This is a worksheet to be used as a Career Change Self-Assessment.
 
Rate each of these job or career change reasons (internal and external reasons) on a scale of 1 to 5.
 
It starts with 1 being “does not apply to me or doesn’t affect me” to 5 being “affects me greatly.”
 
Write your answer for each line and then add up your score.

• I dread going to work most days.
• I fear for my physical safety in my current job.
• My current job is a threat to my emotional wellbeing.
• My skills are becoming increasingly irrelevant to my job.
• Most days, I am overwhelmed at work.
• My job is boring.
• I can’t move up in my current job/current company.
• I don’t feel appreciated by my co-workers.
• I am not valued as an employee by my supervisor/boss.
• My work environment is dysfunctional.
• Part (or all) of my job requires me to do something I don’t enjoy.
• I make less (on average) than other people who do my job.
• I can’t make much more for the work I do if I keep working here.
• I can’t stand the thought of working here much longer.
• I’m not doing the kind of work I’m passionate about.
• I didn’t see myself working here for this long.
• This job doesn’t fit into the long-range plans I had for myself.
• My company was just bought out (or bought another company).
• I’ve recently gotten a new boss.
• I was asked to take a voluntary pay cut OR my pay was cut.
• Part of my job responsibilities were given to someone else.
• I’m in a dead-end job.
• My industry is going through significant changes and/or is dying.

 
23-46 points: You’re starting to see reasons to make a change, but there’s no urgency.
47-69 points: Look for opportunities to make little adjustments and see if that helps.
70-92 points: You probably need a change. Start thinking about what you want to do.
93-115 points: This ship is going down! It’s time to take action.