Self-assessment is the foundation of the career development process. In this stage, employees are encouraged to thoughtfully examine their strengths, values, interests, skills, and professional motivations. It’s also a chance to reflect on how your personal characteristics align with RPI’s values and what you prioritize in your own employee experience.
Why is this step important?
To gain clarity about who you are professionally—so your future goals, actions, and development plans are built on a strong, authentic foundation.
Consider what energizes you, where you excel, and what type of work feels most meaningful.
Values Alignment
This stage is grounded in RPI's core values of curiosity, impact, excellence, and community. Self-assessment helps employees align their personal goals with these shared principles—ensuring that growth is not only strategic, but values-driven.
Self-Assessment Resources
Explore each of the resources below that are designed to help better understand your career goals and guide career conversations and development planning.
PLACEHOLDER
This questionnaire helps you reflect on what matters most to you in your work experience. Your responses can guide career conversations, development planning, and engagement efforts.
- Click here to complete the assessment: _________________
Refection questions:
What surprised you about your results?
How do your top priorities align with your current work experience?
What actions could you take—or request—to better support your highest priorities
Hidden Strengths: “Unleashing the Crucial Leadership Skills You Already Have”
Understanding and utilizing individual strengths is a key component of job satisfaction. Using assessments, exercises, and case studies, this book will help you identify your most promising middle skills and create a plan to turn them into strengths. Combining your findings from this book, and RPI’s Individual Career Development Plan is a great way to implement the Five Point Career Development Model.
Access the book in Percipio:
Note: You can also access this content on your mobile devices by downloading the “Skillsoft Percipio” app from your App Store.
This 2-hour workshop allows participants to take an inward look and discover their "why". Participants will explore the tenants that comprise everyday leadership and discuss the behaviors that define leadership not as positional or based on title, but rather on values and actions.
Click here to sign up: https://share.percipio.com/cd/QtAISJrTQ
Extended DISC is a self-assessment that measures how a person prefers to interact with others. DISC creates a common language and self-awareness to better understand ourselves and others. The DISC model divides people into four main behavioral styles. Individuals are identified as either People-oriented or Task-oriented and as either Reserved or Active. The DISC model is completely non-judgmental. There is no “best” DISC style. The online DISC questionnaire takes only 10 minutes to complete. Individual and team discussions and workshop are available to process the assessment results.
For more information contact Will Fahey (Director of Organizational Development and Effectiveness: 518-276-2318 faheyw@rpi.edu) or Melissa Duquette (E-learning Specialist 518-276-3931 duquem2@rpi.edu)
