Identifying careers.

I did this for someone and thought that it may be useful for any career hunters; I hope so. It is 'universal' so note well what is in bold.

Ok, please bear in mind that I am used to working with younger people, though I was a team manager for many years and I used a lot of this in my appraisal of staff, myself, systems and procedures. Also what I have enclosed is an amalgam of information from UK/American sources. However, I believe you may find them useful provided you view the results/data in a combined manner. You may find some contradictory indicators arising from your data but that’s OK, we’re human.
And yes, I have copied and pasted information from other sites.

One major factor of course is that one MUST always consider the 'local' culture and cultural differences. Then adapt what you may learn and apply to the 'local' situation.

Also, learn to identify and use your preferred learning style - most important.

http://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/

One site which I believe is absolutely invaluable is Businessballs.com. It hosts an absolute treasure trove of information, templates, links, explanations etc. etc.

                             ethical work and life learning            http://www.businessballs.com/


The motivated skills test helps job-seekers and people trying to figure out what they want to do in life identify skills that they enjoy using and are proficient in as well as skills that they do not enjoy but may be proficient in or skills they enjoy but aren't good at.

http://stewartcoopercoon.com/jobsearch/ … ed-skills/


The Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment determines your personality based on how you approach decision-making and perceive the world around you.

http://www.myersbriggs.org/

and/or

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp


Holland Occupational Themes
Psychologist John Holland developed a theory that stated there were six different personality types, six different workplace environments and that the type of personalities present in a workplace determined the environment.

http://www.truity.com/test/holland-code-career-test



The CareerLink inventory is a 36 question self-assessment that asks you to evaluate yourself in five categories: aptitudes, interests, career preparation time, temperament and physical capabilities.

http://www.mpcfaculty.net/CL/cl.htmhttp://careerplanning.about.com/od/self … values.htm

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/care … erable.htm

http://wagner.nyu.edu/files/Skills.pdf  a questionnaire for self assessment.

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/skillsmenu.htm
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