On-the-Job Inventory

On-the-Job Inventory


These questions should help you understand what type of job responsibilities satisfy you most. Think of the jobs or class of work you have experienced. Take out some paper and first answer the question, then figure out why those experiences were important to you.

Example:

Question: In your work experience, what job responsibility did you like the most? Answer: I enjoyed working with spreadsheets.

Question: Why? Answer: I like computer work, and numbers are easy to work with.

Question: Why? Answer: Math has always been easy for me. I find it easy to balance an accounting ledger. Computers can do amazing things.

Question: Why? Answer: Bookkeeping is very straightforward. It’s detail oriented, and I like being able to complete a job and start a new one. The computer is my tool to keep it all organized.

1. What job responsibility did you like the most? Why?

2. What job responsibility did you like the least? Why?

3. Why did you accept your current position or your last job? Why?

4. Why are you looking to change jobs? Why?

5. Are you interested in changing fields? Why?

6. What’s the most important factor in selecting your next job? Money? Location? Hours? Work environment? Anything else? Why are these factors important to you?

Continue to answer the following inventories to get a complete sense of what kind of opportunity is the best for you.