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Personality Tests for Career Placement

Personality tests
65,000 hours - that's how much time the average man or woman works over the course of their lifetime. I don't have to tell you - that is a lot of hours. And you want to make the most of them.

The good news is that your career hours can be spent in an enjoyable, meaningful, and successful way by carefully aligning your personality, values, and abilities with your job choice.

Ensuring a good match just got easier with the advent of online career personality tests.

Career assessments can be incredibly helpful because they confirm and affirm the things you instinctively know to be true. They are easy to take and the results are almost instantaneous. Upon completion, you should be able to match your personality, strengths, and preferences with potential careers.

A Few Cautions

Before you begin taking these personality tests for career placement, it's important to keep a few things in mind.
  • They are not infallible - trust your gut.
  • Some are more valid than others.
  • Many companies have a short free version but then add an additional charge for the full report.
  • Most of these test sites are going to ask for your name and email address. Only give this information to sites you trust.

Keeping that in mind, browse through this cross-section of personality tests for career placement and take the ones that most interest you.

Free Online Career Tests

Personality
Work Preference Inventory - Offered by Career Perfect, this short, easy to fill out inventory offers job seekers a unique career test based on personal values.

What Career Suits Your Personality - iVillage offers this quick and easy assessment that generates a list of suitable career options based on your personality type.

The Princeton Review Career Quiz - is a free quiz that you can complete in minutes. When you're done, you'll know more about your interests, style, and motivators.

The Classic IQ Test - Offered by TestQ, this test can determine your IQ in only 40 questions.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up? - Everyone asks this question at some point in their lives. Take this assessment by TestQ and you may be closer to an answer.

The Brain Test - You've heard people talk about being right or left brained, now you can easily discover how your mind best works. At TestQ you can learn more about yourself with this assessment developed by top PhDs.


Fee Based Online Career Tests

CareerPlanner.com - offers online career testing to point you in the direction of your ideal career. This assessment uses the popular RIASEC categories for matching your personality to potential career options.

MAPP - (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential) Assessment With one assessment you can discover your communication style, strengths, interests, skills, and leadership style. Discover what career is the right one for you.

TypeFocus - offers a Myers-Briggs type career assessment test. This fee based test analyzes your personality and shows you what careers are a natural fit.


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