Career & Personality Testing
By Scott Brown
So just what is all the hype about? Can different tests really
help you to make sensible career choices? Will they really help
you to understand your personality more than you already do?
Yes! There are a variety of popular tests that can measure your
intelligence, aptitude, skills and judge your ability to do well
in any given career.
At a Fork in the Road? If you're at a fork in the road and
really don't know which step to take, career testing can help
to:
* Match your personality to the best type of job for you
* Make the best career choices
* Choose the best work environment
* Enhance your job satisfaction
* Teach you more about who you
are and what you like
Tests can be used to give a person an indication of what jobs
match your personality type and therefore what careers you might
have an aptitude for. Let's take a look at some of the most
popular tests.
Myers-Briggs This is a test to identify personal preferences.
This system was developed during World War II by Katharine Cook
Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. This model is based
on four preferences. These are: Where you direct your energy,
how you process information, how you make decisions and how you
organize your life.
Strong Interest Inventory Test This test is more accurately
classed as an inventory test, which helps measures a person's
interest against the interests of people who are already in the
profession the person is showing an interest in. This test was
originally devised in the 1920s and has been revised many times
since. It's used today to help people understand what they like
and don't like about their jobs. Its premise is based on six
different themes: realistic, investigative, enterprising,
conventional, social, artistic.
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict (TKI)
Mode Instrument This test helps people to understand their conflict
management processes. Conflict, when managed, can lead to great change and
improvement.
Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook (http://www.JobSearchHandbook.com). As editor of the HireSites.com weekly newsletter
on job searching, Scott has written many articles on the
subject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers
with a complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job
effectively.
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