Conquer Your Career Self-Assessment
You want to conquer your career, but you don’t know how or don’t have the time or energy to read all of the advice on how to do it.
Start with this self-assessment, which is in the Conquer Your Career e-Guide. (Purchase here.) Go through the questions and keep track of how many questions you answer YES to. This will help you narrow down what you need to work on to help you through starting a new career or changing your existing career.
The e-Guide is composed of 4 parts. Each part contains 5 strategies. Each strategy contains 5 action steps. That means this e-Guide contains 100 actionable steps to help you take control of your career.
Detailed descriptions of each of the 100 action steps are in the e-guide. It also includes career examples from a millennial and a boomer.
Each strategy in the e-Guide is posed as a question in this self-assessment. It helps you assess how proficient you are in that particular strategy. Score yourself at the end.
Ready, go!
Part I: Develop Yourself
- Do I know what I like to do and what I am good at?
- Do I keep learning and moving, and not always in the same direction?
- Do I continue my education, being selective about the field of study?
- Do I know my skills, strengths, and accomplishments, updating my resume frequently?
- Do I volunteer in local community groups to cast a wide net and fulfill my personal needs for helping others?
Part II: Enhance Your Image
- Do I update my personal appearance?
- Do I improve my language skills, accent, and body language?
- Do I have a professional resume and update it periodically?
- Do I review my social media content from a potential employer’s point of view?
- Do I practice my interviewing skills?
Part III: Get Hired
- Do I search for job opportunities in many different ways?
- Do I apply for jobs, carefully tailoring my cover letter and resume?
- Do I prepare for the interview?
- Do I conduct an impeccable interview?
- Do I follow-up on applications, interviews, and offers?
Part IV: Manage Your Future
- Do I join trade associations or organizations that reflect my interests?
- Do I work in an industry and company (if not self-employed) that aligns with my values?
- Do I follow blogs, read books, and search for websites that educate me and connect me?
- Do I attend a conference each year in my area of interest?
- Do I try to transfer internally to positions for which I am better suited?
Based on your scores, you can fall into 4 different categories:
16-20: Conqueror. You’re rocking your career. You only need to work on a few items to achieve the nirvana of the career world.
11-15: Climber. You’re getting there. You have been steadily climbing your way to the top of your career. You need that extra push at the end to get to the top.
6-10: Cruiser. You’re cruising along in your career, waiting for someone else to make things happen. Guess what? It’s up to you. Start working on the action steps.
0-5: Cakewalker. You haven’t done much at all in growing your career. (And you may not want to.) You need some motivation. That’s what this e-guide is for. It’s time to get started.
Now that you know what you need to work on, purchase the e-Guide and reflect on the five action steps in each of the 20 strategies to conquer your career. For the questions you said YES to, check for additional tips on how to further master that strategy. You can never be too prepared.
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