Ready for
Work! Unit
1
How I See Myself-
How Others See Me
Identifying
Personal Strengths and Building Self-esteem
Overview
Feeling
good about yourself and your abilities is central to finding
success at work and in school. We believe that all participants
have a wide variety of strengths to offer employers. Often though
these assets are hidden, and participants have not had the opportunities
to show how and where they are strong.
This unit of
Ready for Work! provides
practitioners with a wide variety of activities that help participants
both identify and reflect on their personal, academic, and employment
strengths.
Because activities
encourage participants to begin dialogs on both the challenges
and success they have had, this unit assists practitioners in
building a collaborative atmosphere within their group. By doing
so, practitioners can prepare not only their groups but themselves
for addressing the more complex topics addressed in later units
of Ready for Work!
