The 4th of our 10 tips for anyone looking to kick start their career in 2023. A two-minute read on understanding yourself might be all the inspiration you need!
Making your career dream a reality – Tip 4 of 10
We are capable of more than we imagine, so here is this week’s tip that you can take to significantly improve the probability of your career success and happiness.
Tip 4 of 10: Understanding Yourself
Psychometric tests – One of the key benefits of taking a psychometric assessment is that it will give you an indication of your inherent ability, rather than learned knowledge.
Depending on the type of assessment undertaken, it can give you insights into how you are energised, how you acquire information, how you prefer to make decisions, which lifestyle you prefer and ultimately, how your personality preferences relate to specific career options and why.
A full psychometric assessment can help you:
- Identify job families, or broad occupational categories, to help get you started in your career search
- Choose a specific job or career
- Select a qualification or course of study
- Identify strengths and potential weaknesses of your type for the career search process
- Increase your job satisfaction
- Make a career transition or shift
- Plan your career development strategy and action steps
Bonus Tip – A psychometric assessment is only one source of information. When choosing a career or contemplating a career change, you must also consider your abilities and skills, your occupational and leisure interests, and your values and goals.
So, making that dream career become a reality might not be as daunting as you first thought and may not require anything more than a fresh perspective and way of looking at it. It sounds simple and it is, it’s just not always easy, especially when trying to do it alone.
For practical advice on how to make the change without being overwhelmed contact us to discuss how we can help.