Companion to Course 1.1

Career Self-Assessment Worksheet

Map your current skills against your target role. Get a ranked list of your highest-leverage development priorities — and the exact courses to close each gap.

Step 1 of 3

Pick the role you’re targeting next

This isn’t your current title — it’s the role you’re building toward over the next 12–24 months. Pick the one closest to your trajectory.

Step 2 of 3

Rate your current proficiency

0 = none / never used  |  1 = aware, can describe it  |  2 = working knowledge, supervised  |  3 = proficient, independent  |  4 = expert, can teach others


Your Development Plan

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Target role
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Overall readiness
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Critical gaps
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Strengths to leverage

Top development priorities (ranked)

Ranked by gap × importance for your target role. Start at #1.

Readiness by skill area

Your strengths

Next 30 days

How this is scored

Each skill carries an importance weight (0–4) tied to your target role. Your gap on a skill is (4 − your proficiency). Each skill’s priority score is importance × gap, on a 0–16 scale. Skills are ranked by priority score. Tier 1 = score ≥ 9, Tier 2 = 5–8, Tier 3 = 1–4. Skills with importance 0 for your role are not shown as priorities. Overall readiness is your weighted proficiency divided by the maximum weighted proficiency, expressed as a percentage.



How to Use This Tool

The tool evaluates three things simultaneously:

1. Role Alignment
Each role carries a different weighting across operations, data, design, automation, and financial skills. You’re being measured against that role’s reality, not a generic skill list.

2. Skill Gaps (Priority Score)
Each skill is scored using:

Importance (0–4) based on your target role
Your proficiency (0–4)
Gap = (4 − proficiency)
Priority = Importance × Gap

This is what drives the ranked output. High scores = where you should focus.

3. Readiness (%)
Your weighted capability vs. what the role requires. This is directional—not a pass/fail threshold.

How to Interpret Your Results
1. Start with the Top 3 Priorities

Ignore everything else initially.

These are your highest-leverage skills
They represent the fastest path to closing the gap to your target role
If you try to work 10 at once, you’ll stall
2. Understand the Tiers
Tier 1 (Critical) → Blocking your progression
Tier 2 (Important) → Will differentiate you once Tier 1 is closed
Tier 3 (Build Later) → Nice to have, not urgent

Treat Tier 1 like a constraint in a system—remove it first.

3. Readiness Score Guidance
75%+ → You’re close; focus on proof and depth
50–75% → Solid foundation; targeted development needed
25–50% → Transitional stage; build structured capability
<25% → This is a stretch role; sequence learning carefully
4. Use Strengths Intentionally

The tool also surfaces strengths. Don’t ignore them.

These are your positioning assets
Use them in:
Interviews
Internal promotions
Project selection

You don’t need to be strong everywhere—you need to be credible where it matters.

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