What to improve?

I have never been good at picking out my strengths and weakness. Self evaluation just does not come easily to me. But as an up-and-coming public relations professional I need to know where I stand and what skills I need improvement on. After reading about 14 key attributes a public relations professional should posses on DaveFleet.com , I could see the skill sets I contain and those that I need to work on.

My finest selling points are:

1) Work Ethic - When I am assigned something, I start working on it that day. I cannot rest until I know everything is perfect. Even if the perfection takes long hours to accomplish. I am a worker bee!

2) Communication Skills - As a freshman in college, I thought communication skills would be my downfall, but I have quickly learned communication is one of my strong suits. I am great at delegating, but I also never leave myself out of the mix. When I believe in a project I am presenting or a plan I am implementing, communication (vocal or written) becomes second nature.

3) Proactiveness - I listed proactiveness as one of my strengths because when I do not know something I always ask. I never let something pass me by because I do not feel like asking or looking it up. I do not take deadlines lightly. I live on time lines, even day to day! I have to know what to do next. I am not one to sit around and wait to be told what to do!

Now that I have gone through my strengths as an up-and-coming public relations professional according to the list provided by DaveFleet.com, it is now time to talk about my areas of improvement! Dun-Dun-Dunn

1) Writing - Since writing is at the core of public relations, I feel there is always need for improvement. My vocabulary is probably the weakest part of my writing. The thesaurus has been my best friend!

2) Media Relations - Even though I have my fair share of experience with media relations, contacting the media still scares me. I have always felt uncomfortable talking on the phone ( I won't even make my own doctor appointments). I have slowly gotten better with media relations. I am thankfully for the experience I have had now in college or else I would be at square one when I enter the workforce. At least im making progress!

3) Coding - I have taken two computer courses at GCSU. Both have helped me understand coding, but I feel I am still in the dark. Coding does not make sense to me. I have a lot of room for improvement in the skill of coding!

Now that I have picked out my strengths and weakness, I can spend the rest of my college career fine tuning my public relations skills. Come May 2010 WATCH OUT world of public relations!