Personal goals
- Joining the university to further my education to a degree
- Get a part-time job to save enough to support me through the schooling stage.
- After school, get a job to help save enough to start my own business.
- Join a saving scheme with a bank or a Sacco society to help me manage my limited finances during schooling and to acquire a loan after schooling.
Personal core competencies
I am competent in information communication technology solutions e.g. computer programming, system analysis, and design, repair, and maintenance. I am also competent in fashion and design in the clothing industry. Also, I am talented in sports and leadership. I gained experience during earlier schooling where I played games like basketball and table tennis, participated in scouting, and journalism clubs. This earned me a leadership post in the students’ leadership union in college, which led students’ grievances to be approached systematically.
Competitive advantages
I started my information technology course from a technical training institution earning me a diploma in the same area, which mainly deals with the technical part of every course, like maintenance. Exposure to this course has made me making me multitask in any organization where I have worked. This saves money for the employer.
Another advantage is the ability to work long hours, competently, and with minimal supervision. Also, I trained as a fashion designer without any area of specification making me fit to work in every area of production in that field.
Personal situational analysis (SWOT)
Opportunities
There is the availability of ultra-modern technology and facilities. It is possible to use this technology and integrate it with my other interest in the fashion industry to come up with a formidable product. This business will be located around an industrial or academic environment, where there is the availability of a wide range of customers. There is a large demand for services such as photocopying, scanning of documents among others. Another opportunity is the fast-growing trend of online services in almost every institution of education and business. For instance, applications for employment require the internet, thus the introduction of cyber cafes to serve this need is another opportunity
Threats
Several threats are emerging which might make my progress slow. These include the emergence of competitors who are more financially stable, and who can introduce better technology that pushes competition to higher heights. This might lead to a loss of customers as well as income. Moreover, a lot of investment is required to match the ever-changing preferences of consumers and especially the youth.
Strengths
Open-mindedness is the most important of my strengths. I can think through and examine opportunities from all angles. Also, I can master new skills, topics, and bodies of knowledge, whether on one’s own or formally. I am Kind and I do favors as well as good deeds for others. I also have an attitude of endurance even in harsh and non-productive seasons. My experience in both information technology and fashion design makes my chances of excelling very high.
Weaknesses
One of my shortcomings is that I have little regard for my capabilities. A second weakness is that I am easily intimidated. Moreover, I have a spirit of competitiveness that forces me to do even the wrong things. This is disastrous, especially when there is an urgent thing to be done. Fear of failure in the field of concentration. For instance, strength could be your intelligence, your kindness, and/or your educational background. A weakness could be limited experience in your chosen field, distractibility, a tendency to be blunt. However, I am working hard to overcome these challenges in the next six months to gain better positioning in the competitive arena.
Personal Strategies
Using the internet, I intend to learn how one can use computers in art and design to use it to create clothing designs for sale in two years. Another strategy is to create a strict schedule within the three years as I further my studies. Moreover, I intend to join a certificate class on weekends to learn more about selling and marketing.
Assessing the effectiveness of these strategies
The effectiveness of these strategies will be assessed after every year by looking at my performance in school. It will also be assessed after every small achievement between the learning processes, for instance, after achieving a certificate in sales and marketing certificate. However, the overall assessment will be after five years after saving enough to start my own strong business.