Career capital is not your CV. It is what you would take with you if you left tomorrow. This tool maps what you actually own across six dimensions and gives you a detailed breakdown of where you are strong, where you are thin, and exactly what to do next.
6 dimensions18 questionsDetailed sub-breakdownAction per dimension
Most professionals undersell themselves not because they lack experience but because they have never been forced to name what that experience actually produced. Each question describes four real situations. You select the one that honestly matches you. The result gives you a full sub-dimension breakdown, not just an overall score.
What this tool measures and why
Six dimensions: Skills and knowledge, Reputation and credibility, Relationships and network, Judgment and pattern recognition, Adaptability and range, and AI and technology fluency. The first five are grounded in Spencer and Spencer's Competency Iceberg Model (1993) and Hall's Protean Career Theory, knowing why, knowing how, and knowing whom (Arthur, DeFillippi and Hall, 1994). The sixth reflects 2025 labour market data: workers with advanced AI skills earn 56% more than peers without them (PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer, 2025; WEF Future of Jobs Report, 2025).
Each dimension has 3 sub-dimensions. The result page shows you a score for each sub-dimension individually, an insight explaining what that score actually means, and one specific action to take next. This is not a bar chart. It is a working diagnostic.
Options are evidence-based. Each question describes four specific real-world situations. You cannot game by position, options are shuffled in a different order every session using Fisher-Yates randomisation.
What this is not: A personality test. A job matcher. A skills quiz. The output is only as honest as your selections.
Context5%
Before you begin
How many years of professional experience do you have?
This calibrates what counts as Strong versus Developing for your stage.
Under 7 years
Early career. Still building foundational capital across most dimensions.
7 to 15 years
Mid-career. Should have strong capital in at least 2 to 3 dimensions by now.
15 or more years
Senior career. Should have strong capital in at least 4 dimensions by now.
Please select your experience level before continuing.
Section 1 of 615%
Answer all 3 questions before continuing.
Final check95%
One more question
If you left your job tomorrow with no notice, how much of what makes you valuable would still work elsewhere?
This is the portability question. Answer it for your skills, relationships, and reputation combined, not just your technical knowledge.
Most of it would travel with me
I have worked in multiple contexts before. My skills, relationships, and reputation have transferred when I moved. I have evidence of this from past transitions.
About half would travel, half would not
Some of what I have built is genuinely portable. But a significant part of my value, certain relationships, my reputation in this specific context, some specialised knowledge, is tied to where I am now.
Most of it would not travel
If I left tomorrow, I would be starting largely from scratch in terms of reputation and relationships. My skills might transfer but the network and credibility I have built here would not.
Please select one option before continuing.
Decision Audit Instrument C5
The Career Capital Inventory
"The title is rented. What you actually own is the six things underneath it. Most people only check on those when the title disappears."
-- Pranjal Sarkar
Your career capital profile
Detailed breakdown by dimension
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About this instrument
The Career Capital Inventory, C5
Why I built this
You can be competent, well-regarded, and quietly misaligned at the same time. This instrument surfaces misalignment before it becomes a performance or wellbeing problem.
How to use this report
Focus on the dimension that scored lowest. That is the signal worth acting on. Everything else is context.
What not to do
Do not use a low score to write off the role without exploring what would need to change. Do not share the result before you have sat with it for at least 48 hours.
This tool does not constitute professional advice. The Career Capital Inventory is a structured self-reflection tool for informational and educational purposes only. It is not career counselling, psychological assessment, financial advice, legal advice, or any form of professional consultation. Nothing in this tool or its results should be treated as a recommendation to take or refrain from any specific action.
No liability for decisions made. Pranjal Sarkar, this website, and any associated entities accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any decision, action, consequence, loss, harm, or outcome that results directly or indirectly from your use of this tool or your interpretation of its results. You alone are responsible for the decisions you make.
Not clinically validated. The questions, scoring weights, and thresholds are practitioner-designed based on referenced research frameworks. They have not been statistically validated against population norms or peer-reviewed.
Seek qualified counsel. Before making any significant career decision, speak with a qualified career counsellor, HR professional, legal advisor, or financial planner who understands your specific situation.
By completing this tool, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this disclaimer, that you are using it voluntarily for personal reflection purposes, and that you will not hold Pranjal Sarkar or any associated party responsible for any outcome arising from your use of or reliance on this tool.