{"id":54,"date":"2011-03-17T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbcareers.co.uk\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2011-05-05T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T10:00:34","slug":"evaluating-your-strengths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bbcareers.co.uk\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating your strengths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8230;. and working on any weaknesses&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>BBCareers can help you clearly identify what your key skills, experience and achievements are so you can get on and do what you want to do.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8216;Who are you&#8217; ?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are you good at? What do you think your key skills are? Why do you think you are good at certain things (but not others)<\/li>\n<li>What do you know? 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