CreateUP Self-Assessment Tool - English

Welcome

Welcome to the Self-Assessment Tool

Welcome to our Create Up self-assessment tool designed to help you gain valuable insights if you want to gain or improve your knowledge and skills important for cultural and creative entrepreneurship.

By completing this assessment, you will receive tailored recommendations that will guide you to our online learning course, when you will be able to develop your competencies based on the level of your proficiency at this moment.

How It Works:

Getting started is easy. Simply follow the prompts and answer the questions provided.

You will be assessing the level of your skills in six areas:

Financial and economic literacy
Coping with ambiguity
Mobilizing resources
Planning and management
Spotting opportunities
Working with others

Each area of self-assessment questions corresponds to one module of an online learning course that is prepared for you when you complete this assessment.

Answering each questions, you will have to assess the level of our proficiency dealing with the specific task, and you can choose from following responses:

Limited Ability (you don’t know anything or you know very little about this)
Average Ability (you have heard about this/ you have tried this before, but you feel that you could still learn more)
Strong Ability/Proficiency (you feel confident enough that you don’t think you need to learn anything more about this topic)

Ready to get started? Click the button on the right.

Test 1: Financial & economic literacy

Test 1: Financial & Economic Literacy

Please answer each question below to the best of your ability by selecting one of the available choices: Limited, Average; Strong.

	Limited ability	Average Ability	Strong Ability/Proficiency
1. How well do you grasp the basics of managing money, like creating a budget, saving, and handling debts? This helps understand your foundation for smart financial choices.
2. How good are you at understanding financial statements, such as balance sheets and income statements, which show a business's money health? This checks your ability to make sense of a company's financial picture.
3. How skilled are you at spotting and thinking about potential money risks that might affect your creative projects or business ideas? This tests your ability to make smart decisions considering financial challenges.
4. How comfortable are you using tools and software to keep track of money-related data and make sense of it? Proficiency in these tools is vital for managing your financial information efficiently.
5. How much do you understand economic ideas and how they affect how businesses work and make decisions? This checks if you get the basics of how the economy influences business.
6. How well can you use financial and economic ideas to make smart choices about investments or other money decisions? This measures your ability to apply financial knowledge in practical situations.
7. How good are you at reading and understanding trends in the market and financial data to spot opportunities or potential risks for your creative projects? This is about making informed decisions based on the changing business landscape.
8. How effectively can you explain financial information to others, like investors or team members, in a way that makes sense to them? This focuses on your ability to communicate financial concepts clearly, an important skill for collaboration and understanding.

Test 2: Working with others

Please answer each question below to the best of your ability by selecting one of the available choices: Limited, Average; Strong.

	Limited ability	Average Ability	Strong Ability/Proficiency
1. How well do you express your ideas and understand others? This question assesses your communication skills and ability to comprehend and convey ideas effectively.
2. How effectively do you work with others to achieve shared goals? This question explores your teamwork and collaboration skills in contributing towards common objectives.
3. How good are you at creating and maintaining connections with colleagues and stakeholders? This question examines your interpersonal skills and your ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
4. Are you willing to accept advice and constructive criticism? This question delves into your openness to feedback and your ability to embrace opportunities for improvement.
5. How do you handle disagreements and resolve problems within a team? This question assesses your conflict resolution skills and how well you manage challenges within a group setting.
6. How well do you adjust to different working styles and backgrounds? This question evaluates your adaptability in diverse work environments and collaboration with individuals from varied backgrounds.
7. How good are you at recognizing and using the skills of your teammates for the benefit of the whole group? This question examines your ability to identify and leverage the strengths of team members for collective success.
8. How well do you help and motivate colleagues in achieving their goals and professional development? This question explores your capacity to support and encourage your peers in their individual goals and professional growth.

Test 3: Spotting Opportunities

Test 3: Spotting opportunities

Please answer each question below to the best of your ability by selecting one of the available choices: Limited, Average; Strong.

	Limited ability	Average Ability	Strong Ability/Proficiency
1. How observant are you in identifying emerging trends and changes in your industry or market?
2. How curious are you in exploring new ideas, technologies, or business models outside of your comfort zone?
3. How well do you connect seemingly unrelated concepts or information to identify innovative possibilities?
4. How proactive are you in seeking out and creating opportunities rather than waiting for them to come to you?
5. How effectively do you assess the feasibility and potential value of new opportunities or business ideas?
6. How receptive are you to different perspectives and in exploring diverse sources of information?
7. How proficient are you at utilizing your network and relationships to uncover new opportunities or collaborations?
8. How ready are you to take calculated risks and embrace uncertainty when pursuing new opportunities?

Test 4: Planning & management

Test 4: Planning and management

Please answer each question below to the best of your ability by selecting one of the available choices: Limited, Average; Strong.

	Limited ability	Average Ability	Strong Ability/Proficiency
1. How good are you at setting clear goals and targets for your projects or tasks?
2. How well can you make and follow action plans to achieve what you want?
3. How effectively do you use resources and manage time to finish your projects or tasks on time?
4. How good are you at dealing with risks and uncertainties in your plans?
5. How well do you keep an eye on your progress, changing plans when needed?
6. How good are you at sharing tasks and responsibilities, using collaborators’ strengths?
7. How well do you coordinate with others to make sure projects get executed smoothly?
8. How good are you at looking back at projects and learning from them to do better next time?

Test 5: Mobilising Resources

Test 5: Mobilising resources

Please answer each question below to the best of your ability by selecting one of the available choices: Limited, Average; Strong.

	Limited ability	Average Ability	Strong Ability/Proficiency
1. How good are you at finding and using the right resources (money, people, technology) for your projects or ventures?
2. How skilled are you at negotiating and forming partnerships to get more resources?
3. How well do you allocate and manage resources to make things work efficiently and get the results you want?
4. How good are you at adapting and coming up with new ways to get resources when circumstances change or things become difficult?
5. How effectively do you talk about what you need and how well can you explain this value to potential investors and important stakeholders?
6. How well do you create and maintain relationships with people who can support you, like stakeholders or donors?
7. How adept are you at using technology or digital tools to make it easier to get and manage resources?
8. How effectively do you evaluate and monitor how resources are used to make sure they're used well and will be able to return investments?

Test 6: Coping with ambiguity, uncertainty & risk

Test 6: Coping with uncertainty

Please answer each question below to the best of your ability by selecting one of the available choices: Limited, Average; Strong.

	Limited ability	Average Ability	Strong Ability/Proficiency
1. How comfortable are you in dealing with uncertain situations and making decisions with limited information?
2. How well do you adjust to changes and unexpected challenges?
3. How effectively do you find and evaluate potential risks and come up with plans to handle them?
4. How comfortable are you with trying out new ideas and testing innovative approaches?
5. How well do you deal with setbacks and failures, learning from them to do better next time?
6. How effectively do you handle unclear situations and navigate through complex challenges in your work or projects?
7. How good are you at seeing uncertainty as a chance for growth and coming up with new ideas?
8. How ready are you to take well-thought-out risks and step out of your comfort zone to reach your goals?

Recommendations

Foundation Level: based on your choices we place you at foundation level for Financial and Economic Literacy. We recommend that you follow the following course to increase your skills.
Financial & Economic Literacy - Foundation

Intermediate Level: based on your choices we place you at intermediate level for Financial and Economic Literacy. We recommend that you follow the following course to increase your skills.
Financial & Economic Literacy - Intermediate

Advanced Level: based on your choices we place you at advanced level for Financial and Economic Literacy. We recommend that you follow the following course to increase your skills.
Financial & Economic Literacy - Advanced