Career & Personality Testing

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. This test shows y

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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.