1. Do I know what motivates me to manage my career? How important is career management to me? How confident am I that I can control my situation? How much effort am I prepared to put into managing my career? Motivation

2. Decision-Making How aware am I of the range of decision-making styles and my preferred method? Can I use other styles when appropriate? How aware am I of key influences that affect my decision making? How well do I evaluate risk? Can I make realistic decisions?

3. How aware am I of my values and beliefs, my personal constructs, how others perceive me and my attitudes to risk taking in career management? How aware am I of my strengths and weaknesses and how this may impact on my future career? How well can I explain my strengths? Self-Awareness

4. Opportunity Awareness How aware am I of the full range of options and alternatives open to me (e.g. occupational information; job vacancies; education; training; voluntary work; personal development)? How well can I locate, interpret and apply LMI to make realistic career plans?

5. How well can I create my own action plans? Do I know what I need to do next? How committed am I to my action plan? Do I have the skills needed to carry out my action plan? How competent am I in job search techniques, applications and interviews? Application

6. Resilience How able am I to manage transition? How well can I bounce back when I meet problems, setbacks or barriers? Am I able to adapt my plans accordingly? How well have I identified potential sources of support? What’s my level of self esteem, self worth and perseverance?