The actual "survey" takes 10-15 minutes. In essence you have multiple lists of two (2) items and you pick which of the two (2) you feel best applies to how you see yourself. Once you finish the list of words and submit, you'll be given a career report. Once you hit submit there is no way to see your answers again, or if there is, I couldn't find it.
The career report lists the following:
-Career Work Styles
-Motivators and Demotivators
-Career Attributes
-Career Match/Matching Jobs (a list of 20)
My initial thoughts on my assessment was that the info for career work styles and motivators/demotivators was pretty accurate. It basically said I am a take charge, make it happen kind of gal who pays attention to detail and has a strong work ethic. All the jobs it listed for me were in management (which is what I did pre-homeschool mom status), with the exception of "Farmers and Ranchers" and "Funeral Director". I had to laugh at this because there was absolutely nothing on the assessment that could possibly have tied into farming/ranching and while I'm great at managing, I am very much NOT a person who would do well working with grieving families for extended periods because I am not a overly compassionate person.
Olivia, who is 15, was the second to do the assessment. Olivia and I had different information listed on the first three areas. One of the things that we both thought was "interesting" is that one of her "Demotivators" was listed as "overly political work cultures", and neither of us could come up with any idea of how anything on the assessment would have pointed to anything political in any form. I was disappointed that there was no mention of her being a hands on person, as that's both how she learns and likes to work. With all the differences between the two reports, we were both really surprised (and a bit suspicious) to see that we had the EXACT same list of job matches, in the exact same order....right down to the funeral director.
Lindsey, who is 13, was the last to do the assessment. While Olivia and I are very similar in personality (more goal oriented than people oriented), Lindsey is my lover of all humanity, so I was very interested in her results. I know her answers were greatly different than Olivia's or mine. So, I had to laugh out loud at Lindsey's first "demotivator"....being alone in a room, without a phone. But then I looked at the list of matching jobs and it's the EXACT same list, in the EXACT same order as mine and Olivia's. So apparently we're all destined to be funeral directors, ahem.
I do like the information provided in the first three (3) areas of the assessment. However, I personally don't see how the Career Match/Matching Jobs section is in any way personalized as it appears to be just the same list tacked onto the bottom of the report. There were no questions geared towards interests (arts, music, etc.) and nothing that related to a hands on worker, only those who are looking at management. However, you can click on each career path and find out what education requirements there are and which colleges best suit those heading into that career field.
Unfortunately, I don't think any of us are any closer to knowing what we want to be when we grow up.
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Oh my goodness, no, after reading your blog a while, I can NOT see you becoming a funeral director, better stay a blogger so I can keep reading! Was blogger on the list of career choices?
ReplyDeleteNo, blogger wasn't listed....only management stuff.
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