10/21/2008
What are some questions I can ask myself about my own career?
As you think about your career, it might help to ask yourself these questions:
- How satisfied are you with your current job? What are the main satisfactions and dissatisfactions? What are your hopes and fears regarding your current job?
- What can you do to make your current job better? How might you change aspects of your job? How might you change work groups or projects? How might you change the meaning of work in your life? If you decided to do so, how might you change jobs?
- What are your goals related to work and your career? In the near future? In the long-term future? What are your long and short term priorities for work and your career?
- What actions, if any, do you need to take regarding your job and career? Now? In three months? Long term?
- How do your values, interests, skills, and personality traits match your job, career, or goals?
- What lifestyle suits you and does it reflect a meaningful work life?