SimonCareerProfile

Your personal feedback, as follows, provides an overview of your personality characteristics and interests :

Joe, please keep in mind that the following report on you as a total person is based on all the information taken from your careerXact assessment. This report is intended to help you understand more about yourself and your career options. Although based on objective, detailed assessments, no single report can sum up your full, distinctive character. The goal here is to provide you with valuable and unique insight into yourself and the careers that best suit your motivations, interests, and personality traits.Starting with motivations, your assessment shows that you have about the same level of interest in people and data, but what you like better is to work with things. You are more of a "hands-on" person and social or academic activities don't really appeal to you as much as working with tools, machinery, or equipment. Summing up your overall mindset, you have more potential for work that involves real objects rather than human relations or abstract information. Certainly, you can make up your mind to do anything, but a career which provides opportunity to use physical skills will more readily and easily engage your interest.

Regarding your personality and how that fits with the opportunities you might consider, you probably already know that you are emphatic and self-assured and you don't back away from competition, but that is only the beginning. Joe, your scores show that you are a strong team player and, while you will occasionally put the team's goals ahead of your own, you like to be out front with your own ambitions. Although you are adaptable and willing to play whatever "role gets the goal," you function better if your personal contribution is recognized. You rarely hesitate to put your ideas on the line and even aggressive opposition will not stop you. You can handle rough play and deal with disputes, but cutthroat competition is not your style and you are rarely hostile. In a dispute, you can make a convincing argument for your own views even when these might be controversial. On the other hand, if tactful maneuvering can get what you want, you are willing to try diplomacy and cooperation. Generally considerate of others, you will certainly defer to the group when that is the best action.

So how do you deal with both the sudden impact of a crisis and the humdrum of daily routine? Your personality traits are right on target for the fast tempo and conservative climate of today's world. Your assessment results show that you have plenty of initiative, moderate creativity, and sufficient respect for convention. You react well to unexpected demands and you are happy to find new ways to solve problems, but you are also conscientious with a set routine. You can work comfortably within established guidelines as long as they permit some interpretation. That is, you might be able to work with military precision but you still need some leeway to think for yourself. Your workspace, for example, could be cluttered and seemingly disorganized but you are efficient.

This flexible, open attitude also shows in your approach to planning. You likely have a reliable strategy for dealing with problems but you aren't obsessed with the details so you can modify your tactics as situations develop. In the main, you are more concerned with getting the job done than how you do it. Although you can be conventional, you have a streak of daring so that doing a job "on the fly" is not a hardship for you. The gist of the careerXact appraisal of your character is that you are dependable and well grounded with enough creativity to solve problems and sufficient flexibility to react to change. This combination of traits makes for an outstanding performance in a stable environment with occasional novelty.

You know how you react to most workplace issues, but what is the best environment for you to do your best work? Most often you will achieve your highest productivity when working with a group in a quiet place. You are easygoing and companionable, but your need for attention varies with your mood and the circumstances. With familiar people, you can initiate conversation and be sociable but you rarely want to be the center of attention. As a team member, you will contribute readily without drawing a lot of attention to yourself, but you still need some time alone to reflect on your efforts and plan your work. For you, Joe, prolonged work in a noisy, chaotic environment and having to work entirely in isolation would both be hardships.

In general, you are discreet with new acquaintances and you open up slowly. Similarly, you are interested in new concepts and fresh views, but you examine new ideas carefully before accepting them. To avoid having your quiet caution misinterpreted as reluctance to make a commitment, you might consider using your social skills more and making the most of your group orientation. Consequently, ideal work for you should involve interaction with small to medium-sized groups, the support of established procedures, and occasional contact with newcomers. Long-term assignments should include some variety and opportunity for growth in a social setting.

Finally, work often creates stress and how you deal with stress is crucial not only for job achievement but also for job satisfaction. The best job in the world is no good to you if it makes you sick with anxiety. You will be glad to know that your personality profile reveals that Joe Smith is usually relaxed and rational and well able to cope with pressure. While you can be pressed into "losing your cool," you regain your composure remarkably well and you find adversity stimulating. With your ability to manage stress, you can do your best work on demanding, high-pressure projects. If you must manage a heavy workload in tiresome conditions with unreasonable deadlines, you are not likely to break down but you will need to exert yourself to maintain your focus and objectivity. However, you take criticism well and, because you strive to be objective, you are usually able to shrug off rejection and continue with your work. On the whole, whether you are required to give a fast response to a crisis or methodical attention to a routine task, you will work well under pressure. You are balanced and able in your approach to stress management.

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