phoenix hawk, a.k.a. Pete Collins (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nobledragoon423) wrote,@ 2009-03-08 03:31:00 |
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who are you?
So, I took another one of those career tests at livecareer.com. When I was taking it, I totally thought I was going to get messed up results, but I must say that I'm surprised that it seems to represent my interests.
Here's what it had to say about me:
Your highest score was on Science, which means that you enjoy working with abstract ideas, scientific equipment, and mathematical logic and reasoning to solve practical or abstract problems. You also scored highly on Writing, indicating that you enjoy creative or technical writing. You are also likely to be interested in a broad range subjects, so finding occupations that allow you to exercise these interests would lead to higher work satisfaction for you. Your high score on the Teaching / Social Service scale means that you enjoy instructing people in learning new things, helping people solve problems, and assisting others.
You lowest score was on Sales. You wouldn't be satisfied in careers that involve selling merchandise or services. These careers involve understanding products and services, informing customers of their features, demonstrating products, and being persuasive with others. You also showed low interest in Assertive, so you wouldn't be fulfilled working in situations where you were frequently required to assert authority over others, and to direct and monitor their work. Your low score on Persuasive means that you wouldn't be fulfilled with work that involves influencing, advising, counseling, guiding, motivating, or directing the activities of others.
Apparently, my career interests can also be represented on one of those cool radar graphs:
Investigative (Thinkers) - Investigative types enjoy the challenge of problem solving in mathematics, technology, and sciences, and the abstract and practical ideas related to these areas. Applied science, such as engineering, technology or computer science may also be of interest to them. They can be technically creative.
Social (Helpers) - Social types are interested in helping to keep others emotionally or physically healthy, or in teaching others. They enjoy giving advice and working directly with people, either in groups or individually.
Artistic (Creators) - Artistic types are often thought of as original and creative by others. Such people enjoy expressing themselves in artistic ways such as acting, dancing, creating music or visual art, or by expressing their ideas either through discussion or debate.
Realistic (Doers) - Realistic types like physical activity, working with their hands, and are mechanically-inclined. They enjoy working outdoors and do not mind physical risks on the job.
Attentive (Servers) - Attentive types enjoy helping others, serving others' personal needs and looking after the comfort and well-being of others. They are happy in jobs requiring sociability, politeness, patience and a happy disposition.
Conventional (Organizers) - Conventional types enjoy supervising others in jobs where rules and tasks are well defined. They show careful attention to detail, are organized, follow instructions well and prefer jobs where their daily duties are regular and fixed.
Enterprising (Persuaders) - Enterprising types are people-oriented. They like to talk to, influence and persuade others. They are confident, adventurous, assertive and show leadership.
Sounds about right, I think. More musings on this later.
