Monday, August 06, 2007

Career quiz results

I took this quiz "What career will suit your personality?" and here's the results:

[SITE DISCLAIMER]: This description is a generalisation. If it rings true, you've found your career type. If it doesn't, return to the quiz, decide whether you answered truthfully, and not by what you think you should answer. Redo your answers and read your new results.

You would be very happy in a career that utilised your level-headedness, and allowed you to work mainly on your own. You want a career that allows you to be creative, without having to be involved with lots of people. Some careers that would be perfect for you are:

Artist
Historian
Banker
Novelist
University Professor
Photographer
Vet
Paralegal
Graphic Designer
Online Content Developer
Webmaster
Producer
Managing Director
Nutritionist
Advertising
Nursing

You like working and being alone. You like to avoid attention at all costs. You tend to keep to yourself, and not interact much with the people around you. You enjoy spending time with a few a close friends. You like to listen to others, but don't like sharing much about yourself. You are very quiet and private.

You are very practical, and only act after thinking things through. You don't like being forced to answer quickly. You have to evaluate the situation completely. You make decisions based on what you can verify with your senses.

You like to be deeply involved in one or two special projects. You like to be behind the scenes.

You are very logical and fair. You feel you should be honest with others and protect their feelings.

You trust your gut instincts. You are easily inspired and trust that inspiration. You are very innovative. You analyse things by looking at the big picture. You are concerned about how what you do affects others. You worry about your actions and the future. You tend to use a lot of metaphors and are very descriptive and colourful in your choice of language.

You are very creative, and get bored easily if you don't get to express yourself. You like to learn new things. You don?t like the same old routine. You like to leave your options open.

Quiz link: http://quiz.ivillage.co.uk/uk_work/tests/career.htm


I thought this was interesting. I DID used to want to be a nutritionist. These days, though, I truly think I have figured out what I want to do in life: Manuscript editing. The book world is my passion. I have ALWAYS wanted to be an editor. And I've ALWAYS, always corrected typos and improper writing in my siblings' writings. Hah! Right now I'm thinking of doing freelance editing, but I know that, ultimately, I want a position as an editor with a book publishing company.

And that's my goal -- something this quiz missed. ;)

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