List of Job Weaknesses

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List of Jobs Weaknesses

• A particular software package
• Action-oriented/entrepreneurial
• Advanced mathematics
• Attentive/detail-oriented
• Being overly involved in on-campus activities (if a student or recent graduate)
• Being too critical of other people’s work
• Being too detail-oriented
• Being too helpful to others
• Being too honest
• Being too much of a perfectionist
• Being too sensitive
• Collaborative
• Committed/dedicated
• Competitive (note: similarly to perfectionism, this can be a strength)
• Confrontation
• Coursework (a particular course you struggled with)
• Covering for co-workers
• Creative
• Creative writing
• Creativity
• Creativity (many jobs don’t require creativity)
• Dedication

• Delegating tasks (if you’re not in a management role, you won’t need to delegate)
• Determination
• Determined
• Discipline
• Disciplined/focused
• Disorganized
• Empathetic
• Enthusiasm
• Enthusiastic/passionate/driven
• Essay writing (be sure to emphasize your strength in other forms of writing)
• Expecting too much from colleagues
• Expressing too much frustration with underperforming staff or colleagues
• Financial literacy

• Flexible/versatile
• Foreign languages (or one particular foreign language)
• Honest
• Honesty
• Humor (it’s fine if you’re not funny)
• Innovative
• Leaving projects unfinished
• Limited experience in a nonessential skill (especially if obvious on your resume)
• Not comfortable taking risks
• Not detail-oriented/too detail-oriented
• Not skilled at delegating tasks
• Organization
• Patience
• Patience
• Patient

• Perfectionism (note: this can be a strength in many roles, so be sure you have an example of how perfectionism can be a problem to demonstrate that you’ve thought deeply about this trait)
• Presenting to large groups
• Providing too much detail in reports
• Public speaking
• Respectful
• Respectfulness
• Self-critical/sensitive
• Shifting from one project to another (multitasking)
• Shy/Not adept at public speaking
• Spelling
• Spending too much time on school assignments
• Spontaneity (you work better when prepared)
• Standardized tests

• Take on too much responsibility
• Taking credit for group projects
• Taking on too many projects at once
• Taking on too much responsibility
• Taking too many risks
• Too easily internalizing the problems of clients
• Too focused/lack of focus
• Too much procrastination (as long as you still meet all your deadlines)
• Trustworthiness
• Versatility
• Working too many hours

Credit thebalancecareers.com and indeed.