My Five Signature Themes

This week in class we took the CliftonStrengths for Students Assessment. This was a quiz that gave you five signature themes based on your answers. The signature themes I got were Competition, Achiever, Futuristic, Significance, and Command. I thought these reflected my personality very well. I have always been very competitive through sports and my career chose of finance reflects my futuristic attitude. We also interviewed one classmate who had a theme in common with us. My partner was Andrew Dreyer, who had competition in common, which we both felt was our strongest trait. Through this exercise I learned how these traits affect our work in group projects. Andrew uses his achiever trait when the project starts stalling and he needs to get the group together and back on track. I use my command trait to take charge of the project to make sure that everyone has a part to contribute to the final product. We also used these traits as a way to show a positive trait to future employers. Andrew chose to use the competitive theme because he wants to display to employers that he is willing to do whatever it takes to be competitive and excel in his field. I chose to use my futuristic and competitive traits because for the finance field, the future is everything. In order to excel in my field, I will need to always have the future in mind while also being as competitive in the market. We also used this assessment to find a trait that we thought we possessed but did not get. He chose analytical, which helps with his accounting major. I chose the self-assurance trait because I feel as if I relate to the risk-taker side. This can be good or bad in the financial world, but I feel as if I hold a unique perspective on the field because of my background. This assessment helped me understand my positive traits better and how I can use them to display my talents to future employers #TUBusinessCareers, #GoTU, #TUCareerPrep.