The Everything Career Tests Book: 10 Tests to Determine the Right Occupation for You

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A career advice book with the tests that make the difference!

American workers are upwardly mobile movers and shakers who change careers often, always on the search for their perfect niche. But you can't follow your bliss unless you know what your bliss is.

Enter The Everything Career Tests Book—your key to determining the career path you were destined for! This engaging, accessible guide boasts ten different tests that reveal the work habits, affinities, and interests you may not even realize you have!

Ten tests help you find your way:
  • Values Test
  • Skills Test
  • Interests Test
  • Personality Test
  • Work Environment Test
  • Location Test
  • Work/Life Balance Test
  • Entrepreneurial Ability Test
  • Managerial Ability Test
  • Emotional Intelligence Test

Featuring extensive test result analysis and guidance as well as an easy-to-use format, The Everything Career Tests Book is all you need to make your dreams come true—at work!
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781593375652

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Adams Media

Publication Date: 01-19-2007

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 8.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.60(d)

Series: Everything (School & Careers)

About the Author

An Adams Media author.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments ix
Top Ten Things to Remember about Career Tests x
Introduction xi
Know Yourself, Know Your Career 1
Self-Assessment Is Key 2
Finding Your Passion 2
Self-Assessment Is Your Personal Checkup 4
Your Readiness for Change 4
Why Take Self-Assessment Tests? 7
What You Can Learn from These Tests 10
Career Change Options 14
Values and Your Career 15
Values and Career Satisfaction 16
What Are Values? 17
A Short History of the Study of Values 19
Why Values Matter 22
Values Test 24
Using Your Results 30
Skills and Your Career 33
Who Needs Skills? 34
Who Has Skills? 34
What Are Skills? 35
Who Lacks Skills? 38
Skills Test 39
Using Your Results 45
Skills of the Future 47
Interests and Your Career 49
Do What Interests You 50
A Short History of Interests Tests 51
InterestsTest 53
RIASEC Careers 60
Using Your Results 65
A Word about Job Titles 67
Personality and Your Career 69
Who's Got Personality? 70
What Does Personality Have to Do with Careers? 70
A Short History of the Study of Personality 71
Types, Traits, and Temperaments 73
Personality Test 77
Using Your Results 81
Work Environment and Your Career 83
Find the Environment That Suits You 84
Where Your Work Space Is 84
What Your Work Space Looks Like 85
How Flexible Do You Want to Be? 88
The Right Perks Can Perk Up Your Career 92
Dressing for Career Success 94
Work Environment Test 96
Using Your Results 100
Location and Your Career 101
Location Matters 102
Live Where the Surroundings Please You 102
Live Where You Have Support 103
Live in an Area You Can Afford 104
Live Where It's Livable 105
Location Test 106
Using Your Results 108
Work/Life Balance and Your Career 111
A Life Out of Balance 112
Not Your Grandpa's Workplace 113
Family Matters 114
Men Want a Life, Too 115
Going to Extremes 115
Who Needs Balance? 116
Work/Life Balance Test 117
Using Your Results 119
Take Action 121
To Balance or Not to Balance? 124
Entrepreneurial Readiness and Your Career 125
What Is an Entrepreneur? 126
A Short History of Entrepreneurs 127
Entrepreneurs Are Made, Not Born 130
Entrepreneurial Qualities 132
Entrepreneurial Readiness Test 134
Using Your Results 137
Managerial Suitability and Your Career 141
What Is a Manager? 142
Good Managers Are Made, Not Born 144
Managerial Suitability Test 148
Using Your Results 152
Emtional Intelligience and Your Career 157
What Is Emotional Intelligence? 158
EI Versus IQ 162
A Short History of EI 164
Emotional Intelligence Test 167
Using Your Results 171
Your Career Checkup 177
Career Checkup Chart 178
What Your Chart Tells You 180
Informational Interviews 182
Prepare to Take Action! 184
Published and Online Career Resources 187
Career Counseling Services and Other Instruments 201
Index 205

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