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D-Test Assessment: Your Type of Social Strategy
How do you behave in a new professional network, and how do you choose whom to connect with? This test reveals the social strategy you use to Develop TRUST with the industry and company of your career goals, and places you on the map of four strategies.
Your Social Strategy
Trust is how you get into the room
Trust and social capital sit at the center of career success. The people who move into a new industry or company are rarely the ones with the longest résumé. They are the ones insiders already trust: people who listen actively, speak the company’s language, and tell its story back with real insight.
The D-Test is part of the BE=E+D+G+E series: Boutique Employability = Elucidating your CORE + Developing TRUST + Generating VALUE + Exciting the INDUSTRY. The free BE-Test shows whether Boutique Employability is for you, and the “E” test looks at how you envision your ideal space in the job market. This “D” test shows the social strategy you use to gain entry into that space and develop trust inside it. None of the strategies is wrong. Each has its strengths and limitations, and knowing yours helps you build on what works.
Who is this for?
Graduating students, career changers, and ambitious professionals who want direction and more meaningful professional connections. It is especially useful when you:
- walk into a large professional event and don’t know whom to approach first;
- want to contribute to a conversation that feels stuck;
- wonder whether to lead with stories or with data;
- are a newcomer building connections in a new country or a new industry.
What can you expect?
Thinking of one job or project where you worked in the way that felt most natural to you, you answer eight short questions on two dimensions:
Way of connection
Do you build your network around the people who matter most for your goals, or around people you connect with personally?
Type of trust
Do you earn trust through the reliability of your data and expertise, or through goodwill, stories and shared values?
Your answers place you in one of four social strategies:
The Details
With your consent, anonymous answers join a research pool used by Dr. Julia Ivy to study how professionals build trust across industries and countries. You may share your results with your BE-EDGE certified career coach.
Pricing
Your Social Strategy Assessment
Free Result
$0
- The full D-Test
- Your type of social strategy
- Your place on the live strategy map
- Your result by email
Full Results
$25
- Everything in Free Result
- Full interpretation, unlocked on your result screen the moment you pay
- Results Pack by email: strengths, limitations and your Keep it up / Mix it up / Step it up path
Extra
$125
- Everything in Full Results
- 2 online training modules on finding your case through social connection, with access sent to your inbox
Take the free test first and order from your result screen: your interpretation unlocks right away and your Results Pack arrives by email. Ordered already? Take the test with the same email address and your pack is sent as soon as you finish. See all assessment options.
Go further
Your Social Strategy Course
“Your Social Strategy: Developing TRUST” introduces social capital and stakeholder management, and takes you through a series of coaching sessions on applying the case method to build connections inside the industry of your choice.
Frequently asked questions
Is the D-Test free?
Yes. The test, your type of social strategy and your place on the live map are free. The full interpretation, with your strengths, limitations and Keep it up / Mix it up / Step it up path, is part of the $25 Full Results package.
How do I get my interpretation after paying?
It happens automatically. About a minute after payment your result page unlocks by itself, and your Results Pack arrives by email. The email also has a personal unlock code, in case you want to open your result on another device.
Do I need to take the other tests first?
No, each test in the BE=E+D+G+E series stands on its own. If you are new to Boutique Employability, the free BE-Test shows whether it is the right strategy for you, and the “E” test on your Positioning Strategy is the natural first step.
What happens to my answers?
Only you receive your answers and their interpretation. With your consent, anonymous answers join a research pool. Your name and email are optional, and the public map only ever shows anonymous dots and totals.
Who created the D-Test?
The D-Test was created by Dr. Julia Ivy, author and CEO of BE-EDGE, as part of the BE-EDGE method for crafting your edge in today’s job market.