What is a career aptitude test?
It tends to be a test looking for you innate ability. In simple terms, “what comes naturally to you”.
career aptitude tests are often misunderstood, particularly by the people who insist you take one.
Humans are very adaptable but we have preferred ways of behaving. There are some things that come more easily to us than other things. career aptitude tests try to capture that.
I like to think of these as natural resources. If I lived near the forest and I wanted to build a boat I would build it out of wood as that would be a natural, abundant resource. It wouldn’t make sense to import steel.
The same can be said of your own aptitude. Life is easier and more successful if you only need to draw upon your own natural, abundant resources. Yet most of us find ourselves drawing from a well that never had much water in it in the first place. It soon runs out. We soon suffer as a result of it.
Being adaptable brings its own problems and not being able to tell the difference between our natural aptitudes and our scarce resources is part of it. career aptitude tests are supposed to help us with this.
Career Aptitude Test Query
Hi Martin,
I took your advice regarding the Meditation. It’s helping m see the bigger picture.
I am gradually building upon my knowledge and understanding off the three step system.
Now, I don’t wish to jump the gun here, but I feel I need to pre-empt where this is going and try and draw up a short list of suitible career choices for me to focus on.
I would like to do research and read up on careers, companies, qualifications and such to help me get a feeling of belonging so to speak before I embark upon a much needed career change plan.
I am slinging my rather mediocre CV at various on-line Job sites and as you have said during the course of the 3 step system, it’s a waste of time.
I am about to run out of Money and I cannot get un skilled work at present.
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well. But I am trying to regain a sense of direction.
After years of swimming against the tide I guess my confidence has suffered in some respects.
I think I have found my dream job.
Before I apply my self to getting that job, I could do with some guidance on my “ideal job profile” in practical terms as I do not want to walk into the lions den without understanding the nature of the beast.
I guess I need to learn if I am cut outto be a “lion Tamer” before I go and try and pull a thorn from the Lions paw… So to speak…
Regards,
Andrew
Hi Drew, Glad I could help. I think we may have covered most of this in the Live Chat sessions but feel free to come in and talk to me as often as you like. You are doing the right things by the sound of it and it is wise to take a pause else you may go from the frying pan into the fire.
i am in job hunting and need to do the real test, as this is an interview requirement. i have already done the free test. is that all or should i expect another test?
regards
Agatha
Hi Agatha, If there is a place available on The 3 Step System course I would grab it. Frankly I wouldn’t go to an interview without it. Most everyone bombs at interviews, so get yourself a little coaching and make sure every interview results in a job offer.