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Which career fits my personality type?

By Marc Jerrard

Career coach Marc Jerrard, who with Marianne Cantwell delivers our Careershifters workshops, shares a psychometric (personality) test for you to try! More

Understand Yourself: Four Personality Tests And A Warning

By Sarah Cooper

Sarah Cooper looks at four personality tests, assesses their usefulness, and provides two useful tips to help with your career change. More

Matching Your Personality To Your Career

By Nisa Chitakasem

We all know how important matching up our personality with a suitable role is to a successful career change. Here, Nisa Chitakasem tries out online personality tests to see how helpful they can be. More

Next steps

By ClaireM on 5 January 2010 at 19:18 in ShiftLogs

So I did the dramatic thing and left my job. Now what? What have I been doing to explore the kind of career I want? And how am I affording it? More

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The low-down on psychometric tests

By Anonymous

Psychometric tests can be a great help when you're career shifting and working out what careers and work-style will suit you best. But with so many different tests out there, it can be hard to know which one to go for. Not to worry, we've found a career psychologist to give you the low-down on the best psychometric tests out there. More


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