SWOT analysis of myself (22/10/2012)

SWOT analysis of myself:

Robin Foale  22/10/2012

Strengths:

What advantages do you have? 

• Kind. 
• Polite.
• Friendly.   
• Dependable.  
• Can look at things from different perspectives.  
• Has a strong moral code. 
• Considerate. 
• Team player.
• Open to new things.
• Hard working. 

What do you do better than anyone else?

• Vivid imagination.
• Time management.
• Critiquing.
• Ability to push myself to work for long periods of time.
• Perfectionist.  

What facilities and resources do you have access to?

• Laptop.
• Scanner.
• Home consoles.
• Handheld devices.
• The internet.
• Digital camera.
• University equipment.

What do people who know you see as your strengths?

• Kind.
• Good writer.
• Good artist.
• A people person. 
• Loyal.
• Nice hair! 

Weaknesses:

What do you have difficulty with?

• Punctuation.
• Stuttering due to trying to articulate.
• The odd spelling e.g. ‘they, their and there’ I still confuse with one another. 
• Learning and remembering things due to my short term memory.
• Selective hearing.
• Sentence structure – I either write too long a sentence or they are not in the right order.

What could you improve?

•       My punctuation and spelling. 
•       Improve my writing speed. 
•       Ability to work alongside distractions. 

What should you avoid?

• Over analysing both myself and everyday occurences. Also critiquing things can be a good thing but can also lead to me ‘winding myself up’.
• Comparing my work to others. After all, I will get better over time and everyone is different.
• Getting over sensitive over the littlest of things.  
• Spending too much time on things.  
• Getting stressed or frustrated with those who don’t understand what I am saying, even though I think that what I am saying is clear.

Opportunities:

Where are the good opportunities facing you?

• My current course at Plymouth College of Art.
• My workplace – Tkmaxx.
• The internet – numerous websites have all the information I could ever need in order to know more about the industry and how to get into it.
• Amateur productions and the drama workshops I go to with the Youth Music Theatre. 

What are the interesting trends you are aware of?

• Steampunk.
• Gaming.
• Anime and Manga.
• Movies.
• Comics. 
• Drama.
• Role Playing. 

Threats:

What obstacles do you face?

• Other people’s skills (whether it’s long time professionals or those that are generally better).
• What is your competition doing?
• Getting in touch with different companies.
• Practising their skills.
• Looking up the industry.  

Are the required specifications for your job, products or service changing?

•       More companies are looking for individuals that can cover multiple areas and not just a few.

Is changing technology threatening your position?

•       YES! Technology will and is always changing thanks to new discoveries. Therefore I need to keep up with these changes in order to keep up with the times.

Financial concerns?

•       None at the moment but if I needed to move in order to work I would perhaps have a problem financially.

Could any of your weaknesses seriously threaten your business?

• As I would love to write the stories and characters for video games in the future I do fear that my fair from perfect punctuation and spelling skills could bring me down.  
• My selective hearing and short term memory could get me into trouble due to possibly missing newly assigned tasks and/or deadlines.