ASSESSMENT
Are You Ready for Career Success?
What are your best skills? In what type of jobs will you succeed? Try this assessment to see how well you are managing your career and what resources in Career Success can help you take the next step.
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QUESTION 1
What best accounts for career success?
A: Having a good education, a good work ethic, and good luck.
B: Working hard at successful companies that offer growth opportunities.
C: Learning more each day, taking advantage of every opportunity, and connecting with a broad professional network.
D: Aligning my values, strengths, and interests with my work and maintaining strong relationships with my network.
QUESTION 2
Do you know what work environment brings out the best in you?
A: I just adapt to the job I have.
B: I recognize some similarities in the environments I have been successful in.
C: I need to work somewhere that meets some core traits I am unwilling to compromise on, but it can take a while to tell whether I have found such a place.
D: I have a clear sense of the work environment I will thrive in, and I look for companies with a particular culture or management style that suits me.
QUESTION 3
How well are you able to articulate your personal and professional strengths?
A: I would need more time to think about this.
B: I can cite examples of work I did in the past that earned me some recognition.
C: I can identify things I consider to be my strengths, but I have no idea whether they are strengths relative to my peers.
D: I can clearly articulate the unique combination of strengths and characteristics that distinguish me from my peers.
QUESTION 4
What are your thoughts about setting personal career goals?
A: I tend to focus on the performance review goals I set with my manager. After all, those are the ones that lead to promotions and increased earnings.
B: I have some goals in mind, but I tend to focus more on my short-term obligations.
C: I set goals and work toward them, but my goals may not always seem relevant to the work I am doing.
D: I use long- and short-term goals to guide my career.
QUESTION 5
What role does risk play in your career?
A: I avoid risk by considering career opportunities only when they develop naturally.
B: I prefer not to take risks with my career, but I hope to get better at recognizing risks worth taking.
C: I understand some risk taking is necessary, but the risks I have taken have not always worked out for me.
D: I consider strategic risk taking to be an important part of how I can achieve my longer-term goals.
QUESTION 6
Which of the following best describes how you currently manage your career?
A: I work hard for my employer, stay up to date with the industry, and avoid taking unnecessary risks with my career.
B: I know what position I want next, and I try to be proactive about expanding my knowledge and building on my experience.
C: I have set a few goals that have meaning for me and will see which ones I can achieve.
D: I actively look for opportunities to align my passion and skills with my professional endeavors.
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