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Career inventory taken from:
'Snap, cracke or stop' by Barbara Quinn.

Snap, Crackle or Stop Snap, Crackle or Stop
Change your career and create your own destiny
Barbara Quinn
1843040077 (Paperback) May 2001, 192 pages 
Where are you in your career?

Please complete the inventory by making a choice for which phrase best describes you. Please select one response even if two responses seem to fit.

Click here to return to the momentum page.
 

The Inventory

1.

What’s important to me in a career
is a company that value

  1. development
  2. expression
  3. loyalty
  4. independence
2.

I believe I can get what I want

  1. if I am open
  2. somewhat skeptical
  3. if I plan correctly
  4. if I focus
3. I believe I am basically in the right career
  1. yes but could do better
  2. absolutely
  3. not sure
  4. questioning if this is so
4.

I am at the stage in my career where money

  1. is not as important as it was
  2. seems to be hard to come by
  3. seems to come naturally
  4. is never really enough
5.

I see my work as fulfilling

  1. but not as much as I want
  2. completely
  3. to a degree but I’m capable of more
  4. for the most part

 

6.

I identify with what I do for a living

  1. completely
  2. not really
  3. not as much as I used to
  4. most definitely
7.

When I have to tell other people
what I do for a living I feel

  1. excited
  2. neutral
  3. proud
  4. tentative

 

8.

When it comes to the next step in my career

  1. I am open to what it should be
  2. I don’t worry about what it should be
  3. I don’t know what it should be
  4. I am thinking about what it should be
9.

I spend time every day thinking
about my future

  1. sometimes
  2. a lot
  3. not really
  4. all the time
10.

I would describe myself in relation
to my career as

  1. extremely happy
  2. relatively happy
  3. neither happy nor unhappy
  4. happy
11.

I am restless in my career

  1. constantly
  2. somewhat
  3. most of the time
  4. very little
12.

I believe I stand a better chance
of getting what I want if I

  1. cared enough
  2. focus
  3. am open
  4. take charge
13.

People at work would see my role
as one that

  1. seems just beneath my skills
  2. is in transition
  3. seems to be perfect for me
  4. plays to my strengths
14.

I trust intuition over logic to make
career decisions

  1. sometimes
  2. usually
  3. always
  4. not as much as I should
15.

I am

  1. more qualified than the job requires
  2. figuring out what qualifications I need
  3. perfectly qualified for what I am doing
  4. very qualified but could be more so
16.

I am known for taking risks with my career

  1. sometimes
  2. rarely
  3. a fair amount
  4. a lot
17.

When things I do at work go wrong I try to

  1. understand it
  2. accept it
  3. analyze it
  4. learn from it
18.

One of the primary drivers for work is

  1. necessity
  2. career growth
  3. expression
  4. personal growth
19.

My friends think my career

  1. is on the right path
  2. is not where it should be
  3. is what makes me who I am
  4. is great and wonder why I’m questioning things
20

Many days at work, I feel like time

  1. is running out
  2. flies
  3. could be better spent
  4. is well spent
21.

I am exploiting my talents

  1. I am to a degree
  2. I am somewhat
  3. I wish I was
  4. I am doing as much as I can
23.

My job enables me to express my interests

  1. some of the time
  2. almost always
  3. not as much as it should
  4. most of the time
24.

My skills and experience match up
to my ambition

  1. a fair amount
  2. about right
  3. somewhat
  4. completely
25.

I would prefer to be

  1. working in a better job
  2. doing something different
  3. getting more recognition
  4. doing more of the same
26.

I see my career as

  1. just right
  2. stalled
  3. not going fast enough
  4. unclear
27.

My job is a place where I

  1. am using my skills
  2. not using enough of my skills
  3. am focusing on my skills
  4. am questioning my skills
28.

In my spare time I tend to

  1. have fun
  2. explore new things
  3. forget about work
  4. invent new things
29.

People would say I like to

  1. stay in my comfort zone
  2. get out of my comfort zone
  3. stretch my comfort zone
  4. explore my comfort zone
30.

I can continue doing the same kind
of work provided that I continue to

  1. contribute
  2. be competent
  3. evolve
  4. create
31.

The person I am at work is

  1. a bit different than the person I am at home
  2. somewhat the same as the person I am at home
  3. the same as the person I am at home
  4. very different than the person I am at home
32.

I spend time thinking about my career
in terms of its fit with

  1. my goals
  2. my development
  3. my needs
  4. my life
33.

When it comes to career change, I

  1. consider when is the right time
  2. know when it’s the right time
  3. wait for the right timing
  4. try to control the timing
34.

I feel most energized...

  1. when I am at home
  2. at work
  3. when I am at work
  4. when I can balance work and home
35.

If a new career opportunity presented itself,
it would be important that the job was something

  1. that would be a good use of my skills
  2. that developed my skills
  3. was something that focused my skills
  4. that would provide for advancement
36.

My energy is

  1. drained
  2. being used properly
  3. scatttered
  4. focused
37.

In my work life I have

  1. had around 3 or 4 different jobs
  2. done similar work
  3. had a few different jobs
  4. had many jobs
38.

I find routines

  1. help me focus
  2. too predictable
  3. comforting
  4. necessary
39.

I feel like I am working on my passion

  1. somewhat
  2. 50/50
  3. most of the time
  4. very little
40.

I am at the point in my life where I

  1. need to do something else
  2. am doing what I want
  3. have achieved what I can
  4. need to achieve more

 



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