Career to date?
b) Start watching very carefully to figure 8. The company you work for is making and try to find out if there’s a way
out which one it will be and then act to big changes to the way it operates, round the issue.
save your bacon. including all the IT. What’s your attitude? c) Find out you have something in
c) Listen to the rumours and add a few of a) Excitement – it’s more training, a new common and make an effort to bond
your own while making sure you challenge and something to add to with her over it.
trumpet your own achievements. your CV. d) Just deal with her as little as possible
d) Follow up a piece of news that another b) You see it as an opportunity to excel, and keep your requests simple.
company might be recruiting so that to understand the new systems
you have a back-up plan. quickest and be seen as the one to
lead, leaving your colleagues in the dust. 10. You find out that one of the other PAs is
c) Perfect timing – you’d been reading being paid a significant amount more
7. There’s an opportunity at head office that’s about new technologies and were than you – yet you’re the same level.
very attractive – what are you thinking? keen to learn more. How do you deal with it?
a) It would be more money and a new d) You’re a little bit wary – it’s going to a) Just keep quiet – it’s not fair, but
challenge – but you are happy with take a while to get your head round making a fuss won’t make any
your routine and have built up a very all this. difference to you.
good relationship with your boss. b) Ask your boss for a meeting to discuss
b) You won’t even hesitate – it’s a step your performance and bring it up there.
up so you’re going for it. 9. One of the directors has a new EA and c) Start digging – there might be
c) You’re swithering – you know you she is really difficult to work with. You something going on and knowledge
should at least throw your hat in the can’t avoid dealing with her, so how do is power as far as you’re concerned.
ring but it would take ages to prepare you handle it? d) During a conversation in the kitchen
for the interview. a) Cunningly tell your boss about your you find out she speaks a foreign
d) It’s come up at exactly the right time difficulties, knowing she will go to the language and will be doing some
for various reasons – and you happen other director to sort it out. additional translation work, so you
to know the team quite well. b) Suggest the two of you go for coffee accept it.
ANSWERS
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Drifting Lucky Sorted Ruthless
You’re the sort of person who To other people it may seem You are exactly where you want You are no doubt very
doesn’t like to make a fuss that you have a habit of being to be. You’ve taken the right competent and confident but
and just accepts the situation in the right place at the right courses and made strategic you have also realised the
they’re in. While this can mean time – but you’re more likely to career moves, so you’ve power of office politics. You are
you’re calm and easygoing, be intuitive. achieved a lot. careful to stick in with the right
you’ll miss a lot of good You talk to the right people and You have a good attitude at people in order to further your
opportunities if you don’t make remember useful snippets of work and have developed career and you won’t rest until
an effort. There’s a difference information which you can use people skills to cope with any you’ve reached the top of the
between being proactive and to your advantage. situation. pile. Just remember that the
being forceful – believe in You are open to new You could perhaps take the odd people you step on on the way
yourself and have the courage opportunities and you aren’t risk, it may open up paths you up are the same ones you meet
to chase your dreams. afraid of change. hadn’t even considered. on the way down.
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