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Technical Proficiency
1. Compared to that of my peers and supervisors, my knowledge and experience has much greater application to my work.
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2. My technical work consistantly causes me to stretch my talents and abilities.

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3. My skills are critical to creating competitive advantage for my organization.

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4. I am constantly working on where my field is going rather than where it has been.
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5. My co-workers are constantly coming to me for technical advice.

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B. Credibility
6. My supervisor or team leader constantly trusts me to do good work without feeling a need to closely monitor my activities.
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7. I constantly meet my task commitments in terms of deadlines, quality, budgets, etc.

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8. My peers constantly seek my advice on work related (not necessarily technical) issues.
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9. My manager constantly gives me the most critical, visible, and challenging tasks in the group.
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10. In the past my judgments and assessments have constantly been proven to be approximately correct.
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C. Breadth -- Big Picture Perspective

11. I have a broad work-related knowledge of fields other than my specialty.
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12. I constantly participate in deciding what should be done as opposed to having my supervisors make such decisions.
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13. My work constantly challenges me to stretch my non-technical skills.

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14. I rate my people skills (communication, listening, coping with difficult people, coaching, etc.) very high.
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15. I completely understand the business strategy of my business unit.

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D. Job Fit -- Leveraging Who I Am

16. I constantly feel alive, energetic, turned on by the work that I am doing.
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17. Most all of what I want to do at work aligns with the directions the business is taking.
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18. I prefer working as a team member to working alone.

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19. I prefer taking responsibility for the work of others rather than managing only myself.
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20. I can assess my work preferences by estimating my position relative to each of the following dimensions of work:

Learning by doing, or learning by studying.

Creating and designing from scratch, or analyzing and improving what has already been created.

Working at block diagram (or higher) levels only, or greatly detailed, quantitative efforts.

Feeling energized by overcoming difficulties, or feeling energized by the presence of competition.

Almost all of my work preferences, as indicated above, are matched to my job requirements.
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E. Initiative and Ownership

21. I always feel free to advance my ideas and judgments without waiting to be asked.
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22. I always seek ways to increase my contributions beyond what is usually expected of people in my position.
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23. If I get bored with my work, I feel entirely comfortable initiating change that will better suit my abilities and career interests.
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24. If my organization refuses to pay for or give me time off to attend an educational experience, it is very likely that I will go and do it on my own time and at my own expense (assuming that the experience is important to effectiveness on my current job).

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25. It is my personal attitude that continued learning is extremely important as a career aid.
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F. Networking/Visibility
26. I frequently rely on personal networking, within and outside of my organization, as a factor in my career success.
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27. I always promptly respond to voice mail, e-mail, and other messages or requests for help.
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28. I definitely understand the pressures my manager must cope with and the things for which she or he is responsible.
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29. I always keep my manager informed about my progress and accomplishments.

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30. I feel very comfortable with the visible components of my job (report writing, making proposals, giving presentations, etc.).
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G. Security to Take Risks

31. If my company closed its doors tomorrow, I feel confident about my ability to get a satisfactory new job within, say, 60 days.
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32. I am confident that if I were to go four months without a paycheck, I would not suffer significant financial hardship.
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33. If the need arises, my skills are transferable to another company.

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34. My resume is current.

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35. It would not be an extremely serious situation if my boss were to fire me tomorrow.
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