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To be an effective criminal justice professional, you will need to determine the best alignment of your skills and abilities to the job you would like to have. Conducting a self-assessment of your critical thinking skills, abilities, and attitudes can help you determine whether you are a good fit for a job and/or identify skills you need to improve to help you succeed in the criminal justice career of your choice.

Before completing this discussion:

Review the 10 personal traits of an effective thinker provided at the beginning of Ch. 2, "Thinking Critically," in Thinking Critically.

Locate and complete 1 online critical thinking test. Note: There are numerous free tests available online to choose from.

Respond to the following:

• Identify 1 criminal justice job you are interested in pursuing.
• Summarize the critical thinking skills that may be required to be successful in this job. Note: Consider reviewing an online job posting to understand the job requirements.
• Identify the critical thinking test you took, provide a link to it, and summarize the results of your critical thinking test.
• Identify 2 or 3 strength areas that will help you be successful in your desired job.
• Identify 2 or 3 areas you would like to improve on to be a successful critical thinker in your desired job.
• Analyze how applying critical thinking skills can help you mitigate risk or solve problems in your desired criminal justice job.