Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests: Match Your IQ, Personality and Abilities to Your Ideal Career, 3rd Edition

It can be difficult for job hunters to pinpoint exactly what they want to do. Now in its third edition, Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests points readers in the right direction. With a range of IQ tests and searching questionnaires, it helps job seekers work out what area of work they should be focusing on by identifying their interests and strengths and scientifically interpreting which jobs they are suited to.Compiled by a psychometric testing specialist and bestselling author, this book works on the principle that self knowledge enables readers to relate their own personal characteristics to career opportunities. At the same time, it provides an opportunity to prepare for the types of psychometric tests likely to be encountered while job seeking. It also aims to improve performance by demonstrating how to apply aptitudes and personal qualities at work.

With so many careers and courses available, each demanding different talents, do you know enough about your potential and what you really want to do?

Now in its third edition, Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests will point you in the right direction. With an extensive range of IQ tests as well as motivation and personality questionnaries, it will help you to assess your strengths and weaknesses and scientifically match them to your ideal career.

This fully revised new edition includes three new types of motivation, verification and formation tests, and will help you to:

make more informed career choices;

prepare for selection and assessment tests and questionnaires;

improve your personal performance at work.

Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests is essential reading for every job seeker. Not only will it enable you to relate your own personal characteristics to career opportunities, it will also help you to prepare for the inevitable psychometric tests encountered while job hunting. Now you can make better decisions about your future.

A practical workbook to help readers identify their particular aptitudes, abilities, IQ and personality traits.

Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Introduction......Page 24 Questionnaire 1. Job titles......Page 29 Questionnaire 2. Job activities......Page 37 Interpretation......Page 44 Introduction......Page 63 Verification......Page 67 Formation......Page 75 Physical analysis......Page 84 Verbal penetration......Page 108 Numerical deduction......Page 113 Observation......Page 116 Critical dissection......Page 136 Interpreting your profile......Page 143 IQ......Page 152 Personality......Page 156 Personality questionnaire......Page 158 Interpretation......Page 166 Section 4: Profile matching......Page 182 Explanation of test items......Page 196 It can be difficult for job hunters to pinpoint exactly what they want to do. Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests points readers in the right direction. With a range of IQ tests and searching questionnaires, it helps job hunters identify their interests and strengths and scientifically interprets which jobs they are suited to. Career, Aptitude and Selection Tests provides sample psychometric tests likely to be encountered while job seeking and demonstrates how to apply aptitudes and personal qualities as well as how to find your ideal career Containing a range of IQ tests and questionnaires, this workbook helps job seekers to work out which area of work they should be focusing on, by scientifically interpreting which jobs they are suited to I believe that the more you know about yourself, the better your career choices are likely to be.