My SWOT - How to Use Your Knowledge

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My SWOT - How to Use Your
Planning for your future working life is crucial to your
Knowledge
success outside. That’s what this course is about. Also,
this is supposed to be an interactive course, so get ready
to write.

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Objectives
When you complete this course, you will know how to use
SWOT analysis to help you prepare for a successful
working life after you are released.

3 RC testimonial RC testimonial

4 Pre-Test
1. SWOT stands for the following: None
A. Spirit, Wit, Outgoing, Traits
B. Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats
C. Sentence, Work history,
Offense, Time served
D. None of these
2. A SWOT analysis allows you to see
yourself:
● True
● False
3. Having a SWOT allows me to look at
my:
A. Skills
B. Interests
C. Weaknesses
D. All of the above
4. How many passions or major strengths
should you focus on?
A. 3 to 5
B. 5
C. 3
D. 10
5. How many opportunities should you
 choose as priorities now.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3 to 5
D. 3
6. Looking at how you manage conflict is
one way to move a negative to a positive
TRUE
FALSE
7. A weakness is something you are not
good at, that might affect your ability to
survive on the outside.
TRUE
FALSE

1. B is the correct answer

2. A is the correct
3. D is the correct answer
4. A
5. A
6. TRUE
7. TRUE

5 The Importance of Career Planning

One of the most important things you can do pre-release
and just after getting back into the world is to do some
career planning. But to do it right, you really need a
framework for thinking about what to do.

6 What is SWOT?
SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses. Opportunities,
Strengths
Threats. SWOT analysis began as a business tool, but
plenty of people use it as a framework for career planning.
Weaknesses
The basic idea is simple – You think about your strengths
Opportunities as a job seeker, your weaknesses, opportunities around
you, and threats to your career success.
Threats Let’s start applying the idea to career planning by looking
at how Strengths apply.

7 Strengths Answer these questions to assess your strengths as a job

seeker.
● Talents
What am I good at?
● Passions
● How others see us What is my passion?
● Personal qualities
 ● Job-related skills How do others see me?
● Work experience
Name 3 good things about myself that I
Do
Say
Practice/demonstrate
What are my job skills and work experiences?
Take a few minutes right now to answer those questions.

8 Have you written down your strengths?

The next step in doing a SWOT analysis is to look at your
weaknesses, both personally and in terms of job skills.

9 Weaknesses
● Skills
● Personal habits
● Personality traits
● A second opinion
Answer these questions about your weaknesses:
– What do I struggle with? Consider skills and
personal habits
– What is the one trait I wish I could change?
– What would my best friend or supporter say
is my greatest weakness?
Spend a few minutes answering those questions, in
writing.

10 Have you written down your weaknesses?

The next step in a personal SWOT analysis is to think
about opportunities.

11 Opportunities
● Things to do Answer these questions about the opportunities you can
● Networking opportunities think of:
● New hobbies
– What would I like to do more of post release
● Free training
if I was granted one wish?
– Who should I get to know?
– What is one new hobby I would like to try?
– What free or inexpensive training can I take
advantage of?
Take a few minutes to write down the opportunities you
think of.

12 Have you written down your

opportunities?
The last step in using SWOT for career planning is to
create a list of problems you might have to overcome.

13 Threats
● Attitudes Answer these questions to determine what threats there
● Bad habits might be to your success on the outside:
 ● Individuals ● What is preventing me from being the best
● Lack of skill or experience ME? List the attitudes, beliefs, and values
● The business world that might hold you back.
● What vices tend to trip me up?
● What individuals or things keep me from
focusing?
● What gaps in my knowledge or training
might hold me back?
● What is changing in the world that might
make my skills and experience less
valuable?
Write down your answers to those questions. Take as
much time as you need.

14 Have you written down your threats?

If so, you are basically done.
Now you can make a plan to use your
SWOT analysis.
Now you know how to use Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, and Threats for career planning. After a
brief review and a testimonial from a returned citizen, you
will have another chance to test your knowledge of SWOT
analysis.

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16 Review SWOT means Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,

SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats.
Career and life planning
Use SWOT to identify opportunities,
personal strengths, personal weaknesses,
and threats to your success post-release.
Threats
SWOT is a great tool for career planning.
You can use SWOT to help you make effective use of your
personal strengths and identify opportunities.
You can use SWOT to help you identify things you need to
improve about yourself.

17 Post-Test Not applicable

1. SWOT stands for the following:
A. Spirit, Wit, Outgoing, Traits
B. Strength, Weakness,
Opportunity, Threat
C. Sentence, Work history,
Offense, Time served
D. None of the above
2. A SWOT analysis allows you to see
yourself
● True
● False
3. Having a SWOT allows me to look at
my
A. Skills
B. Interests
C. Weaknesses
 D. All of the above
4. How many passions or major strengths
should you focus on?
E. 3 to 5
F. 5
G. 3
H. 10

5. How many opportunities should you

choose as priorities now.
E. 2
F. 5
G. 3 to 5
H. 3
6. Looking at how you manage conflict is
one way to move a negative to a positive
TRUE
FALSE
7. A weakness is something you are not
good at, that might affect your ability to
survive on the outside.
TRUE
FALSE

16 Post-Test Review
1.SWOT stands for which of the following:
B. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
Threats
2. A SWOT analysis allows you to see
yourself:
TRUE
3. Having a SWOT allows me to look at
my:
D. All of the Above
4. How many passions or major strengths
should you focus on?
A. 3 to 5
5. How many opportunities should you
choose as priorities now.
A. 2
6. Looking at how you manage conflict is
one way to move a negative to a positive
TRUE
7. A weakness is something you are not
good at, that might affect your ability to
survive on the outside.
TRUE
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