CAO HANDBOOK ENTRY 2017
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1. Find Out what You're Good at
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Career personalities quiz
Do this self-assessment quiz as a guide for yourself as to what your working personality
might be, and what types of careers and programmes of study might suit you. Answer the
questions as honestly as you can. It is not a test and there are no wrong answers. For each
pair of questions, choose the one that best describes you, and circle the letter of your choice,
like this:
1
(A)
Do you think you are a more 'hands
on' practical person? OR
(B)
Do you think
you are more of an ideas person?
2
(A)
Do you like to work with facts that you
know are true, and to arrive at definite
answers? OR
(B)
Do you like to deal with
ideas and problems where there is no
one clear factual answer?
3
(A)
Do you like to be given clear
instructions before you start a task? OR
(B)
Do you like to be given the task, and
then work out your own way of doing it?
4
(A)
Do you like to do tasks where it is
important to be accurate? OR
(B)
Do you
like to do tasks where you have to use
creative thinking to solve a problem?
5
(A)
Do you like to solve problems and
to approach your work in a step-by-step
way? OR
(B)
Do you like to rely on clever
ideas and moments of inspiration?
Now total up your
A
s and
B
s for the five
questions.
Example
(A) Do you prefer mealie meal for breakfast? OR (B) Do you prefer bread for breakfast?
A
B
C
D
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Now answer the following questions:
1
(C)
Do you usually make decisions to get
the right end result? OR
(D)
Do you usually
make decisions to make other people
happy?
2
(C)
Is it more important to be fair in your
dealings with people? OR
(D)
Is it more
important to be caring in your dealings with
people?
3
(C)
Is it more important to try to solve
a person’s problem? OR
(D)
Is it more
important to comfort the person who has a
problem?
4
(C)
Would you prefer to work where you
have to think clearly?
OR
(D)
Would you
prefer to work where you look after people
and their needs?
5
(C)
Is it more important to work in a place
where you will get a lot of work done? OR
(D)
Is it more important to work in a place
where people get along well together?
Now total up your
C
s and
D
s for the five
questions.
