St. Louis unemployment rates are not far off from the national average. Many local workers unhappy in their jobs have even found a career outside of the St. Louis area. Are you stuck in a job that's become day in and day out struggles or boredom? Have you been laid off or fired? Are you a college graduate who has yet to discover what you love You can take a free online career test to find out what type of career fits you best. With the results, you can begin to narrow your job search down to the St. Louis area along with what type of career best fits you.
The test only takes about 10 minutes to complete. And, this is with an extremely slow computer and taking notes on every step. But, if you find you need to stop the test due to time constraints or other interuptions, you can shoose to Finish The Test Later, and Careerbuilder will store your answers until you return to finish.
The test starts out by asking you to select one statement in a group of 24 pairs of statements that most appeal to you assuming each choice is equal in pay, prestige and challenge. You simply proceed through each of the 24 sets selecting which answer out of each pair suits you best. Some examples of the questions are:
I would rather be a Data Base Administrator
I would rather e a Social Service Director
Or
I would rather be a Construction Project Engineer
I would rather e a Professional Counselor
Or
I make decisions quickly
I make decisions carefully
Or
I am good at solving technical problems
I am good at solving people problems
When you complete the 24 questions, you will be asked to submit your name and email along with other optional questions about your education and work experience and zip code.
You are then directed to see your results immediately on the screen which reveals your interests and your style in a color coded format indicating which type of jobs suit you best based upon your answers to the questions. Red is expediting, green is communicating, blue is planning and yellow is administrating. You can read a brief description as to how your interests and how your style would be best served in the work force. You, then will be given an option to select other quizzes such as your Job Discovery Wizard, Job satisfaction, color career counselor and a career planner report. All of the quizzes are voluntary and free. You can take all of the quizzes suggested, or you can stop after completing one test.
Your answers can be used in pinpointing the type of jobs for which to search. For instance, if you scored a yellow color code, you may want to begin searching for administrative type of jobs. You can do this by logging onto Careerbuilder.com and typing in administrative in the Key Word search box.
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