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<strong>Prepare</strong> <strong>For</strong> <strong>Success</strong><br />
job seekers who are looking for a promotion or career change. The results can help you decide<br />
whether your current job, or career choice, is right for you or whether you should consider a<br />
change in direction.<br />
There are a range of career interest tests available on-line; some are free and some come with<br />
a small fee. The quality of career interest tests can vary dramatically, so try to choose tests<br />
from larger, more reputable publishers which have some kind of accreditation or endorsement<br />
or involvement with trained occupational psychologists.<br />
Using these tests are an excellent way to build up an awareness of the kind of careers you are<br />
suited to or are not suited to.<br />
Personality Profiling<br />
While career inventories are focused on assessing how well you are suited to particular roles or<br />
careers, the personality profiles are more diagnostic and are concerned with how you respond<br />
in different situations. The kind of areas these tests might assess are:<br />
• y What kind of a leader are you?<br />
• y How do you react to pressure and stress?<br />
• y How well do you handle uncertainty?<br />
• y Can you handle change?<br />
• y How flexible and adaptable are you?<br />
• y Do you enjoy working in teams?<br />
• y Do you work well in teams?<br />
• y Do you work effectively in isolation?<br />
Doing this kind of test will enable you to develop a deeper self-awareness of your workplace<br />
preferences. It can help you to assess if your current role is unsuitable and to help you more<br />
effectively target roles that you are predisposed to perform successfully<br />
and enjoy.<br />
What Is Your Team Role?<br />
Dr. Meredith Belbin invented the concept of team roles following<br />
research at Henley Management College. As a job seeker, knowing<br />
your team role is an excellent way to demonstrate to an organization<br />
committed to teamwork, that you are an effective team player. Taking the<br />
test and knowing your Belbin team role shows a willingness to understand<br />
your role within a team so you can work more effectively within that team.<br />
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