Career Development

Career assessment

Your career to date has made you what you are. What you want from the future is a reflection of what you have gained from the past. This tool is designed to help you understand where you are now and what you want from the future by looking back at the journey you have taken in your career so far. There are two parts to this assessment tool.

Drawing your career journey — part 1

Draw a road that represents your career. This could be any type of road-a highway, a main road, or a side road. It may be straight in some parts and twisty in others. The road may go up or down hills. The road may be clear or at times it may be blocked, and you may turn off onto a side road or a dead end.

After you have drawn the road, indicate with a large X where you are on your journey now. Then write in the major events on your career journey. Once completed, go to Part 2.

Career assessment — part 2

When you have completed drawing your career journey, take time to reflect on what this says about your life so far. You may like to consider the following questions:

1. What does the career journey you've traveled say about you as a person?

2. What elements characterize the high points in your career so far?

3. What elements characterize the low points in your life?

4. What appear to be the things that are crucial to you in your life?

5. Do you have any other thoughts on your career journey so far?

(You may wish to talk this through with a partner or someone you trust)

Reproduced by permission from HRD Press, Inc., Compendium of Questionnaires and Inventories, Volume 2, Cook, Sarah.

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