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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, you’ll 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.