Book required for Investigating Career Paths Set.

10 Tests to Determine the Right Occupation for You

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Top Ten Things to Remember about Career Tests
• Introduction

1. Know Yourself, Know Your Career

• Self-Assessment Is Key
• Finding Your Passion
• Self-Assessment Is Your Personal Checkup
• Your Readiness for Change
• Why Take Self-Assessment Tests?
• What You Can Learn from These Tests
• Career Change Options

2. Values and Your Career

• Values and Career Satisfaction
• What Are Values?
• A Short History of the Study of Values
• Why Values Matter
• Values Test
• Using Your Results

3. Skills and Your Career

• Who Needs Skills?
• Who Has Skills?
• What Are Skills?
• Who Lacks Skills?
• Skills Test
• Using Your Results
• Skills of the Future

Interests and Your Career

• Do What Interests You
• A Short History of Interests Tests
• Interests Test
• RIASEC Careers
• Using Your Results
• A Word About Job Titles

5. Personality and Your Career

• Who's Got Personality?
• What Does Personality Have to Do with Careers?
• A Short History of the Study of Personality
• Types, Traits, and Temperaments
• Personality Test
• Using Your Results

6. Work Environment and Your Career

• Find the Environment That Suits You
• Where Your Work Space Is
• What Your Work Space Looks Like
• How Flexible Do You Want to Be?
• The Right Perks Can Perk Up Your Career
• Dressing for Career Success
• Work Environment Test
• Using Your Results

7. Location and Your Career

• Location Matters
• Live Where the Surroundings Please You
• Live Where You Have Support
• Live in an Area You Can Afford
• Live Where It's Livable
• Location Test
• Using Your Results

8. Work/Life Balance and Your Career

• A Life Out of Balance
• Not Your Grandpa's Workplace
• Family Matters
• Men Want a Life, Too
• Going to Extremes
• Who Needs Balance?
• Work/Life Balance Test
• Using Your Results
• Take Action
• To Balance or Not to Balance?

9. Entrepreneurial Readiness and Your Career

• What Is an Entrepreneur?
• A Short History of Entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurs Are Made, Not Born
• Entrepreneurial Qualities
• Entrepreneurial Readiness Test
• Using Your Results

10. Managerial Suitability and Your Career

• What Is a Manager?
• Good Managers Are Made, Not Born
• Managerial Suitability Test
• Using Your Results

11. Emotional Intelligence and Your Career

• What Is Emotional Intelligence?
• EI Versus IQ
• A Short History of EI
• Emotional Intelligence Test
• Using Your Results

12. Your Career Checkup

• Career Checkup Chart
• What Your Chart Tells You
• Informational Interviews
• Prepare to Take Action!

• Appendix A: Published and Online Career Resources
• Appendix B: Career Counseling Services and Other Instruments
• Index