Careers: It's a question of character; Do your personality and temperament suit the job you're in? Find out with our little quiz - it's terribly scientific, you know.Byline: Compiled by Roshan McArthur. Now, make a note of the four letters you have selected. This represents which of the following types you are: Coaches ADEG ADEG Arbeitsgemeinschaft der EinkaufsGenossenschaften (German/Austrian retailer cooperative and supermarket franchise) ADEG Asociación de Damas Españolas Guatemaltecas (Spanish-Guatemalan Ladies' Association) You're warm-hearted, talkative, popular, conscientious and cooperative. You respond to encouragement and create harmony. You have a strong sense of loyalty, and want to belong and help people. Suitable jobs: secretary, hairdresser ADFG ADFG Alaska Department of Fish & Game You're responsive, responsible, and consider others' feelings. You're sociable, popular, sympathetic, and express feelings. You can present proposals or lead discussions with ease. Suitable jobs: teacher, cleric Crusaders BDEH You're retiring, friendly, sensitive, modest and kind. You avoid arguments and can be a loyal follower, and you enjoy the present. Suitable jobs: stock controller, mechanic BDFH You're enthusiastic and loyal but initially reserved. You care about learning, ideas and language and your own projects. You are friendly, but often too absorbed in what you are doing to be sociable. Suitable jobs: medical professional, journalist Explorers ACFH You're clever and capable as well as good company, alert, outspoken and resourceful re·source·ful adj. Able to act effectively or imaginatively, especially in difficult situations. re·source  ful·ly adv. . Suitable jobs: photographer, marketing
ADFH You're warm, enthusiastic and ingenious, and improvise im·pro·vise v. im·pro·vised, im·pro·vis·ing, im·pro·vis·es v.tr. 1. To invent, compose, or perform with little or no preparation. 2. well. You find reasons for doing what you want. Suitable jobs: journalist, counsellor Innovators BCFG BCFG Fog Patches (Terminal Area Forecast) BCFG Billion Cubic Feet Gas BCFG British Cold Forging Group You're independent, critical and determined with an original mind and the drive to implement your many ideas. In a job you like, you're a natural organiser and carry projects through. Suitable jobs: lawyer, scientist BDFG You're determined, original and quietly forceful. People will follow you for your clear convictions and desire to serve the common good. Suitable jobs: consultant, cleric Sculptors ADEH You're impulsive im·pul·sive adj. 1. Inclined or tending to act on impulse rather than thought. 2. Motivated by or resulting from impulse. im·pul , friendly and practical. You live for the present, make things happen and prefer remembering facts to mastering theories. Suitable jobs: childcarer, receptionist ACEH Aceh (ä`chā), special region (1980 pop. 2,875,634), 21,387 sq mi (55,392 sq km), N Sumatra, Indonesia, formerly known as Atjeh or Achin. The capital and largest city is Banda Aceh. You're good at solving problems and enjoy what life throws at you. You love mechanical objects and are adaptable, tolerant and conservative. Suitable jobs: marketing, sales Curators BDEG BDEG Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant You're conscientious, friendly, considerate con·sid·er·ate adj. 1. Having or marked by regard for the needs or feelings of others. See Synonyms at thoughtful. 2. Characterized by careful thought; deliberate. and perceptive, and give stability. Suitable jobs: nurse, librarian BCEG BCEG Building Code Effectiveness Grading BCEG Beijing Construction & Engineering Group (China) You're serious, practical and dependable. You take responsibility and follow your own mind, despite distractions or protests. Suitable jobs: manufacturer, police officer Conductors ACEG ACEG African Centre for Economic Growth ACEG Association for Counselors and Educators in Government ACEG All Cows Eat Grass (mnemonic for bass clef spaces) ACEG Associação Cultural e Educacional de Garça You're practical, with a head for business or mechanics. You like to organise things and to implement tried-and-trusted solutions. Suitable jobs: teacher, hospitality worker ACFG ACFG Automatic Continuous Function Generation You're a hearty, frank, decisive leader, good at reasoning and public speaking. You're well informed and enjoy adding to your knowledge. You like to control and may appear over-confident. Suitable jobs: lawyer, sales Scientists BCEH You're reserved, with flashes of humour or ideas. You like cause and effect, the logic of mechanical things, and organising facts using logical principles. Suitable jobs: pilot, farmer BCFH You're reserved and like solving problems using logic and intellect. You're interested mainly in ideas, have little time for small talk, dislike routine and have sharply defined interests. Suitable jobs: scientist, writer Based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI MBTI Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ), which analyses character based Refers to the use of fixed size fonts or to using text commands, all of which are in contrast to a graphical interface (graphics based). See text based. on four dimensions and uses these to explain why people work in different ways. For information about MBTI courses for careers guidance or team building, contact The Graduate Careers Shop on 020-7554 4555 or visit www.careershop.co.uk Start here by choosing between the following sets of opposites: Do you... A B Get energy from being in crowds or Get energy from being on your own Have wide-ranging interests or Have a few select interests Act first, reflect later or Think first, then act Like to talk things over or Prefer to think things through first Wear your heart on your sleeve or Keep your feelings to yourself Did you choose more As or Bs? Circle A or B C D Think about what is true or Think about what matters Stay detached or Imagine yourself in a situation Think about cause and effect or Think about possible impact on people Put truth before tact or Put tact before truth Analyse and criticise or Appreciate and empathise Did you choose more Cs or Ds? Circle C or D E F Look at specifics or Think about the bigger picture Look at practical facts or Think about possibilities Focus on the here and now or Think about the future Do things step by step or Leap in at any point and jump steps Build on what you know or Seek out new experiences Did you choose more Es or Fs? Circle E or F G H Like structure or Prefer going with the flow Aim to establish closure or Like to maintain openness Work in an organised fashion or Work in a flexible fashion Prefer organisation and lists or Adapt to situations and random events Try to be decisive or Act curious Did you choose more Gs or Hs? Circle G or H CAPTION(S): Illustrations by Maria Raymondsdotter |
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