Are you ready for the career challenges of 2018?

Take the quiz!

Each month Career Corner shares tips for taking your professional life to the next level. If 2017 has taught us one thing, it’s that adapting to change is more crucial than ever. Whether you’re looking for a job, changing careers or setting goals for the future, are you ready for the next challenge? Find out with this quiz built from the past year’s Career Corner columns.

You just lost your job. What’s the first thing you should do?(Required)

Convince your boss to rehire you

Book a flight to your favorite vacation destination

Gather important documents and review your benefits package

Write a tell-all memoir about your time at the company

You’re considering graduate school. What’s the best approach?(Required)

Finding a program that will get you in and out as quickly as possible

Choosing a program that offers an advanced degree rather than a certificate

Favoring the program with the best financial aid package

Doing a cost-benefit analysis that involves contacting experts in your field,
determining what you can afford and deciding if the programs that interest
you can help you get the kind of job you want

Which of the following is not available on LinkedIn?(Required)

A web-based app that scans your resume for marketable keywords

A learning center with online courses in technology, business and more

A place to share slides from presentations

A salary-analysis tool

You left a job after three months because it wasn’t a good fit. What’s an acceptable way of addressing this when applying for a new position?(Required)

Explain how the job was a learning experience.

Mention a way you helped your employer prepare for your departure.

Leave the job off your resume since you held it for less than a year.

All of these approaches are acceptable.

What is the point of a vision board?(Required)

To jump-start your creativity

To illustrate what matters most to you in a concrete way

To envision different career paths for yourself

To work on your graphic-design skills

Which of the following should you do each year to maintain your professional reputation online?(Required)

Check your privacy settings on Facebook.

Review comments you’ve posted publicly on Twitter, YouTube, blogs and shopping sites.

Search for your name in public-records databases.

All of the above.