GLC2O – Career Studies
Your Personality Characteristics
Name: ___________________________________________________________________________
Personality characteristics are defined as those traits with which you are born or are naturally inclined
to have and to use. This information is required for your portfolio AND your Personal Profile
A - Choose the traits that reflect your greatest strengths in the ‘You’ column to the left.
You
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____ ACCURATE: Work free from error or mistakes; careful, precise, detailed
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____ ACTIVE: Lively; agile; high energy; busy
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____ ADVENTUROUS: Try new things; take risks
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____ ANALYTICAL: Examine and separate the parts of something to find its essential meaning
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____ ARTISTIC: Appreciation or ability in the arts
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____ ATTENTIVE: Listen well; pay close attention to verbal and non-verbal messages
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____ ASTUTE: Perceptive; clever; insightful
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____ CALM: Remain peaceful, composed and serene under pressure
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____ CAUTIOUS: Careful; prudent; exercise forethought
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____ COMPASSIONATE: Considerate; sympathetic; humane
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____ COLLABORATIVE: Working as a team
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____ COMPETENT: Skilled; qualified; capable
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____ COMPETITIVE: Strive to win; oppose a rival
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____ CONCEPTUAL: Intuitive; abstract or reflective thinking
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____ CONCERNED: Care and high regard
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____ CREATIVE: Imaginative; inventive; original
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____ DECISIVE: Show firm determination in using judgment to make decisions
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____ DEXTEROUS: Well-coordinated; handy; adroit
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____ DIPLOMATIC: Tactful; skillful at negotiating
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____ DISCREET: Showing good judgment; keeping confidences
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____ DYNAMIC: Energetic; vigorous
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____ EMPATHETIC: Sensitive to or identify with the feelings of others; warm
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____ ENTHUSIASTIC: Show interest and excitement; expressive
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____ FIRM: Unlikely to change mind; adamant; certain
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____ FORESIGHTED: Realize what is likely to happen in the future
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____ HONEST: Truthful; genuine; having integrity; straightforward
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____ LOGICAL: Rational; analytical; reasonable
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____ OPEN-MINDED: Impartial; receptive to new ideas; free from prejudice or bigotry
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____ ORGANIZED: Structured; orderly; systematic
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____ OUTGOING: Sociable; friendly
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____ PERCEPTIVE: Observant; keen insight or awareness
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____ PERSISTENT: Refuse to give up; persevere
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____ PERSUASIVE: Influence or lead others
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____ PRACTICAL: Realistic; pragmatic; down-to-earth
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____ RESPONSIBLE: Dependable; trustworthy; reliable; loyal
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____ SENSIBLE: Showing good sense; sound judgment
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____ SOPHISTICATED: Cultured; world-wise
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____ STRONG: Powerful
B – Select your top 5 traits and describe in a brief statement how you have effectively used each trait:
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C – Using the list on the reverse, in the ‘C.G.’ column, note the key traits exhibited by Will Smith’s
character Chris Gardner as you watch the film ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’. You will be required to
transfer these characteristics onto your movie worksheet.