StrengthsFinder - What Role Fits for Context Careers?

StrengthsFinder Definition - Context

People exceptionally talented in the Context theme enjoy thinking about the past. They understand the present by researching its history. Here's the full list of CliftonStrengths definitions so you can check out your other talents as well.

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StrengthsFinder Context Careers - What Work Cultures Fit?

StrengthsFinder Context Careers - Energy Takers & Energy Makers

In the next section, you'll explore what fuels you up and what drains you. Just like gas (or petrol) in your car, you need to keep your personal tank full to be at your best. Each StrengthsFinder talent theme is energized and drained by different things. When you see the stick figure who looks strong, you can consider how these things fuel you up at work. They're your energy makers. When you see the stick figure who looks weak, consider if these things are draining you at work. They're your energy takers.

Yucks for CliftonStrengths Context

  • When the past is forgotten or disregarded
  • Repeating the same mistakes at work, and not proactively avoiding failure by learning from the past

Yays for CliftonStrengths Context

  • Researching past situations to apply lessons today
  • Learning the backstory about how you got where you are today so it can be applied to your current team

Build Fitting Context Careers - You At Your Best

Most people have a good handle on "What" they bring to the workplace. Resumes, CVs, and career development conversations are filled with lists of skills and job titles that show "what" you can do. Nearly everyone misses the "How".

Your Clifton StrengthsFinder talent themes help you communicate "How" you show up. It's how you think. It's how you feel. It's how you act. These are huge differences in each person that are differentiators on the job. Consider these adjectives you might want to consciously put into your personal branding efforts.

We recommend working a "How" description into the Summary section in your LinkedIn profile (if you don't yet use that section, don't worry, most people haven't paid attention to it until now). Of course, make up adjectives or phrases that describe you at your best. Try to avoid words like "motivated, self-starter" because they're so overused that you'll blend in with everyone else. Here are some ideas to spark your thinking:

  • Grounded
  • Researcher
  • Company Storyteller
  • Perceptive
  • Highlighter
  • Business Biographer
  • Studious
  • Collector
  • Culture Keeper
  • Archiver
  • Recorder
  • Wise
  • History Buff
  • Trend Spotter
  • Comparer of Then & Now
  • Corporate Archaeologist