If you feel like you’ve been missing out on development opportunities or have just been too focused on the business as usual lately, these 31 career development questions will BOOST your career growth! They will help you find:
- Your values and whether you live your professional life in line with them. If what you do aligns with your values, you will be satisfied and content.
- Your strengths – what you naturally do best, and whether you use them enough at work. People who use their strengths every day are 6x more likely to be engaged in their work.
- Your career interests and what you want to do more of.
- How you perceive yourself and how to build the confidence to follow a career path you love.
- Your work context – you don’t work in a bubble and the opportunities for your personal development are closely linked to the company you work for and how your job and industry may change in the future.
The 31 Career Development Questions
- Beyond my basic needs, what must I have in my life to experience fulfilment?
- When was a time of my life I was the happiest in my professional life? What was I doing? What contributed to my happiness?
- When was a time of my life I was really proud of myself? What made me proud and why?
- What are 5 traits I have which helped me overcome challenges in the past?
- Which of my skills and/or achievements have people complimented me on?
- When was a time when I thought ‘Gosh I’m really good at this’! What was I doing? If I’m doing less such work now, do I want to change this?
- What things do others ask me to help them with regularly?
- What work am I spending time on that I’m not interested in?
- What am I interested in but spend little or no time doing?
- How is my industry likely to change in the next 5 years?
- What are the 5 things I need to do to stay competitive in my field of work?
- What are some ways I can utilise my strengths and skills more at work?
- What job aspects appeal to me in job ads?
- What do I want to be better at?
- What are 5 words that describe me best and why?
- What is the #1 barrier which has stopped me from achieving my career goals in the past?
- What career mistakes have I been making?
- What am I doing when I’m in the ‘zone’?
- Who are 5 people I need to connect with this year to improve my career prospects? If networking is not your strength, use these networking questions for meaningful conversations.
- What unhealthy work habits do I need to cut out? (Here’s a list of 9 bad work habits you can start with)
- What does my ideal workday look like? Who am I meeting with? What task am I doing for the most part? Where am I?
- What career move would I do if I knew I could not fail?
- How would I describe myself to someone I’ve never met before?
- If someone described me in 5 years’ time, what would I like them to say about me and my career/work?
- If money wasn’t an issue, what would my career look like?
- What are the 5 things I love most about myself?
- What are 5 things I’d love to change in my current job?
- Is my environment supportive of my career? Am I surrounded by like-minded people to motivate me? Check out our growing Facebook community of like-minded ambitious corporate girls here.
- What are 5 ways that I can go out of my comfort zone this year?
- What are some of the limiting beliefs that might be holding me back?
- What do I struggle with the most? Am I looking after myself? These mental health and wellbeing questions will help you assess your wellbeing.
Are you ready to take action? Click HERE to download these career development questions in an editable format ready to complete on your computer or mobile device!
Are you ready to put these in action? Here’s how to write a personal development plan to really boost your career success.
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