Self-worth vs Organizational value
You should love you some you as that relationship is the foundation for any other personal or professional encounters you’ll have in life. Another way to describe it would be self-esteem and how much a person values themselves. It’s important that you hold yourself in high regard and do things that complement your physical and mental well-being.
Organizational value or the benefit provided to the organization can be subjective, objective, or more often a combination of the two pending on the observer and the metrics used.
Self-worth and Organizational value are mutually exclusive and quite often poorly defined creating ineffective communication between employers and employees and resulting unrealistic expectations.
As a job seeker or an employee, you have to constantly be mindful of your objective value to the organization since that will provide you the best indicator of your chances of landing a job or what your future with the company might be. Understanding objective significance is essential to career planning because it should influence a person’s approach to their professional development.
How to assess where you stand: As a job seeker the job posting defines what the organization considers important so If you just meet the minimum requirements then its likely that individual will not be selected because other candidates meet and exceed the minimum standard. Additionally, one’s experience can be a benefit “IF” that experience can be directly assimilated into the organizations success. Having years of experience as a supervisor doesn’t mean you would be a good supervisor in another organization.
An employee should be vigilant of what supervisors consider valuable and what the organization seeks from its workforce. Find out what the succession plan for the job you hold is and what is expected of the position sought. That information lays out what needs to be done to meet minimum requirements of the next position as well as provides an objective argument as to why the employee is a good fit for the position based on recorded factual information.
A common theme in posts are people describing themselves as experienced and able to work circles around others which may be true but unless it can be articulated adequately on paper through factual information that can be validated it’s a subjective depiction of the persons organizational value.
The point: Recognize the difference between self-worth and organizational value. Just being a good worker doesn’t always equate to being a valued asset to the organization if the expectation is that you are able to do numerous things but you’re an expert at one. Trimming the fat for organizations often means doing more with less which requires multi-talented workforces where employees have the skill and versatility to support different areas simultaneously.
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The issue I found in my workplaces, an entry-level position Meijer retailer, is self-interests come ahead of true corporative values. There is always lack of understanding each other preceptive between management and workers. Each side is only interested in how to get the most for themselves. Every associate and manager should learn to see themselves as a part of the whole.
This is good information, can you rewrite the first sentence so it flows into the rest of all that valuable information?
Hi Curtis Barnes , this speaks directly to a dilemma @TimYang has been facing as described in his conversation Am I doing something wrong?. He's been having a hard time trying to convince hiring managers that he's the right fit for the job when asked "why do you want this job?".
He feels like all his previous work experience and skills should make him a high quality candidate so he doesn't understand why he's not landing any offers. I pointed out the mutuality that need to exist between employer and employee. He needs to highlight how specific capacities and attributes need to be in line with what the employer is seeking in the job description. Years of experience in an industry with similar job titles is simply not enough. This is where I feel many job seekers mis the mark on interviews.
Great info in your post. Your statement "Having years of experience as a supervisor doesn’t mean you would be a good supervisor in another organization." is priceless!
Thanks for sharing.
Quite an insightful & motivational write up especially on self worth, multi-talented workforces & versatility..