Recognising Skills and Building Self-Knowledge

Building a career starts with knowing yourself—your strengths, skills, motivation, and values. Self-knowledge helps you make informed career choices, find suitable roles, communicate your skills convincingly, and build your personal brand.

In this section, you’ll explore the role of self-knowledge in job searching, learn to identify and describe your skills, and discover tools for applying international and multicultural competencies. You’ll also get tips for managing emotions and maintaining wellbeing throughout your job search.

In this section, you can explore topics including:

  • The importance of self-knowledge in job searching
  • Finding a fitting workplace-match based on your values and motivations
  • What if you lack motivation to look for work?

In this section, you will find information about topics such as:

  • Different types of skills: professional skills, general worklife skills, transferable skills and individual strengths
  • Skills development
  • Skills needed in the future
  • Making your skills visible in job search

In this section, you will get to know subjects such as:

  • What global- and international competence is
  • Why international competence is an important working life skill
  • Identifying and presenting skills gained abroad on the Finnish job market
  • Describing your international background in job applications 

In this section, you are introduced to topics like:

  • Dreaming and setting goals
  • Resilience and coping with disappointment in job searching
  • Imposter syndrome
  • Resources during job hunting

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