PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT Analysis for:
Comparing to and/or sources?
Internal Origin
Your personal strengths and weaknesses.
External Origin
External things that may impact you and/or your choices.
HELPFUL
HARMFUL
HELPFUL
HARMFUL
STRENGTHS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
WEAKNESSES
examples: career choice, potential new career, skills needed for promotion, or quarterly self- review
Think about how broad or narrow your analysis should be. It may be
advantageous to do multiple analyses. For example, if you are review-
ing dierent 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 SOURCES (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.
Name:
Date:
John Smith
11/30/2020
Promoon (become the manager of my department)
Job descripon, performance review, feedback & personal thoughts
1. What are you good at?
2. What do you like to do?
3. Educaon? Cercaons?
4. What do people say you are good at?
5. Unique abilies
Examples: College degree, uent in English
and Spanish, like math, great writer, and detail
oriented.
Remember to list strengths related to your
analysis.
1. Potenal liabilies
2. Skills you need for the job you want
3. Things you need to improve
4. Tasks you avoid doing
5. Negave work habits
Examples: Have not worked in two years, no
management experience, oen late, and no
college degree.
Later you will idenfy what is keeping you from
meeng your goals and develop a plan to x it.
1. Up and coming industries/jobs
2. Trends you can take advantage of
3. Skills employers need
4. Personal network
5. Needs no one is lling
6. New job opening at work
Opportunies are external to you but are things
you may be able to take advantage of.
1. Industry changes
2. Skills your compeon has that you lack
3. Economic climate
4. New technology that you do not know
Threats are external factors that may work
against you.
PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT Analysis for:
Comparing to and/or sources?
Internal Origin
Your personal strengths and weaknesses.
External Origin
External things that may impact you and/or your choices.
HELPFUL
HARMFUL
HELPFUL
HARMFUL
STRENGTHS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
WEAKNESSES
examples: career choice, potential new career, skills needed for promotion, or quarterly self- review
Think about how broad or narrow your analysis should be. It may be
advantageous to do multiple analyses. For example, if you are review-
ing dierent 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 SOURCES (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.
Name:
Date:
PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT Analysis for:
Comparing to and/or sources?
Internal Origin
Your personal strengths and weaknesses.
External Origin
External things that may impact you and/or your choices.
HELPFUL
HARMFUL
HELPFUL
HARMFUL
STRENGTHS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
WEAKNESSES
examples: career choice, potential new career, skills needed for promotion, or quarterly self- review
Think about how broad or narrow your analysis should be. It may be
advantageous to do multiple analyses. For example, if you are review-
ing dierent 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 SOURCES (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.
Name:
Date: