Personal Swot Analysis Template (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS

Name: John Smith

Date: July 27, 2017

SWOT Analysis for: Promotion (become the manager of my department)

(examples: career choice, potential new career, skills needed for promotion, or quarterly self- review)

Comparing to and/or sources? Job description, performance review, feedback & personal thoughts

Think about how broad or narrow your analysis should be. It may be advantageous to do multiple analyses. For

example, if you are reviewing different career options, you may want to make an extensive list of your strengths and

weaknesses and list general opportunities and threats. Then will want to do broad SWOT analysis as well as some very

specific analysis based on your top career choices.

Internal analysis sources (strength & weaknesses): self-analysis, friends, family co-workers, previous performance

appraisals, and online personality and career assessments.

External analysis source (opportunities & threats): Trade organizations (they are the experts in the area and are a great

source of information), job postings, news articles, career advisors, and government reports.

HELPFUL

HARMFUL

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

1. What are you good at?

1. Potential liabilities

2. What do you like to do?

2. Skills you need for the job you want

3. Education? Certifications?

3. Things you need to improve

INTERNAL

4. What do people say you are good at?

4. Tasks you avoid doing

ORIGIN

5. Unique abilities

5. Negative work habits

Examples: College degree, fluent in

Examples: Have not worked in two

Your personal

English and Spanish, like math, great

years, no management experience,

strengths and

writer, and detail oriented.

often late, and no college degree.

weaknesses.

Remember to list strengths related to

Later you will identify what is keep-

your analysis.

ing you from meeting your goals and

develop a plan to fix it.

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

1. Up and coming industries/jobs

1. Industry changes

EXTERNAL

2. Trends you can take advantage of

2. Skills your competition has that

you lack

ORIGIN

3. Skills employers need

3. Economic climate

4. Personal network

External things that

4. New technology that you do not know

5. Needs no one is filling

may impact you and/

Threats are external factors that may

6. New job opening at work

or your choices.

work against you.

Opportunities are external to you but

are things you may be able to take

advantage of.

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