[The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/11/-sp-questionnaire-what-job-would-make-you-happiest) - Personality test: what job would make you happiest?

### Your scores:

Creative use of ideas, materials or situations: 16

Your ideal work is mainly about working imaginatively with ideas or designs. This includes jobs in the arts, performing, creative writing, and also visual design, lateral thinking, business creativity, adapting or coming up with new ideas, working in situations where no rulebook exists. 

**Example jobs include:** 
* graphic designer
* training consultant
* wedding planner
* public relations

Hands-on: 15

Your ideal work is mainly about engaging with the physical world, for example building, cooking, craft, DIY, working with animals, plants and machines, sports and hands-on therapy. 

**Example jobs include:** 
* sports coach
* physiotherapist
* engineer
* LGV driver
* builder
* mechanic
* veterinary nurse

Information and research, processes and systems: 15

Your ideal work is mainly about researching or managing information. This will include analysis, cataloguing and database management, but may include investigating topics in depth, IT, science, maths, quality control, systems and regulations. 

**Example jobs include:** 
* accountant
* scientific researcher
* investigative journalist
* legal assistant
* book-keeper
* health and safety officer
* purchasing professional

Influencing, negotiating, communicating: 15

Your ideal work is mainly about persuading other people to do something, buy something or believe in your cause. This includes driving others, influencing, persuading, lobbying, motivating, selling. 

**Example jobs include:** 
* sales person
* recruiter
* fundraiser
* event manager
* estate agent
* public speaker

Supporting people: 15

Your ideal work is mainly about working with people, with their wellbeing and development as the main focus of your work. 

**Example jobs include:** 
* teacher
* life coach
* therapist
* nurse
* learning and development
* career coach.

Making new things happen: 13

Your ideal work is mainly about achieving things with and through other people. This may involve organisational change, planning, managing projects, leadership, creating a new business, shaping teams, getting results. 

**Example jobs include:** 
* project manager
* team leader
* operations manager
* sales manager
* business developer
