Thursday, September 30, 2010

What Career Will Suit Your Personality?

by Hannah Du Plessis


Work is something you do all day, and for most of your life. It is therefore necessary that you to have to be completely happy in your work. You therefore need to not only find a career doing what you enjoy doing, but you also need to find a career that suits your personality.

It can be very difficult to search through what’s out there. A normal person like you and me just don’t know all the possibilities. You could go to a career advisor, but if you are older and feel a bit shy about going to see someone, it can be a bit daunting.

This is when online psychometric tests can come to the rescue. You can do these tests in the privacy of your own home. The beauty about them is that they do not take long, about 15 – 20 minutes.

The problem with them is there are so many out there. Which one to go to? I have just put the word “career” into a Google search bar, and did about five different free tests, each one telling me to become something else. One gave me a short list, with one of the possibilities a Financial Advisor, and another possibility a teacher, and another one said I had to be an artist. (I cannot draw to save my life, but I used to be a music teacher, which I did enjoy … well, sort of) So I found that free isn’t necessarily good.

So doing many different tests can be quite confusing. You need a good test that you can trust. If you really want free, the MAPP test is quite good. However, it just gives you certain parts of the test, and you have to buy the full test if you want to read everything. Another one that is designed especially for careers, that is 98% accurate, is called MyCareerMatch. It gives you quite a few possibilities that you might not have considered before. So seeing you might have to purchase a test anyway, you might as well purchase one that is excellent.

With the MyCareerMatch test you will:
  • Connect who you are with what you love to do
  • Discover your perfect career
  • Uncover your strengths and talents so you make the right choices
You will also discover:
  • Ideal jobs that match your personality
  • Strengths and qualities you have to bring to a job
  • Things you value and what annoys you
  • Why you are attracted to some jobs but not others
  • Great content to add to your resume
Psychometric testing is a great tool to help you discover who you really are.


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