A new year is about to start. Does your current job still deserve your talents, or are some of your gifts going to waste? Is your hard work recognized at your job, or ignored? Take the quiz and find out whether or not your job deserves you for another year!
2. 2016 is almost here!
Before you invest
another year of your
life in the job you’ve
got, take the quiz!
Find out whether your job still deserves you,
or whether you’re wasting your talent working
at a job that doesn’t grow your flame!
3. What did 2015 do for your career?
Did you move forward in your
career during 2015, or were
you stuck in place?
If you learned new things
throughout the year, then
you've got new resume
fodder to include the next
time you update
your Human-Voiced Resume -
- the year-end break is a great
time to do that!
4. Your job owes you more than a
paycheck!
The right job gives you a lot more
than just a paycheck!
If your job didn't give you valuable
resume fodder, grow your
credibility and marketability, boost
your mojo and move you down
your path in 2015, you may have
outgrown your job.
5. Take the Quiz!
Take this short quiz to find out
whether or not your job still
deserves your talents!
It's easy -- all you have to do is
keep track of the points
associated with your answer to
each question below, and add up
your total points at the end.
6. Question One: Resume Fodder
Resume fodder is anything you can add to
your resume -- anything new that you
accumulated during the year that's about
to end.
Resume fodder includes new projects you
took on, new tools you learned to use, and
anything else that you did for the first time
at work and that you can point to when
you ask yourself the question "What
positive things happened in my career in
2015?"
7. Choose Your Answer!
• In 2015, I accumulated a ton of new resume
fodder and it's going to take me at least an hour
to update my resume when I get around to it (3
points).
• In 2015, I did one or two interesting things that I
can add to my resume when I update it (1 point).
• In 2015, I did absolutely nothing new at work - no
training, no new accomplishments and nothing
that I hadn't already done before (0 points).
8. Question Two: Visibility and Credibility
A job that deserves your brilliance for
another year is a job that continually grows
your visibility inside your organization and
outside of it -- for instance, by providing
you with networking opportunities you
wouldn't have in another job.
A job that deserves your talents also grows
your credibility as a working person, maybe
by giving you public speaking opportunities
or projects that let more decision-makers
in your organization know what you're
capable of.
9. Choose Your Answer!
• My job increased my visibility and credibility in
a big way in 2015 - I can tell that I'm moving
forward in my career! (3 points).
• My job gave me modest opportunities to grow
my visibility and credibility in 2015 - nothing
too exciting but better than nothing (1 point).
• My job gave me literally no opportunities to
prove my credibility or increase my visibility as
a professional in 2015 (0 points).
10. Question Three: Recognition
We all run on the same fuel, which
is called mojo. Your mojo is your
life force and your forward energy.
You won't get far without it!
Recognition for your efforts at
work is an important mojo-builder.
It's nearly impossible to give your
best day after day when your hard
work isn't recognized.
11. What’s Your Answer?
• I know that my employer appreciates my work,
because they tell me and I've been rewarded in
other ways for my contribution, either financially
or with time off or other goodies (3 points).
• I am not really sure that my manager or other
people at my job know how much I contribute. I
got a small raise and no real recognition for my
work (1 point).
• My work isn't acknowledged or recognized in any
way (0 points).
12. Last Question: Your Flame!
If your job still deserves you,
then it's growing your flame in a
big way! Your flame is your
passion. If you're excited about
your work, that's a good reason
to stick around at your job for
another year. If you're bored
and exhausted, your flame is
closing to going out!
13. Which Answer is True for You?
• I love my work. It's fun and exciting and I feel
like I'm part of a team! (3 points).
• I'm so-so about my work. Sometimes it's fairly
interesting but a lot of it is not challenging or
creative in the least (1 point).
• My work doesn't challenge me, it's
monotonous and I'm only here for the money
(0 points).
14. Score Your Quiz!
Add up your total points.
What’s your total? Read about your score on the next
three pages!
15. Nine to Twelve Points
Rock on! You're in the
right place. Don't get
complacent about your
terrific job situation,
though - make a personal
plan for your learning,
visibility/credibility
growth at work and your
flame-growing in 2016!
16. Six to Eight Points
You're getting some good
benefits at your job, but are
they enough to keep you from
exploring the wide world? If
one organization (your current
employer) values your talents,
then plenty of them will! Why
not put a toe in the water and
think about what you'd like to
do professionally if you weren't
working at your okay-but-not-
amazing current position?
17. Three to Five Points
A lot of your talent is
going to waste at your
current job. Why not
think about a 2016 job
search, beginning with
the question "What
would I like to do
instead of what I'm
doing now?"
18. Zero to Four Points
Mother Nature is sending
you a loud message, and
that message is "Your
current job doesn't deserve
you! Are you going to let
this job keep sucking away
your mojo for another year?
Forget that idea - you're too
smart and capable to waste
your talent!"
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