As the year is coming closer to an end and with graduation so close, it is time to decide what I am going to do for the rest of my life. Part of figuring out what I am going to do is knowing what career I am to pursue. Last year during my junior year, I developed a strong interest towards psychology and have decided to pursue a career as a psychiatrist. Yet in the four types of personality/career tests, they state entirely different things but they all agree that I should do some type of teaching in a way. These results vary from jobs such as engineers to teachers to a marine biologist to management to an artist, some of which I would have never considered pursuing.
In the first career test, the Career Test Center Online Personality Type
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However, the careers associated with the personality type I feel like are not for me. These careers include management, bank examiners, dentists, school principals, real estate agent, computer programmers, none of which I am interested in the slightest way. The Enneagram test results state I am a type 4, meaning I must be unique/different to survive; my lowest scores were in type 3 where I must be impressive and attractive to survive. This was in fact not a surprise to me because I hate being called the same as everyone, that is why stereotypes irritate me greatly. Careers in type 4 include psychotherapist, yoga/dance instructor, life coach, masseuse, artist, relationship/couples counselor, or actor/ musician. Because I am interested in psychology, I have researched the different types of careers in the field, so psychotherapy may be a possible path to take. Though the life coach and relationship/couples counselor and life coach paths seem interesting as well. In the third career test, the Sixteen Career Cluster Survey, I scored highest in Education and Training careers and the lowest in marketing. This is a surprise because I
I had the opportunity to take the 16 Careers Cluster Inventory. I found the assessment very easy to take. As well, I found the inventory easy to score. My results of the assessment indicated my top three career areas were: 1. Educational and Training, 2. Health Sciences, and 3 had a three way tie between Human Services, Hospitality, and Law enforcement. I found the assessment to be dead on. Based upon the past personality inventories that I have taken I found the suggested areas very appropriate. One of the appealing aspects of the inventory was the easy of taking it! It seemed to gather accurate information without being overly pathological and test-driven.
What made the final decision for the career you chose for yourself? Is it something you are passionate about doing? Was it the money? Well what if you could take an assessment test of your skills and see what career would be best for you? You don’t want to be stuck doing a job that you do not enjoy because you thought it paid well. After exploring two very different careers, it was interesting to see what I found. A Business Executive and an art therapist have very little in common.
All the personality tests I’ve taken in class, such as sigi3 and DWYA suggest I could pursue a career in my chosen field. Based on my personality type I like caring for people and “helping others reach their full potential” (Do What You Are 2014). Because of my desire to help people and my attention to detail pursuing a career as a nurse practitioner would be perfect for me.
Application of career theories to my own life allows for analyzing past and future career decisions. Holland’s Theory of Careers states that one’s vocation is an expression of self, personality, and way of life. There is an indisputable and fundamental difference in the quality of life one experiences if they choose a career one truly enjoys, versus choosing a career one detests. A true testament to the validity of Holland’s theory, my job/career choices reflect my interests, as well as the evolution of my personality (internal self). My first job as a fine jewelry specialist and second job as a make-up artist echo my love of the fashion world. As I matured and became less fascinated by presumed “glamour” careers, I became captivated by physical fitness, nutrition, and medicine; I received my national fitness trainer certificate so that I may become a personal trainer. Nevertheless, my career decisions do not fit uniformly into merely one career theory.
Many of my friends pick their careers based on money and trade skills that they have. I am proficient in art and design, but didn’t feel like that was what I wanted to do for my career. Your career shapes a huge portion of your life. It is what you do every day, for a large portion of your life. It is what I have prepared for the past 12 or so years of my life. It is way more than just money or a skill. I wanted to do something unique, something interesting, something that would inspire me to be a better human, something that would make me feel, something that is challenging, something that helped others, and above all, something that was rewarding and made me feel fulfilled.
The tool is affordable, reliable, valid, easy to use, and yields a wide range of information that can be extremely useful in career counseling. Although anyone can use the tool to identify the best career option, it is important to seek the services of a career counselor in interpreting the instrument’s results. Career counselors are trained in career guidance and can accurately interpret and analyze the instrument’s results while considering an individual’s
As we begin to grow up and come to the end of our high school career we must start to begin to start thinking about what type of career we want to be in. It is very important that a person picks the right type of career for them. Otherwise you will be unhappy with what you are doing and will not enjoy it at all. I am not entirely sure what I want my career to be but I have a pretty good idea as to what type of job it will be. I would like to go into the field of a physical therapist and sports medicine, I fell I will enjoy this more than any other type of career just because I already have a lot of interest in it.
From an early age, I can remember being interested in the way the human mind and body work. The way they coincide together and how one can affect the other. With these two things being the subjects that I was most interested in one can assume that I would choose psychology or nursing as my career path. Becoming a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner would be my dream job because it combines the 2 things that drive me the most psychology and nursing.
Yes, I'm a bit more seasoned than the typical APM candidate. I'm a career switcher, sort of like my uncle who managed a Walmart tire department after serving as an electronics technician in the Air Force.
I have known from an early age that I’ve wanted to become a doctor. Helping people has always been a passion of mine. When I was younger, I wanted to be a veterinarian. However, after working with young children I have found that I love working with them, and have a connection with children. Currently, I am interested in becoming either a neonatologist or a general pediatrician so I can continue to work with young children.
Lowman, Rodney L. (1991). The Clinical Practice of Career Assessment: Interest, Abilities, and Personalities (1st ed.). Washington: American Psychological Association.
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