maintain status quo. You can only help them work from their current level. That is not valuable to organizations that are attempting to increase market share and increase revenue.
Albert Einstein said, “The siginicant problems we face can not be solved at the same level we were at when we created them.”
I believe that is a powerful statement to challenge organizations - to challenge people to find creative solutions to solve problems. If what you are doing is the same as last year, or all you can bring into an organization is what they already have, then you can’t move the organization forward into newer dimensions. Your value is measured by your ability to significantly move and organization and people forward. If you can do this, now you have something to talk about. Think on this and I will see you tomorrow with more on this topic.
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Sep 30, 2007 at 3:32 pm
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Steve Delaney
Oct 14, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Albert Einstein said, “The siginicant problems we face can not be solved at the same level we were at when we created them.”
In other words…The thinking that created the problem will not be able to solve the problem.
Darlene McDaniel
Oct 14, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Hi Steve - Thanks for stopping by. I believe your correct. Our ability to creatively solve problems has a lot to do with how we think. I believe many times in many organizations, people are afraid to think out of the box for fear that what they are seeing, thinking may not be embraced by others. But in order to “solve problems” at a different level, it takes RISK. And there are not a lot of people who are really willing to take the RISK and be different.
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Jan 6, 2008 at 10:44 pm
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Darlene McDaniel
Jan 6, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Hi Andrew, Thanks for stopping by Interview Chatter. Please feel free to leave comments and questions. I am happy to respond to anything you need to be successful in your job search.
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