This 14-question Self-Assessment helps to clarify your career visions and plans. Questions on mental pictures of the future, engagement in a particular behavior, and moving up in organizations are presented.
Answer the following:
1. What did you learn about your future career identity? Are you surprised by the results?
The Mission Statement—“What Is Your Reason for Being?”
● A mission is the purpose or reason for being.
● A mission statement expresses the purpose.
The Vision Statement—“What Do You Want to Become?”
● The vision is a long-term goal describing “what” you want to become; it is a clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there.
2. Write a personal mission and vision statement using the ideas discussed
3. Based on your results, what might you do to enhance your future career identity?
4. Use the answer to question #3 to create at least two SMART goals that will aid in your vision.
