Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The Personality Quiz: Are you cut out for a Career in Recruitment?

If you’re bored at work and feel like your job doesn’t utilise your talents or play to your interests it’s probably time to reassess. Take our personality quiz and discover the perfect career for you………….

Q1 – You have to put up a set of shelves. Do you:
A Ignore the instructions, this is like a walk in the park for you?
B Read the instructions, but work out your own way to get the job done?
C Dive right in and make a few modifications along the way?
D Get a friend round to help?
E Pay someone else to do it – you hate reading instructions anyway?
F Read the instructions and follow them?

Q2 – There’s a family party coming up. Do you:
A Find an excuse to get out of it?
B Put in an appearance and leave early, family parties are notoriously dull?
C Think you’d rather not go, but at least great Aunty Ruth is guaranteed to liven things up?
D Make a date in your diary – you love any excuse for a party?
E Look forward to it – it’s a good time to let everyone know about the new house and your job promotion?
F Ask if there’s anything you can do to help with the organisation?

Q3 – When working on a project, do you:
A Like to be well ordered?
B Feel happier in a support role rather than taking the lead?
C Feel happier in more creative situations?
D Enjoy being able to pass on your knowledge to others?
E Naturally take charge?
F Enjoy setting systems in place – you’re a born organiser?

Q4 – When it come to work, if your motto:
A Be Prepared?
B There are two sides to every story?
C Life is like a box of chocolates?
D Patience is a virtue?
E All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy?
F Leave no stone unturned?

Q5 – At the end of a typical day, do you:
A Put everything away in it’s proper place?
B Review the day’s events, and where things may have gone wrong?
C Leave the clutter on your desk – you know exactly what’s in each pile?
D Frequently stay late at work to help sort out problems?
E Praise yourself for a job well done, and then meet colleagues for a quick drink?
F Write a to do list for the next day?

Q6 – At the office party, do you win the title of:
A Mr Organised?
B Science Geek?
C Ms Unconventional
D Mr Helpful
E Born Leader
F Ms Conscientious

Q7 – It’s time for your annual pay review. Do you:
A Take the inflationary average?
B Research what you should be paid?
C Put in a request to work from home?
D Agree to what you’re given – you don’t want to rock the boat?
E Suggest a new pay scale, after all you can’t be compared to anyone else?
F Agree to a pay freeze, there could be redundancies around the corner?

Q8 – It’s 5pm and your boss calls an impromptu meeting. But you already have plans to see friends. Do you:
A Feel annoyed, this meeting should have been scheduled during work hours?
B Ask to see the agenda, to give you a chance to prepare?
C Ask if your attendance is really necessary?
D Agree to the meeting and arrange to catch up wit your friends later in the evening?
E Agree to the meeting. There’s no way you’ll risk your career just to meet with friends?
F Reluctantly cancel your friends?

Email me and say whether you are mostly A’s, B’s C’s, D’s, E’s or Fs and I will email you the results! We know which one should fall into the Recruitment category..... go on, just for fun.

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