Job Therapy: Take the Quiz

What Type of Career Goer Are You?

Welcome to the “What Type of Career Goer Are You?” quiz! This short quiz is designed to help you get a sense of which type of career-goer you might be, and what your next steps should be to find satisfaction in your current career or in a new career path. At the end, you’ll find out whether you’re Drifted Apart, Stretched Too Thin, a Runner-Up, an Underappreciated Star, or having a Crisis of Identity.

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Through her research interviewing thousands of people who have recently switched jobs or undergone career changes, she found there are five common sources of career frustration:

  • having an identity crisis – does your sense of self no longer match your job?
  • you’ve drifted-apart – do you no longer recognize the job you once loved?
  • you’re torn between places – are you taking on too many roles at work, switching tasks too often, or stuck between two paths?
  • you’re the runner up – do you always feel like you keep coming in second?
  • you’re the underappreciated star – are you crushing it at work, but the people around you aren’t recognizing your performance?

Dr. West will guide you through a working week audit to help identify your unique psychological stressors and use that knowledge to understand what you want your future career/next job to look like. Presenting cutting-edge insights on networking and hiring, from Dr. West’s interviews with over 1,500 professional recruiters, Job Therapy will help you land your best role yet – one that guarantees happiness for years to come.