Career Assessment Summary Template
Dr. Laurie’s 20 Questions© for
Individual Career Planning

Clear and concise answers to these questions will provide a GREAT
snapshot of who YOU are TODAY related to your UNIQUE
CAREER PATH…

Fall 2003

1.	What I most want to receive or experience from work is:
2.	What I most want to improve or correct related to my current work situation is:
3.	The industries/functional areas I (most want/least want) to work in include:
4.	My (most preferred/least preferred) business problems to solve are:
5.	The (most preferred/least preferred) role for me is:
6.	What is (most important to have/to avoid) about the: (a) organization; (b) boss; (c) colleagues I work with include:
7.	The key strengths that I (most want to apply/least want to emphasize) in my next assignment are:
8.	Some relevant development areas that are mine to manage forever include:
9.	The customer groups I am (best suited /least suited) to work with include:
10.	Key to understanding my work style and approach is:
11.	I am most interested in learning or improving the following skills or abilities:
12.	In general, my work interests have mostly to do with 1 or 2 of the following categories: people; ideas or possibilities; data or information; change; making or fixing things.
13.	If there was a way, I would love to connect my work with the following outside work interests:
14.	I most want to be known as an expert in:
15.	My most important considerations regarding work/life balance are:
16.	The legacy I most want to leave after each assignment is:
17.	Heretofore, the professional successes that have meant the most to me and/or past employers include:
18.	If I had to summarize the 3-5 professional operating principles most important to me, they would be:
19.	The causes that I care most about at this point in my life are:
20.	Additional considerations that should be figured into my career planning at this point in my life/career include: