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In today's uncertain economic conditions, no-one's job is safe. Are you doing enough to make sure your career doesn't suddenly hit the buffers? Test compiled by Craig Robinson of RightCoutts, Europe’s largest career transition and organisational consulting firm. www.rightcoutts.co.uk

1How would your manager describe your performance at work?

Excellent

Average

Poor

Above average

2Do you set goals for your performance?

Yes – my manager insists on it

No - Neither I nor my manager see it as beneficial

es – it is the best way to measure how effective I am, and to identify both strengths and areas for development

Sometimes - I see it as beneficial, but don’t always get my manager’s support

3When talking to colleagues about a successful project, do you:

Highlight your role within the project, as well as emphasising it was a team effort

lay down your role in the project, and explain everybody else did much more than you

Take credit for the entire project without acknowledging your colleagues’ contribution

I never talk about successful projects

4When networking, you:

Gossip at the water cooler about social events only

Only talk to colleagues within your immediate team

Identify contacts within your organisation who will be able to help you career, and ensure you catch up with them on a regular basis

5Your manager is looking for people to get involved in a cross-functional project:

Your manager approaches you first – s/he knows you will be an asset to the team

You do not volunteer

ou reluctantly volunteer for the project

You volunteer for the project, hoping you will be chosen

6What is your attitude towards office politics:

Listen and contribute – you can’t get to the top without making some enemies

What’s office politics?

Proactively avoid it

Listen only – you can pick up some useful information about potential career opportunities

7When preparing for your appraisal, do you:

urn up and see what happens

Plan in advance, revisiting the evidence of successful projects that you have gathered over the past months

Don’t prepare, but always tell my boss how good I am

We don’t have appraisals at my organisation

8What is your attitude towards training and development:

I proactively look for opportunities (both on the job and formal training interventions) that will increase skills that I will need in my current, and future roles

I don’t undertake any training or development

I only go to the courses that my manager insists I attend

I look for opportunities to increase my skill set for my current job

9When your organisation goes through a period of change, are you:

Overtly constructive (you publicly support your manager and your team - change is an intrinsic part of business today)

Covertly destructive (you attempt to thwart change quietly)

Covertly constructive (you are supportive of change, but do declare your support to the organisation)

Overtly destructive (you make it clear to everybody that you do not support the change, and openly block progress)

10Your CV is:

Always up to date – you never know when things might turn sour

Always up to date – I am currently looking for another job

Was current when I left my last job, but has not been updated since

Not up to date / I don’t need a CV

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