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The first step in planning your future involves assessing yourself because a sound knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses enables you to evaluate your career prospects. If you are honest about your good and bad points, then you have a firm basis for deciding whether a research career is for you, or which research posts will suit you best. This should help you to find an environment in which you will be happy to work and one in which you can feel fulfilled. When you are planning your future, you need to evaluate yourself from several perspectives.
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Hatt, S. (1999). Your Strengths and Weaknesses. In: Hatt, S., Kent, J., Britton, C., Campling, J. (eds) Women, Research and Careers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230389090_7
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