Your Right Job Report
Faidzal, based on your unique skill set, the #1 right job for you is a:
Graphic Artist
Avg. salary: $62,000 - $81,000
Your runner-up jobs are: Avg. salary:
Civil engineer $83,000 - $95,000
Firefighter $27,000 - $45,000
Optician $31,000 - $42,000
Home builder $38,000 - $48,000
Computer network specialist $92,000 - $145,000
Cook / chef $29,000 - $34,000
Forest worker $44,000 - $64,000
Why These Jobs Work For You
Your ability to focus helps you come up with innovative solutions. You show great attention to detail and can spend hours perfecting the small parts of any assignment. You're a quick learner when it comes to understanding how things work. This helps you stay focused so that you do not get lost in the big picture. You are a methodical type who appreciates getting the job done the right way.
Research has shown that people whose personalities are well-suited to their job environments are happier and more successful. Remember, your Right Jobs were selected because they are good matches for your career personality — they would allow you to exercise the qualities mentioned above. They are not based on the skills you already have, or would need to perform those jobs. Those are things you can learn along the way.
That said, here's a description of the Right Job that is the best statistical match to your career personality. If you don't like the sound of it, you can do a bit more research on the runner-up jobs that match your personality almost as well.
Graphic artists combine their artistic skills and vision for commercial purposes. As a graphic artist, you would typically be responsible for designing logos, book and CD covers, web sites, posters, and other publicity and promotional items. Instead of relying exclusively on traditional art tools, you would use computers to create this art.
Graphic artists meet with their clients to determine the needs of the project. Then, they must communicate these ideas through their art. Your challenge would be to translate the client needs and message into visual displays — whether on a cereal box, cover of a book, or web page. You might also have to show your client several rounds of ideas that use various designs, patterns, and colors before the client approves a piece or artistic direction.
Even though you don't need a degree in graphic design to make it in this business, you do need a portfolio. Graphic designers use portfolios to show clients samples of their best work. Typically, you would create your portfolio during your training or while receiving a bachelor's degree or professional certificate in graphic design.
The graphic design world relies on computers and software, so it's important to be proficient in the popular graphic design software packages.
Successful graphic artists may advance to become art directors or managers of a company's design department. Some graphic artists prefer to freelance, pitching clients on their own without the backup of a company behind them.
Although the work environment of a graphic artist is the best fit for your career personality, that is not to say you won't be happy in another job. In fact, there are plenty of careers that could use your personality's strengths. Graphic artist was the highest statistical match for your personality characteristics. Look to the right for some other jobs that scored high and would be a great fit for you.
In addition to discovering what career best fits you, Tickle has provided some information about how to best fit your career goals with your lifestyle needs. After all, your career can take on many forms, and it is important to know what best works for you.
Why These Jobs Fit Within Your Lifestyle
You're shooting for the moon and won't stop until you get there. You enjoy the high life and seek glamour and excitement. You want a leadership position that has both stability and prestige. Having the best is important to you, and you always opt for quality over quantity.
You are proud of your accomplishments and want your possessions to reveal that you've done well in life. After all, you are willing to work hard to advance in your career.
You have impeccable taste and know the trends. Because your status needs are high, be prepared to work long hours to climb to the top. This ambition may make it difficult to sustain successful long-term relationships, but a like-minded partner can become your ally in your pursuits and enjoy with you the fruits of your labor.
You may have already landed your dream job. Congratulations! But most people are still waiting to find the best job for their career personality.
Remember that wherever you are in your career — even if you're already in the job you want to keep for the rest of your life, you can't always control when or how the nature of your job might change, or how the goals of your company might evolve. But you can control the kinds of jobs you look for. That's why it's just as important to know your Wrong Job, as it is to know your Right Job.
To figure out what your Wrong Job is, we inverted the calculations for your Right Job. That means that the personality dimensions on which you scored the lowest contributed to our analysis of the Wrong Job for you.
Wrong Job
Faidzal, if you want to avoid your wrong Job, don't be an:
Underwriter
Why shouldn't you be an underwriter? Remember it's not all about the skills you have or don't have. The Right Job for you is the job that suits your personality best. For true job satisfaction, your job environment needs to match your personality.
Beyond the daily tasks of an insurance underwriter — accepting or rejecting insurance applications, examining client insurance risks, and assigning value to property — underwriters are driven by efficiency. They like things to run smoothly and with as few hitches as possible. They are also detail oriented and disorder will lead to their downfall. These are just some of the reasons you wouldn't find life as an underwriter very satisfying — why it's the Wrong Job for you.
We've already discussed your Right Job and your Wrong Job, but you still might be wondering, more specifically, how we found them. While you were taking the test, we determined your scores on six different personality dimensions. No one dimension is any better or worse than the others, but each one is quite distinct and offers insights into your unique combination of attributes, outlooks, and sensibilities.
Your Right Job is what fell out of the equation when we looked at a couple different aspects of your career personality — more specifically, your primary and secondary personality types. Your Wrong Job is what fell out of the inverse equation, what resulted from your lowest scores on the personality dimensions. But for now, let's focus on your Right Job that was determined by your career personality.
Based on the way you answered the test questions, your primary personality type is Practical, while your secondary personality type is Creative.
Knowing your type is important for a number of reasons: it will help bring to light aspects of your personality you hadn't thought about before, it will raise issues about matching your personality to a career that you might not have previously considered.
Here's an explanation of what that code and what your primary and secondary personalities mean.
Primary Classification
-Practical-
As a Practical type, you are honest and dependable. People look to you when they need the job to get done. Although this is a compliment, this also means that you may get stuck cleaning up other people's messes. You are sincere and don't believe in exaggerating your talents for the higher-ups. Your work speaks for itself. You do not mind getting your hands dirty — either figuratively or literally. As for your individualistic streak, it just makes you happier when you're working independently instead of working on a larger team.
Secondary Classification
-Creative-
As a Creative type, your ability to look at the world with a fresh perspective keeps life interesting for you and those around you. Instead of following the trends, you want to set them yourself. Establishing a routine is not your goal; you would rather go with the flow and see where your mood takes you that day. You love seeking new experiences and sensations. Your sensitive nature is often turned inward, but your passionate nature also means that you are prone to be impulsive at times.
We've figured out your Right Job, and we've calculated your Wrong Job. But the reality is there are plenty of other job concerns in between. If you do find yourself unhappy in your current employment situation, now is the time to make some changes. You can make a few adjustments in your current situation, or if things look hopeless, start to hatch a plan that will get you on track for the job you really want, the job that fits your career personality.
Knowing what we know about you as a Practical type, here are some things to watch for.
Chances are if you're unhappy on the job, you are stuck in a position where you feel your hard work is not getting noticed by the higher-ups. You know that people skills are not your strong suit, but it irks you to not get the proper recognition you deserve.
Well, now is the time to put your practical mind to work. Let your boss know about your accomplishments by creating your own progress reports. On a regular basis, note in writing how your accomplishments have positively impacted the company. As a result of your updates, you will have the satisfaction of obtaining the regular feedback you desire. Your boss will not only sit up and take notice, but he or she will not forget your new assertive style.
Ask Yourself: What Led Me to My Career Path?
On average, people make three major career changes in their lives. If you did not get it right this time, get back in the saddle and try again. To avoid repeating the same career mistakes, you may want to get introspective and ask yourself some of the following critical questions.
Did I pick this career because of my family's wishes over my own?
Everyone wants to please loved ones. Perhaps your father always wanted you to follow in his footsteps, but you always wanted to take on more risky ventures. Although your loved ones want you to have a stable career, ultimately they want you to be happy. If their approval is extremely important to you, then do your homework and come up with a concrete plan for your risky venture and demonstrate that you have the maturity and determination to realize your goals. Provide a timeframe for how long you'll give yourself before calling it quits and going the stable route. Something along the lines of, "I'll give myself five years to make it big as a rock star and if that doesn't work, I'll go to law school." Establish ground rules for how often they can ask you about your "progress." Learn to celebrate the small steps and brush aside potentially defeating remarks and "I told you sos." Remember, loved ones care and worry about you, but if they see you happy, they will eventually learn to put aside their fears.
Did I pick this job because I had low expectations for myself?
Do you think that Bill Gates and Oprah have always been free from insecurity and self-doubt? Think again. Everyone is afraid to fail, but not trying is a bigger failure than getting fired. While it may temporarily bruise the ego, it is an enriching and humbling experience to push yourself beyond your preconceived limits. So, get out of the safe and numb and plunge into uncertainty. Although it may be discomforting at first, nothing is more joyful than discovering a hidden talent or fulfilling a secret ambition. If you need to, fake the bravado and eventually it will become a part of yourself. In the end, if it does not work out, dust yourself off and be proud of your new fearless attitude. It will eventually pay off. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Did I pick this job because I did not want to go to school again?
It is understandable that maybe you had a bad experience in high school or college and you don't want to repeat that again. Unfortunately, some of the highest paying and self-fulfilling jobs require some type of education beyond high school or college. Obtaining a professional degree is very different from high school or college. Gone are the days of reading and writing about things you cannot relate specifically to your career. Professional degrees often are geared to train you in a certain area of expertise. You will not only gain practical experience but valuable contacts in your desired profession. So, let go of your preconceived notions of school and talk to someone who has the degree you want. If the tuition cost is scaring you, then you may have to tighten your financial belt for a few years and look into obtaining student loans. See this cost as an investment in your future. After all, you have a long career ahead of you and the initial cost will eventually be paid off.
I just don't know what I want to do! Everything and nothing sounds appealing.
Part of being an adult is knowing which opportunity doors to close and which to keep open. Making choices can be difficult, and there are no guarantees. But not making choices and saddling yourself with indecision is no picnic.
We hope the personality insights we provided you with point you in the right direction. But this is only the first step. You must do research about yourself and realistic career choices for you. Talk to as many people you know about their occupations and honestly assess whether their interests and lifestyles match yours. Your best friend may love being the artist living paycheck to paycheck, but if you always pictured yourself driving a Mercedes and joining the country club, then the bohemian lifestyle is not for you. Also, realistically evaluate the tradeoffs between your personal and professional life and what the definition of success is to you. Who has not wanted to be a journalist or news broadcaster and make millions like Katie Couric or Peter Jennings? But, do you realize that most journalists start at the way bottom in remote locations away from family and do not make millions? You may want to be a news broadcaster, but understand that most of them start out as unknowns and most stay unknown. You may be that one in a million, but make sure it is not the fame and money but rather the job that drives your ambition.
No matter your age or station in life, once you start taking steps to pursuing the dream job, you'll kick yourself for not having done this sooner. Having a goal and converting it to reality is a powerful experience. You will develop or regain self-confidence that permeates into other areas of your life. Life is too short to put up with barely tolerable situations, whether that is with your career or relationships. You'll expect better for yourself and from others. Settling instead of striving will no longer seem acceptable for you. Going to work won't seem like a chore anymore and your enthusiasm will be contagious for those around you.
Take Action!
Use your resources.
Many people don't know where to start when they're looking for a new job. Now that you know your career personality, you're already a couple steps ahead of them. But another place to look for inspiration is the want ads. Grab a newspaper, or sign onto the internet and look under job titles and career headings that are mentioned in the Right Job section of your career report.
Read all the different job descriptions in the appropriate categories, and jot down responsibilities that appeal to you. Take a look at your list when you're done, and see if you can recognize patterns of duties you like. Or, just string all the responsibilities together in one block so next time someone asks you, you can tell them you're looking for a job that includes either some, or all of those responsibilities.
Another great way to look, is to research different kinds of companies. Take a look at a business magazine of a news weekly. They have annual review of the top companies to work for. Even if you don't want to work for a huge computer company, maybe there are aspects of the work environment that you find appealing, and can find at a company more in line with your goals.
As we've mentioned before, we all have different sides to ourselves. Depending on the situation, someone who typically plays it safe will be up for making a riskier decision. Someone who typically thrives working on their own will excel in a group dynamic. For that reason, we wanted you to see the dominant characteristics of the remaining personality types. Here they are.
Analytical
Analytical personalities are tireless inquisitive and thoughtful. Exploring new ideas and understanding the world around them is a constant and exciting challenge.
Personable
Personable personalities are natural teachers and leaders. They possess a friendly nature and have a genuine desire to help others, which makes them valuable members of society.
Strategic
Strategic personalities are undeniable go-getters. With diplomacy and very strong persuasive skills, they know how to get what they want in life.
Disciplined
Disciplined personalities value being conscientious and trustworthy. With their high sense of responsibility and attention to detail, these types can be relied upon in any crunch or situation.
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