Careers Quizz
Personality Tests
It is really important to understand yourself as a person and influences that surround you while you are considering future pathways. The personality tests are only to be used as a starting base to generate ideas and discussions on career possibilities and looking at why the results were generated whether you agree with them or not. They should never be seen as a “one stop shop” to answer career questions.
Career explorer
This first one will take some 30 minutes to complete, but with people who have completed it before it’s been fairly accurate with generating ideas that fit the persons personality and general interests. This has been very accurate when completed with someone who knows you well and instead of just going neutral all the time completing the options at either end of the choices.
https://www.careerexplorer.com/assessments/
Edgar Schein 8 Anchors
Edgar Schein looked at 8 anchor's that identified how people saw their work against their personal values. Many studies have confirmed that when people’s core values are met with their work there usually a high feeling of work satisfaction. Always look for themes and if you have completed the test above – would the ideas generated there match the values produced here.
Personality Type
Personality testing while it doesn’t generate job titles it is still important for your to understand your personality type to understand why some jobs would be ideal and fit with you and others would not.
Same thing just a longer more in-depth test.
https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new
If you need help with your future pathway then one of the first places to look for information is the Pathways Department, then look online - Careers New Zealand is an excellent source of Careers related information and tools.
Industry Research
Below are links to www.justthejob.co.nz which has videos of careers in a variety of industries. This is a great place to start as it talks about the job and gives working examples of what they actually do in that job. Other things discussed are entry requirements, qualifications, working conditions etc.
Primary industries in New Zealand are a broad mix of small businesses and larger enterprises who produce, process and move more goods around New Zealand and export to more countries across the globe than ever before. Examples of jobs in this category are vast so click this link to see examples.
The Construction and Infrastructure Industry involves many careers that help build and construct houses right through to roads. It includes careers that support those industries like Architects, Surveyors and Project Managers.
This pathway may be for you if you are practical and like working with your hands. Jobs in this sector will work with wood, metals, textiles, chemicals, food or other materials. You'll use technology to develop and monitor production and could be involved in the managing and planning of production.
