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The Guardian - Personality test: what job would make you happiest?

Your scores (2020)

Hands-on: 11

Your ideal work is mainly about

  • engaging with the physical world

for example

  • building
  • cooking
  • craft
  • DIY
  • working with animals, plants and machines
  • sports
  • hands-on therapy

Example jobs include:

  • sports coach
  • physiotherapist
  • engineer
  • LGV driver
  • builder
  • mechanic
  • veterinary nurse

Information and research, processes and systems: 16

Your ideal work is mainly about

  • researching
  • managing information

This will include

  • analysis
  • cataloguing and database management

This 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: 14

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

Creative use of ideas, materials or situations: 15

Your ideal work is mainly about

  • working imaginatively with ideas or designs

This includes jobs in the

  • arts
  • performing
  • creative writing
  • 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.

Supporting people: 14

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: 9

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

How to use these scores

Look at your top three scores. Your ideal career path may be a combination of themes: if, say, your top scores are Creative use of ideas, Supporting people and Hands-on, youll want to ensure that you work in a team, creative approaches are encouraged, and you achieve tangible results for example working for an outdoor training centre or in sports coaching.