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I have been meaning to spend some time looking at career options. And I should probably next look in some more sensible or better targetted places, but this made for an interesting first stop.
I've got around! Though my skills are wide, they're not deep. I've usually been working in an environment where I had many diverse tasks coming in, and no time to focus and gain real expertise.
1. Chemical Engineer - I can see where they get this from. It's about processes, and efficient systems, and science, and has huge shining metal vats of pure vitriol! And giant pressurised boiler canisters!! With gas manifolds!!! Ah, my pretties... In an alternate universe, maybe, instead of the physics dergee.
2. Certified Public Accountant - These quizzes always suggest accountancy. It'll be the attention to detail. I've done audit clerking, and treasurering for clubs and conventions and auctions. The long hours and years of training put me off it as a career, though again in an alternate universe where I went to train as an accountant straight after my degree it all might have worked out well. They would have handled the mobility problems a lot better than the chemical/electrical/clean labs of my PhD.
3. Business Systems Analyst
4. Database Developer - these two are where I'm heading. I'm glad to see them up here!
5. Researcher
6. Mechanical Engineer
7. Chemical Engineering Tech
8. Petroleum Engineer
9. Chemist
10. Professor
...snip more of the same...
15. Webmaster - too fiddly, always changing, you can never finish that job.
16. Technical Writer - have done and enjoyed, am good at translating from v techie to v non-techie. Found it quite isolated and prefer working with people.
22. Computer Programmer - at student placement, for PhD, and in database marketing.
25. Web Developer - dabbled for most places I've worked at but not enough for professional development.
27. Materials / Metallurgical Engineer - GEC liquid crystals studentship. Imperial College silicon micromechanical devices.
28. Communications Specialist - pathetic marketer!
29. Foreign Language Instructor - sort of dabbled. Worked with international addressing issues, including training people. Started to learn Japanese for that purpose. ♥ character sets.
30. Market Research Analyst - dabbled, specialised in database marketing profiling and metrics.
31. Corporate Trainer - done that.
38. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist - sounds fun!
39. Actuary - this used to be the top suggestion for me.
40. Multimedia Developer - dabbled.
Want to take the test too?
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
After the first set of questions there is an option to answer more questions to refine your results.
I've got around! Though my skills are wide, they're not deep. I've usually been working in an environment where I had many diverse tasks coming in, and no time to focus and gain real expertise.
1. Chemical Engineer - I can see where they get this from. It's about processes, and efficient systems, and science, and has huge shining metal vats of pure vitriol! And giant pressurised boiler canisters!! With gas manifolds!!! Ah, my pretties... In an alternate universe, maybe, instead of the physics dergee.
2. Certified Public Accountant - These quizzes always suggest accountancy. It'll be the attention to detail. I've done audit clerking, and treasurering for clubs and conventions and auctions. The long hours and years of training put me off it as a career, though again in an alternate universe where I went to train as an accountant straight after my degree it all might have worked out well. They would have handled the mobility problems a lot better than the chemical/electrical/clean labs of my PhD.
3. Business Systems Analyst
4. Database Developer - these two are where I'm heading. I'm glad to see them up here!
5. Researcher
6. Mechanical Engineer
7. Chemical Engineering Tech
8. Petroleum Engineer
9. Chemist
10. Professor
...snip more of the same...
15. Webmaster - too fiddly, always changing, you can never finish that job.
16. Technical Writer - have done and enjoyed, am good at translating from v techie to v non-techie. Found it quite isolated and prefer working with people.
22. Computer Programmer - at student placement, for PhD, and in database marketing.
25. Web Developer - dabbled for most places I've worked at but not enough for professional development.
27. Materials / Metallurgical Engineer - GEC liquid crystals studentship. Imperial College silicon micromechanical devices.
28. Communications Specialist - pathetic marketer!
29. Foreign Language Instructor - sort of dabbled. Worked with international addressing issues, including training people. Started to learn Japanese for that purpose. ♥ character sets.
30. Market Research Analyst - dabbled, specialised in database marketing profiling and metrics.
31. Corporate Trainer - done that.
38. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist - sounds fun!
39. Actuary - this used to be the top suggestion for me.
40. Multimedia Developer - dabbled.
Want to take the test too?
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
After the first set of questions there is an option to answer more questions to refine your results.