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.
This steps helps you 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.
Resources for Assessing Your Skills & Strengths
Access this Self-Assessment Workbook to reflect on RPI's core values and your employee experience. How do these components show up in your work, interactions, decisions, and professional growth.
There are no right or wrong answers. The goal is to reflect honestly, recognize your contributions, and identify meaningful opportunities for continued development.
RPI’s core competencies outline the skills, knowledge, abilities, and behaviors required to successfully perform a specific job or role and accomplish established goals.
Access the self-assessment worksheet, below, that aligns with your job category to reflect on how you are doing with each competency:
- Individual Contributor - Non-Exempt Competencies
- Individual Contributor - Exempt Competencies
- People Leader - Competencies
Skill Benchmarking in Percipio helps add direction to your career development by showing where your skills stand and where you can grow. With hundreds of technical and professional skill assessments—including many aligned with RPI's core competencies—you can measure your knowledge and track your progress. Pair these benchmarks with Percipio's AI simulations to see how well you apply what you've learned. To access the Skill Benchmarking library, go to: https://rpi.percipio.com/skill-benchmarks
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
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.
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 organizes 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 workshops 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)
