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Self-Esteem v/s Employability

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While at work today, an interesting discussion cropped up. Whether there is any correlation between Employability and Self-Esteem. Although a lot of work has been done on these two topics independently, I could hardly come up with anything which tied these two together. Interestingly, many firms have tried to come up with Employability Index and Self-Esteem Index, so why not see the behavior of these two?

Before we laugh off Wally, I want to say at the highest point of Employability, the Self-Esteem is the true identity of the individual’s skill sets. It is very difficult to find people like these, whose estimate of their self-worth is equal to the actual difference they make. I remember a study that I had participated, in a sample size of 40 individuals, only 2 of them were close to their self-worth, the rest either thought very highly of themselves or undersold themselves.

Where would you choose to be?

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Written by Prasad

February 24th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

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  • http://everything-on-mind.blogspot.com durga

    hmm… apart from points what you mentioned , I as well feel , knowing ones true worth will help the individual grow and aspire more , and let others have decent expectations from him/her.

    Over -expectations on the other hand would end up him/her in a situation where delivery becomes rather a challenge and not something achievable in real time.

    May be under expecation is alright, which might still give space for growth.

  • http://unpredictableblog.wordpress.com/ Prateek

    Interesting.
    Where would I choose to be? I would be happy playing the fool or the vegetable according to the graph. :)

  • http://kidakaka.com/blog kidakaka

    @Durga – Correct estimation of one’s worth + high self-esteem is the formula for success!!

    @Prateek – You should always choose to be at the center where Wally is :-)