ETHOS Self-Employment Assessment | ETHOS Career Management Group

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Life Experience

I have a close relative who is/was self-employed/business owner*

1: Yes
0: No

I have friends who own and operate a business*

1: Yes
0: No

I have worked in a small business where I had close contact with the owner*

1: Yes
0: No

I have owned, or been a part-owner, in a previous business operation*

1: Yes
0: No

I have worked in a small division of a large business where I had close contact with the division manager*

1: Yes
0: No

As a youth, I earned money babysitting, paper route, gardening, etc.*

1: Yes
0: No

I have lived in three or more cities*

1: Yes
0: No

I have been fired from a job or quit employment due to disagreements with my boss*

1: Yes
0: No

I have experience in a variety of fields*

1: Yes
0: No

I have had employers reject my “better way” ideas*

1: Yes
0: No

I am between 25 and 30 years of age*

1: Yes
0: No

My family is supportive of my efforts*

1: Yes
0: No

My subordinates respect me and work hard for me, even if they don’t like me*

1: Yes
0: No

I find it easy to get along with people of all kinds*

1: Yes
0: No

When a problem arises, I usually figure out a way to solve it*

1: Yes
0: No

I like to do things rather than plan things*

1: Yes
0: No

What happens to me is what I make happen, not due to luck or fate*

1: Yes
0: No

Life Experience Total

Personality

I have a high level of energy and drive*

I am self-confident*

I do not easily get upset in uncertain situations*

I set long-term goals and stick to them*

I set realistic but ambitious goals for myself*

When working, I like to set my own standards for performance*

I appreciate feedback on my performance*

I do not believe in perfect solutions, just the best solution for the situation*

I gather as much information as possible before making a decision*

I prefer games of skill over games of chance*

I don’t get anxious about the consequences of my decisions*

I regard failure as a learning experience*

I like solving problems*

Routine and repetitive tasks bore me*

I will ask for help if I need it to accomplish my goals*

My success depends on my performance*

I enjoy situations that require me to take the initiative*

I am self-reliant*

I am a self-starter*

I feel money earned is an important indicator of success*

Personality Average

Motivational

I am willing, on occasion, to make work my first priority, ahead of family and friends*

I am willing to invest (and possibly lose) my own time and money*

I am willing to change my standard of living to accommodate the financial needs of my business*

I see building and running a business as an all-consuming way of life*

I like finding creative ways to do things*

I like working as a team with other people*

I feel comfortable being the boss*

I like to profit from the work of my employees*

I have a firm understanding of good business ethics*

I value honesty, dependability and reliability over making a quick buck at the customer’s expense*

I do not like to just do things better, I like to find new and better ways to do things*

Motivational Average

Business Readiness

Is this the right time to start a business in this economic climate?*

How much do you know about the kind of business you want to start?*

How well do you know your profitability goals of your business in years 1 to 5*

How sure are you that a market exists for your business?*

How well do you know your competition and why customers will choose you over them?*

Can you identify your target market?*

How knowledgeable are you about the buying habits of your customers?*

How clear are you about the amount of money you will need for the first year of business?*

How clear are you about the amount of money you will need to support your family?*

How certain are you of the amount of start-up capital you can raise from your savings and other assets?*

How clear are your estimates for the amount of money needed to run the business for years 2 and 3?*

How sure are you that the business can give you an adequate return on your investment of time and money?*

If you could make twice as much money working for someone else, how certain are you that you would still start the business?*

How knowledgeable are you about your credit rating and your financial reputation?*

Business Readiness Average

Total Score

Your Total Score is the summation of the Life Experience, Personality, Motivational, and Business Readiness sections above. Use the description below the submit button to determine where you fall on our scale. You can also review this after you submit!

Total Score

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