Self-Assessments
The first step to creating an international
life is to know who you are and what you really want
to do with your limited time on this planet. Sometimes
that's easier said than done. If you need guidance
in understanding your personal assets and identifying
professional paths that compliment the true you, one
of the best ways to begin is by working through these
free online assessments with your life coach.
- The Job Hunter's Bible, www.jobhuntersbible.com,
a website by Richard Nelson Bolles, the author of
the best-selling book The 2005 Edition of What Color
is Your Parachute? (Ten Speed Press), is a great
starting place to take a variety of career and personality
tests that will help you define your interests (see
Take an Interactive Test). This information packed
site offers a plethora of advice for job hunters,
career changers, employers, recruiters and career
counselors. You'll also find out how to use the
Internet to search for jobs, create your resume,
look for job openings, research companies, salaries
and a whole lot more.
- Personality Type, www.personalitytype.com,
from the authors of the best-selling book Do What
You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through
the Secrets of Personality Type, this site offers
a quick and easy 2 minute quiz for uncovering your
true personality based on the famous MBTI (Myers-Briggs
Personality Type Indicator).
- The Keirsey Temperament Sorter
at www.keirsey.com
lists links to the Keirsey Character Sorter (36
questions) and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II
(available in various languages). Both are personality
tests available on the web that give you quick and
insightful feedback about your own character and
temperament - information that is important for
making decisions about your life, global career
and relationships.
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