SELF EVALUATION WORKSHEET

An important first step of your job search is understanding yourself and analyzing your skills, interests, personal qualities, and matching your characteristics with realistic career opportunities. The self evaluation questions below have been designed by executive recruiters to help you articulate your strengths, identify your career interests, and begin developing a career plan for yourself.

1. Would I work better in a large or small organization?

2. How important is geographic location to me? To my family?

3. Do I prefer working in a team environment or on my own?

4. Am I more comfortable following than leading?

5. Do I prefer to analyze situations and projects over actual implementation of an action plan?

6. Do I prefer to work with people or things?

7. How do I work under pressure?

8. Am I a good planner or idea person?

9. Am I a good listener?

10. Am I able to think quickly and articulate myself “on the spot”?

11. Am I able to make decisions in a timely manner?

12. Do I express myself well verbally and in writing?

13. What characteristics do I admire in others?

14. What do I enjoy most about my major?

15. What aspects of my current job do I enjoy? What do I dislike?

16. In the past six months, what accomplishment has been most satisfying?

17. In the next five years what would I like to accomplish?

18. What level of responsibility do I hope to reach in the future?

19. What would I like to be earning then?

20. How will I achieve my career goals? What skills, knowledge, and experience do I need?

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