FINDING OUT ABOUT YOUR WORKING PERSONALITY
Just as different types of animals have different behaviour patterns and like different food, people are different - they are good at different kinds of work and have different likes and dislikes. These differences make up your `working personality.
In this handbook you will find details of over 1070 different programmes. To decide which could lead to a satisfying career for you, you need first to think about what sort of working personality you might have.
We have chosen four animals to indicate different working personalities: the Ant, the Bee, the Eagle, and the Honeyguide. Most people will be like one of these animals. Our society needs people with different working personalities, as they each have an equally important role to play. No working personality is better than another. The Self-assessment quiz will help you to decide which type you might be.
Once you have an idea of what working personality type you might be, you can answer the further questions to see if you are more organised or more flexible. Knowing this, too, should help you in choosing a career.
REMEMBER
The self-assessment quiz is only a guide. Work through it; it may help you fi nd out which working personality type you are like. Read the descriptions of the four types and if you feel that another working personality is a better description of you, you could use that as your guide. Look at the career opportunities, where possible career directions are listed.
When you are trying to decide on a career and programmes of study, you also need to weigh up other issues. Ask yourself: Will this career suit the sort of lifestyle I want? Do I qualify? Can I afford it? . . . and so on.