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What was happening before, what did you do, and what changed?
For graduates and young professionals in their first years of work. A one-to-one conversation that helps you notice your strengths, describe them in your own words and choose your next career step.
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Rate 42 statements in 14 short steps, then get your personal snapshot and one thing to try this week.
Inspired by McKinsey & Company’s published research on the skills people need for the future of work, the “Distinct Elements of Talent” (DELTAs). POV is not affiliated with or endorsed by McKinsey.
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What was happening before, what did you do, and what changed?
What did you learn quickly, and how did you learn it?
What felt unfamiliar at first, and what helped you adjust?
What did you notice or begin without being told?
Who did you help to understand, or bring along?
Don’t have a number? That’s fine. We never make things up. Describe what became easier, faster or clearer because of what you did.
What you receive depends on what you need. Everything below is made up for illustration.
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Your free snapshot, with one thing to try this week. Yours to download.
| Strength | A real example |
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| Calm with people | Helped an upset guest during a busy shift |
| Curious with data | Found why a weekly report kept changing |
| Quick to adapt | Learned a new system in my first week |
Up to three strengths, each with a real example to back it up.
Supported the weekly events team during peak season.
Evidence to add: what did you do yourself, and what changed?
Clear prompts that help you add your own real examples. Nothing is invented.
A digital and a print version that sound like you, where this is part of your session.
Asking for help earlier.
Share my workload at Monday’s team check-in.
What a normal week looks like in marketing.
One thing to practise, one question to explore and when you’ll start.
Say what you did yourself, then what the team did.
Practice and feedback, shaped around the role you want, where you’d find it useful.
Try the free self-reflection, if you’d like to.
Choose a time for your 60-minute session.
We explore your experiences, strengths and what you’d like next.
Leave with clearer words and one small next step.
Whether it’s your first job or your next one, let’s explore it together.