http://www.careerpath.com/ gives you three choices when you enter it's website all of which give you an all round perspective of careers available.
The choices are;
- Career Tests
- Careers Advice
- Career Resources
My daughter is coming up to 16 and needs to make some career decisions soon so it is definitely one to try.
Dana Hunsinger has tried it out already and this is her report;
I happen to like fuchsia shirts and metallic silver polish for my toenails. My golf paraphernalia is all in the pink family. And my favorite eye shadow is a lavender frost.
Based on my colors of choice, what career do you think would suit me?
"You sound like you should be prettying up people as a hairdresser," said Janice Crowder, an administrative assistant who was eating lunch at Washington Square Mall last week. "Or some manicurist or girly-girl career."
Ha. I laughed. How wrong she was.
But believe it or not, there is a new- fangled career personality test that judges you based on your color preferences.
The Color Career Counselor at www.careerpath.com takes an ultra- simple approach to telling people what career is best suited for them. It asks them to click on colors they most prefer to look at and the colors they least prefer, from magenta to lime green.
This test decided I am one of those "conservative-appearing, plotting types," who enjoys organizing, data systems, bean counting and noncreative activities.
Not exactly.
But the second option the test gave me for a career was right on: creator, impulsive, spontaneous, writer.
As with any personality test, it should not be the only variable determining a career path. Nevertheless, this test seems legit and well-researched, said local human resources expert Karl Ahlrichs.
It is "powered by the Dewey Color System" and is scientifically validated. Favorite colors represent hopes and aspirations, the ideals you pursue with passion. Least favorite colors highlight the issues and experiences you try to avoid.
"Tests like these are good because they at least get people thinking about their careers, their likes and dislikes," said Ahlrichs, a partner with local company ExactHire.
But they should be just a starting point.
"Careers are way more complex than that. People are more complex than that," he says.
In different cultures, different tools are used to determine appropriate careers. In Japan, a person's blood type is important. The French feel handwriting analysis is a valid predictor of career success.
Here? We like to try to delve into people's psyches and personality types. I had several people take the test and got varied results.
Lisa Bauer, who graduated from Ball State University with a math degree, turned out to be a creator -- nonconforming, expressive, romantic and emotional. The test said she should think about a job in art, drama, music, writing. "That is not me at all," she says. But the second choice it gave for her was mathematician. "That sounds more like me," she says.
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