Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Table 3. Some personal characteristics that are good to bring into different jobs.
Able to
walk/stand
a lot
Good in
chatting
Good in
waiting
Good in
argumenting
Labour inspector X X
Shop assistant X X
Construction worker X X
Caretaker
X
Research engineer
X
Youth leader X X
School teacher
X
Home care assistant X X
Hotel receptionist X X
Bell boy X X X
Machine designer
X
Jailhouse worker
X
Truck driver
Limousine driver
X
Personal assistant X X
Process controller
X
Assistant nurse X X
School caretaker
X
Cleaner, outdoors
X
Technical writer
X
Telephone operator X X
Telephone salesman
X
Test engineer
X
Gardener
X
Able to walk/stand much
There is a big difference on how much walking/standing one have to endure in various works. My
experience is that workers are walking/standing significantly more than official. In the only official work
in which I walked a lot, was as a labour inspector, it was because I took long walks from the sites I visited.
In other officials work I've mostly gone to the canteen and to various meetings. In several works jobs,
however, as inshops and in home care, I spent a large part of the working day standing/walking.
My experience is that in the tasks normally performed sitting, walking has felt as annoying interruptions of
the work. But the work normally performed walking/standing it has mostly been positive. But it does not
mean that I, in some works been pretty tired in my feet at the end of the day.
Good in chatting
Some jobs are more or less about talking to other people , such as customers. Then it´s a huge advantage to
be good at talking about things that customers want to talk about. In other works, however, I conversated
only during breaks and then mostly for social reasons. Then skills in small talk is not so important for the
overall performance.
Good in waiting
Some jobs entail a large amount of anticipation. Some people do not mind it, or maybe even like it,
perhaps because they find it relaxing. While others almost can’t handle it. If so, maybe their impatience is
evident, for example they become irritated, which is not so successful.
Good in argumenting
Many works are ultimately largely about convining others. This applies, of course, on salemen, but also in
jobs involving teaching or investigations. In the latter role it is important to investigate in such a way that
the results can be the basis for a decision. Which means that the investigation itself becomes a form of
argumentation.
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