Explore your strengths, weaknesses, transferable skills, needs, and interest. You have developed skills to offer an employer. Some skills are functional – those you have learned and acquired - others are adaptive characteristics – how you appear, engage, support the mission and get along. Define your personal objectives. Translate your experience, skills and interest into the type of work you are interested in performing. Answer these questions: • How would I describe my next opportunity? • Why do I want to pursue this type of work? • How can I get there? • What skills or training do I bring and what additional skills or training do I need? .