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Career Assessment - Do's And Don'ts

Career Assessment - Do's And Don'ts
Over the years, the image of the perfect job in your mind may have seen many reconstructions and changes to yield a picture that is nowhere near what you originally dreamt of. Your skills and the areas that hold your interest, over time, have made you format and edit that job to get the perfect career which suits you today. However, many of us get confused with this formatting part and are lost along the way of our wants and our benefits. Are you also unsure of the career best suited to your liking? Career Assessments can help you. However, there are certain Do’s and Don’ts to keep in mind when indulging in these mind changes. There are many tools that serve as a career assessment. Usually, they comprise of several questionnaires and tests, specially designed to unravel aspects of your personality to come up with the career option best suited to your skills. These tests are out there to help you figure out a path if you are confused about choosing one yourself. Countless variants are available over the net. Even students and college grads are made to go through these questions to ensure their choice is valid and to help guide them down the right road if they haven’t chosen. Do’s: Remember, many assessment guides have been circulating on the net for your special benefit. Skim through these possibilities to arrive at those tests which best service your needs. Avail the opportunity and make sure to take several of these assessments to help you discover more about your own self. Make it a point to print the results from each questionnaire, this allows you to compare and contrast the results to observe any similarities. This helps you point in a specific direction. It is important to trust your inner self. If an assessment comes up with a highly unlikely result, be open to change and do take the time to consider the option. Learn to trust your gut. Online assessments are not the only ways to discover yourself. Meet up with a career counselor, these are professionals specially trained to uncover the best-suited careers for your personality. You can also take your assessment results to gain an expert opinion on how to interpret them. Also, evaluate your own strength and weaknesses, take the time to assess your hobbies and activities to try and correlate them with the information you compiled from taking different assessments. Don’ts: There are some precautions that you need to bear in mind also. It is important that you don’t wholeheartedly rely on these assessments, as after all, it is you who knows the best about yourself. Take care to not be limited to only one assessment, tackle as many as necessary to gain satisfaction. If you feel the result of your online tests bears information that cannot be true by any means, don’t accept it. We all know our interests change over time, so carrying out an assessment only one time is pointless, you have to repeat taking these tests to gather authentic information also suited to your changing thoughts. Making the decision of your career is no doubt a very critical and thought-provoking process. One on which the entire foundation of your remaining life is likely to rest. The decision does require a lot of consideration, necessitating ample effort in finding out your best options. Career assessment is just one of the many aids you can use to reach your destination. A destination which you are sure of. Contributors : Aiman Ibrash – Adnan Ahmad – Abdul Qadir