Assess Your Career Planning Activities And Needs

Assessing Your Career Planning Activities and Needs

(For individual usage only, not to be used in presentations, training programs or other public venues)

Directions: Use this instrument to rate yourself on your career planning activities and needs. For each activity listed in the left column below:

First check Yes if you have done it or No if have not,
Second check Yes if you feel you need additional training/development in this area or No if you do not need additional training and development in this area.
When you have completed both assessments Total the number of Yes’s and No’s you have entered.

	Career Planning Activities—Have you:			Do you need additional training/development in this activity?
		YES	NO	YES	NO
1.	An updated chronology of all your significant life events?
2.	A complete description of your 4-8 unique strengths?
3.	Current illustrations of your 4-8 unique strengths with qualitative or quantitative example?
4.	Confirmed in the last 6 months 4-8 your unique strength with others who know you?
5.	Assessed your unique personality style?
6.	Defined the nature of work and working conditions you desire?
7.	Evaluated which particular careers or jobs are right for you?
8.	Researched potential career or jobs that are appealing?
9.	Defined the unique personal characteristics need to succeed in your desired career or job?
10.	Evaluated the extent your present job utilizes all of your unique strengths?
11.	Held a conversation with your manager to restructure your present job to better use your strengths?
12.	Garnered organizational support for pursuing other jobs/careers in your present organization to better utilize your unique strengths
13.	A systematic way of managing your current contacts?
14.	Updated you list of current contacts in the last 4 months?
15.	Alerted your Social Networks of you career status and plans in the last month?
16.	Personally talked to your contacts about supporting your career goals?
17.	Used any of the internet job sites to further your career in the last year?
18.	A current career mentor?
19.	Met with your career mentor and exchanged expectations and objectives in the relationship?
20.	Suggested in conversations productive plans for your mentor to consider over the next six months?
21.	Developed and updated your strength based resume in the last 4 months?
22.	Practiced answering typical questions in a mock interview with an ally in the last 4 months?
23.	Practiced asking question to an ally in a mock interview that would give you the information for an informed employment decision in the last 4 months?
24.	A written plan to improve your interviewing skills?
25.	A comprehensive plan to market yourself to potential employers?
26.	Sought out the support you need for effective career planning in the last 6 months?
27.	Updated your job campaign strategy in the last 4 months?
28.	Established triggers to tell you when to seek help with your career planning efforts?
29.	Committed and calendared a specific date each year when you will review your career plans and progress?
Totals:
		YES	NO	YES	NO

Important: Print this page for your reference then select "Submit" to see how to evaluate your total Assessment Scores.

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