Periodic Career Review
You’ve had an opportunity to complete several exercises related to developing greater insight into yourself in your career. Since you’re always growing and changing, it helps to have a list of questions you can periodically come back to in order to reassess what you’re learning about yourself vis a vis your career development.
Spend some time considering the questions below. Write down your responses. Review periodically – perhaps annually – to monitor changes including new interests and new personal insights.
You can download and store your responses in a folder on your computer so that you can easily retrieve and revisit them.
- How am I using my talents?
- In what ways am I engaging in activities I enjoy?
- Am I living the life I want to live?
- If yes – how?
- If no – what is one thing I could adjust to move me towards the life I want to live?
- What (or who) is supporting me in moving in a positive direction?
- What do I see ahead of me on my career path?
This process is never complete; it is an ongoing, lifelong process. Finding ways to check in with yourself and reflect (in whatever way works for you – be it answering the questions above, journaling, talking it through with a friend, etc.) allows you to be self-reflective and make adjustments to move you closer towards the life you want to live.
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. ”
—- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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Adapted from Niles, Amundson & Neault (2009). Career Flow: A Hope-Centered Approach to Career Development, Pearson.