Career Assessment Profile

Step 1 of 2

Monday Morning:

a. I look forward to Monday morning.
b. I dread Monday mornings and look forward to weekends.

Personal Energy:

a. I get energy from my job all day.
b. I feel "drained" at the end of most days.

Clock Watcher?:

a. When I'm at work, time flies by.
b. I seem to watch the clock and most days it drags by slowly.

Accomplishments:

a. Most days I feel a real sense of accomplishment at the day's end.
b. Most days I feel like I didn't really make anything important happen.

The Boss:

a. My boss and I generally see eye to eye.
b. I don't usually agree with my boss on issues.

Part Of The Big Picture?:

a. My role is clearly defined and important to the company.
b. I find myself having to justify my position to others.

Evaluation Time:

a. My last review was positive overall and set goals that excited me.
b. My last review was critical and/or unclear to me.

Thoughts Of Work:

a. When I'm not at work, I'm often still thinking of solutions to work challenges.
b. When I'm not at work, I put it completely out of my mind. I need to.

Stress:

a. I feel stress only occasionally or almost never.
b. I feel stressed most of the time.

Work Load:

a. I feel valuable to the company.
b. I feel completely overworked and unappreciated.

Step 2 of 2

Management Support:

a. I know my boss always supports me.
b. I really wonder what my boss says when someone speaks badly of my performance.

Compensation:

a. I feel like I am fairly paid for my work.
b. I don't make enough for what I do. They just keep adding work.

Health:

a. I am in good health, generally speaking.
b. I am having lots of small, unexplainable physical ailments and pains.

Take A Chance:

a. I am not really a big "gambler."
b. I find myself buying lottery tickets more lately and daydreaming about winning and quitting my job.

Control:

a. I feel in control of my own destiny and know that I have choices.
b. I find myself always justifying my job, trying to remain a valuable contributor while fearing that one day the ax will fall and I will lose my job.

Getting Somewhere?:

a. I feel like I'm working toward a personal goal in my job.
b. My job is just a job, maybe even a dead end. It doesn't offer much future.

How Did I Get Here?:

a. I chose my current career path after really learning all I could about it.
b. How did I get in this job? I "just ended up here" somehow. It just happened.

Acting Out:

a. I enjoy all my time off with family and friends.
b. The night before I have to start my work week, I am sometimes short-tempered or stressed.

My Company:

a. I feel like a valued part of the company where I work.
b. I feel totally unappreciated. They don't know how hard I work or how valuable I am to them.

Explain It To Me:

a. When I explain to friends what the company does, I usually say "We make…" or "We do…"
b. When I explain to friends what the company does, I usually say "They make…" or "They do…"