Your Strategy. Your Employability.
G-Test: Your Type of Professional Strategy
How do you prove you can generate value for the industry you want to enter? This test reveals the professional strategy you rely on, what kind of work you do best and what kind of value you bring, and places you on the map of four strategies.
How the G-Test reads your strategy
What kind of work you do best, and what kind of value you bring
Think of one of your most meaningful or most recent employment experiences. Eight short questions then place you on the two choices that define your professional strategy:
Do you generate value by carrying a defined plan to completion, with clear goals, processes and measures, or by finding answers to new, loosely defined questions?
Does your value come from depth in one field and its methods, or from combining competencies across several fields and industries?
Together, the two choices place you in one of four professional strategies. What they mean for your career, and where G fits in BE = E + D + G + E, is explained on Your Professional Strategy.
Who is this for?
Graduating students, career changers and ambitious professionals who need to show an employer what they can contribute. It is especially useful when you:
- are preparing a portfolio project, a case or a consulting assignment;
- wonder whether to present yourself as a specialist or as someone who connects fields;
- choose between roles that run projects and roles that solve open problems;
- are entering a new industry and need to prove your value fast.
Pricing
Free result or full interpretation
Free Result
$0
- The full G-Test, about 4 minutes
- Your type of professional strategy
- Your place on the live strategy map
- Your BE profile so far, next to your E and D results
- Your result by email
Full Results
$29
- 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
Take the free test first and order from your result screen (secure card payment by Stripe): 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.
Go deeper
Overview of Your Professional Strategy
The G part of Making Your Consulting Case, by Dr. Julia Ivy: what professional capital is, how to become a strategist who generates value by consulting on a company’s challenge, and examples of case analysis.
Frequently asked questions
How can I use the G-Test in real life?
Use it to take control of the projects you choose and the way you do them. Instead of accepting whatever comes your way, pick and shape assignments so they match how you naturally generate value. That is where employers see your value best. In practice:
- Choosing an assignment at work. Lena, an accountant and a Specialized Project Manager, is offered two tasks: “rethink how our finance team works” or “roll out the new monthly reporting process.” She chooses the rollout, a clear Challenge-PROJECT in her field, and delivers it on time with measurable results.
- Picking a stepping-stone project. Daniel, a teacher moving into HR and a Multidimensional Project Manager, proposes in the Employability Investment Lab to implement a new-hire onboarding program, combining tools from teaching, coaching and HR.
- Pitching a consulting case. Priya, a data analyst and a Specialized Problem Solver, offers a company a deep dive into why its customers cancel subscriptions, an open question she can investigate in depth with her analytics expertise.
- Presenting yourself in an interview. Alex, an engineer with a design background and a Multidimensional Problem Solver, tells the story of how he found why users abandoned an app by looking at the code, the design and customer support together.
When you can’t choose the project, you can still choose how you do it: a problem solver can frame an open question inside a fixed plan, and a project manager can turn a loose brief into clear goals, steps and measures. Your full interpretation gives you the Keep it up / Mix it up / Step it up moves for your strategy.
How long does it take?
About 4 minutes: a few questions about you, then eight short questions about one meaningful or recent employment experience.
Is the G-Test free?
Yes. The test, your type of professional 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 $29 Full Results package.
How do I get my interpretation after paying?
It happens automatically. Right 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 E and D tests first?
No, each test in the BE=E+D+G+E series stands on its own. If you have taken the E-Test or the D-Test on the same device, your G result shows them side by side, so you see your positioning, social and professional strategies together.
What happens to my answers?
Only you receive your answers and their interpretation, and you may share them with your BE-EDGE certified career coach. With your consent, anonymous answers join a research pool that Dr. Julia Ivy uses to study how professionals generate value across industries and countries. Your name and email are optional, and the public map only ever shows anonymous dots and totals.
Who created the G-Test?
The G-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.
