FROM TICKLE:
You try to control situations by learning everything there is to know.
You hesitate to take hasty actions and prefer to become an expert
before providing your opinion on matters. When you do become an expert,
however, it is hard for you to listen to novices who try to give their
advice, as well. As a result, you ultimately prefer to work by yourself
so that you can implement your own solution rather than cooperate just
to please others.
Research has shown that people whose personalities are well-suited to
their job environments are happier and more successful. Remember, your
Right Jobs were selected because they are good matches for your career
personality — they would allow you to exercise the qualities mentioned
above. They were not based on the skills you already have, or would
need to perform those jobs. Those are things you can learn along the
way.
That said, here’s a description of the Right Job that is the best
statistical match to your career personality. If you don’t like the
sound of it, you can do a bit more research on the runner-up jobs that
match your personality almost as well.
As an architect, you would plan and design
structures. Most likely, you’d focus on buildings and their immediate
surroundings. In particular, architects plan a building’s layout —
everything from the look of the building itself to where the rooms, the
elevators, the stairs, the doors, and the windows should go. You’d do
all this while taking the engineering demands into account — the
demands necessary to keep the structure stable and safe. Architects
also have to do all this while designing a structure that meets the
wishes of the client.
Architects are often responsible for choosing the building materials
and equipment within a given budget and timeline. That means you’d
oversee every aspect of the project, including supervising workers,
preparing contracts, and representing the clients’ needs to
contractors. Architects typically possess high aptitudes for
mathematics, spatial reasoning, and creativity. They have skills and
interests in both big ideas and small details. Obtaining a four-year
degree and passing the Architectural Registration Examination
(administered by the Board of Architecture) are prerequisites to
becoming an architect. The exam consists of nine parts and takes four
days to complete.
Although the work environment of an architect is the best
fit for your career personality, that is not to say you won’t be happy
in another job. In fact, there are plenty of careers that could use
your personality’s strengths. Architect was the highest statistical
match for your personality characteristics. Look to the right for some
other jobs that scored high and would be a great fit for you.
In addition to discovering what career best fits you, Tickle
has provided some information about how to best fit your career goals
with your lifestyle needs. After all, your career can take on many
forms, and it is important to know what best works for you.
Why These Jobs Fit Within Your Lifestyle
You’re shooting for the moon and won’t stop until you get there. You
enjoy the high life and seek glamour and excitement. You want a
leadership position that has both stability and prestige. Having the
best is important to you, and you always opt for quality over quantity.
You are proud of your accomplishments and want your possessions to
reveal that you’ve done well in life. After all, you are willing to
work hard to advance in your career.
You have impeccable taste and know the trends. Because your status
needs are high, be prepared to work long hours to climb to the top.
This ambition may make it difficult to sustain successful long-term
relationships, but a like-minded partner can become your ally in your
pursuits and enjoy with you the fruits of your labor.
You may have already landed your dream job. Congratulations! But most
people are still waiting to find the best job for their career
personality.
Remember that wherever you are in your career — even if you’re already
in the job you want to keep for the rest of your life, you can’t always
control when or how the nature of your job might change, or how the
goals of your company might evolve. But you can control the kinds of
jobs you look for. That’s why it’s just as important to know your Wrong
Job, as it is to know your Right Job.
To figure out what your Wrong Job is, we inverted the calculations for
your Right Job. That means that the personality dimensions on which you
scored the lowest contributed to our analysis of the Wrong Job for you.
Meg, if you want to avoid your wrong Job, don’t be article(’w');an:
Electrician
Why shouldn’t you be an electrician?
Remember it’s not all about the skills you have or don’t have. The
Right Job for you is the job that suits your personality best. For true
job satisfaction, your job environment needs to match your personality.
Even if you like the idea of what an electrician does or are good at it yourself, there are still reasons this is the Wrong Job for you.
Beyond the daily tasks of an electrician — testing circuitry,
installing and repairing wiring and electrical fixtures — electricians
need to truly enjoy working with their hands. In fact, they also need
to take pride in seeing the tangible results of their finished work if
they are to enjoy their career at all, since so much of their work
revolves around testing and retesting new or damaged electrical lines.
Many electricians are also on-call and at the mercy of their beepers.
That can make scheduling the rest of your life difficult. These are
just some of the reasons you wouldn’t find life as an electrician very
satisfying — why it’s the Wrong Job for you.
