Career Personality Test

    
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 By Scholasticus K

There is a lot of difference between discipline of academics you like, and in which you would excel. This same formula is also also applicable in case of careers. A career personality test is a small aptitude test that helps people to determine the career for which which their personality is most suited. It is a very good method of career development. Psychologists usually advocate that all career personality tests should be conducted on teenagers. Career personality test for high school students is a very effective way of giving guidance to students about their higher education. A career personality test is many a times give to people who have just completed their university level education, in order to help them to decide their next career plan. In some rare cases, career personality test for kids has also been used to identify natural talent which is many a times seen in kids. This helps the schools and parents to nurture their natural talent with very satisfying results.

Personality Test for Career
Every person as a different type of temperament and aptitude. Thus every person is highly skilled in some or the other task. A particular post or a career is well suited for a person of a specific temperament. The ancient Greeks classified the temperaments of the people into four principle categories which are Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholic and Phlegmatic. These four temperaments suit certain types of careers and jobs. Thus it is always advisable to have an aptitude test and temperament test done simultaneously. The temperament test will give you a set of careers, which suit your temperament. The aptitude test on the other hand will help you to short list of careers that match your skills. Let's have a closer look.

• Sanguine: The people with Sanguine temperament are very social, and tend to maintain good relations and friendships. This temperament is such, that the person likes to be with people. These people excel in communication and perform functions in a task oriented manner. Human resources, coaching, teaching, marketing and sales are some of the best careers where a person with Sanguine temperament will excel.
• Choleric: People having a Choleric temperament usually have a great capability to analyze. The are very fond of planning, acquiring knowledge, configuring and inventing. People with this kind of temperament must consider career options such as architecture, managers and analysts.
• Melancholic: The people with Melancholic type of temperament are thoughtful, accurate, considerate and artistic. The Melancholic temperament is best suited for careers such as engineering, Mathematics and accounts. The strict discipline of these people and a capability to discipline others makes them really good at mathematical applications.
• Phlegmatic: The temperament Phlegmatic, makes people deliberate, quiet and task oriented. People with this temperament should consider fields such as web designing, programmers, economists and for that matter any place where a person should have a capability to observe well.

These temperaments are often considered by the people of the human resource department before appointing a person is to a particular post.

Aptitude Test
As a part of the career personality test, one must also go in for an aptitude test. There are several different capabilities of our own brain that we fail to recognize. Such as remembering plans, visualizing things or organizing numbers, according to a specific sequence etc. The aptitude test helps us to realize these skills. The aptitude test also helps us to shortlist the recommended careers, according to our skills.