20 Career questions to prepare yourself for your next Career move

I’ve compiled 20 career questions to kickstart your self-reflection. Building your self-awareness will be beneficial as you prepare for your next career step.

Take a moment, relax with a nice cup of tea, and note down your answers. Hopefully, this will bring more clarity to your career aspirations.

Are you looking to reflect on your career experiences, challenges, successes, and learning moments? Embark on a thoughtful career reflection journey.

1. How much joy and fulfillment do you experience in your work, and beyond?
2. What aspects of your work energize you the most?
3. Which parts of your personality do you wish to express more in your work?
4. What are you proud of in your work?
5. What are you most dissatisfied with in your career?
6. What is the trade-off you make for those aspects (considering success, satisfaction, salary growth, health, and personal life)?
7. Where do you need to assert yourself more, and where do you need to be more nuanced in your approach?
8. To what extent do you feel valued in your workplace, and does that recognition align with the value you contribute?
9. Which talents, knowledge, and experiences are you not fully utilizing because they are not appreciated or relevant in your current job?
10. Which areas of expertise would you like to expand or deepen, and what skills do you want to acquire?
11. Can you truly be yourself at work, or do you sometimes present a different version of yourself to fit in?
12. Which criticisms of your work would you like to dismiss?
13. Which criticisms are worth considering for improvement?
14. How content are you with your current level of responsibility, influence, and impact in your current role?
15. What does your career perspective look like? Are you on a satisfying growth path aligned with your ambitions, potential, and life stage, or is your career progress stalling?
16. What would it mean for you to enhance your impact in your professional life? What knowledge or skills do you need for that?
17. If you followed your desires without hindrance, what alternative or new career choices would you make?
18. What obstacles are preventing the realization of those choices?
19. What does it mean for you if this desire is not realized? What impact would it have on your health, happiness, career, salary growth, and personal life?
20. What insights have you gained from this questionnaire that you are eager to address or act upon?

I am a certified Career Coach, providing free 30 minute development discussions for expats with over 10 years of professional experience. I conduct sessions in both Dutch and English, available at my coaching practice in Haarlem or online.

Are you interested?

If so, please feel free to reach out to me at Connect@feliciaportier.nl.

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