subject: Career Assessment Tests: Know who You Will Be [print this page] Children have very ideal dreams about their work and career. Everyone dreams about the peak of his career. People who take efforts in a right way can reach the destination properly. This article will help to know about the career assessment tests which help you to define your best career options.
Today, many career options are available which confuse students. One must understand that career is the work which goes on with life. It is not only the economical up gradation of life. It is the thing which you could enjoy doing all your life. Best career option enables you to earn money, settlement, fame and a reason to live, a motive to prove yourself and make proper use of this life.
When students choose career out of craze or attraction, or mere imitation, they find it difficult to achieve it. Aproximetely10 out of 1000 achieve their dreamed of job. All others are forced in the field.
The ratio given above is very pathetic. It suggests that 900 people are doing work they do not like. It directly affects the performance of the persona.
There are so many fields are open to your wards. Sent them there, teach him how to take decisions and carry them for life. Three decades back there were very few unscientific options available for knowing the interest and skills and to get the advice for choosing a career.
But now there are good tests available which guide students to choose the suitable career. Such tests help you to measure your mental ability, psychomotor skills and communication. Your interest and ability are the main criterion to decide the proper path to your career. Such tests find out these two things and even some other good options too.
Mostly the pattern of career diagnosis test is objective type. Three possible options are given to you and you have to choose the preferences. This measures your interest. In the skills, there are few short tasks are given to finish in one minute. Like, reading a paragraph and answering questions upon it, calculations, synonyms antonyms, puzzles, paperwork etc.
For knowing your memory, tests are arranged. There are tests like, look: remember: write: tests or number memory tests etc to help you too know about your concentration skills. Psychomotor skills are also tested by different activities.
Tests like group discussion, extempore speech, and personal interviews help to know how you are in communication. All these tests help to define the interest of the career seeker. Proper guidance and consultation are provided to him/her.
Career is the thing where no one could guide you to your destination. But these career assessments help you to show the direction toward your target. You can save your time to reach there. Least you know your abilities and limitations too. So, you could have the realistic attitude towards your career.
There are some limitations of these tests also. For example, there are some barriers in the process of the assessment. E.g. introvert nature of students, careless attitude of observer, mentality of pretending rightful nature, subjective barriers like mood, shyness etc. Even teacher-student relationship also influences this test.
There are some tips to get realistic results if the assessment tests:
1) Give immediate answers. Do not think deeply over the attitude based questions. They make your conscience alert. And as Shakespeare said, conscience makes man coward.
2) Go to the qualified career adviser. The trained career adviser could advice you without prejudices.
3) Before you appear for the test find out your interest according to your view. This may help you to decide if there are many career options suggested by him.
This test is to help you and not t bombard you. So, stay cool and relax. You perform well when you are relaxed.
Career assessment test will guide you towards the direction but you are to follow the path. So, get started soon to catch it soon.
Remember the only person who knows your abilities is you yourself. So, get set, go!
