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What career suits you?

Twenty-four quick questions about the work you would actually enjoy. You get careers back, with what each pays and what to study for it.

  1. 1. How much would you like working outdoors in most weather, rather than inside?
  2. 2. How much would you like working out why something broke or went wrong?
  3. 3. How much would you like deciding how something looks, sounds or reads?
  4. 4. How much would you like explaining something to someone until it finally clicks?
  5. 5. How much would you like persuading people to back an idea of yours?
  6. 6. How much would you like keeping records complete, accurate and up to date?
  7. 7. How much would you like repairing or building something with your hands?
  8. 8. How much would you like reading the research on a question and forming your own view?
  9. 9. How much would you like writing, performing or making something original?
  10. 10. How much would you like caring for people who are unwell, hurt or struggling?
  11. 11. How much would you like running a team and being answerable for the result?
  12. 12. How much would you like following a procedure exactly, every time?
  13. 13. How much would you like operating machinery, vehicles or specialist equipment?
  14. 14. How much would you like spending weeks on a problem nobody has solved yet?
  15. 15. How much would you like work with no set way of doing it, that you shape yourself?
  16. 16. How much would you like spending most of the day in conversation with people?
  17. 17. How much would you like negotiating terms, prices or contracts?
  18. 18. How much would you like working with budgets, accounts or spreadsheets?
  19. 19. How much would you like being on your feet and physically active all day?
  20. 20. How much would you like running tests and checking whether the numbers hold up?
  21. 21. How much would you like being judged on originality rather than on getting it exactly right?
  22. 22. How much would you like work where doing well means somebody else is better off?
  23. 23. How much would you like starting something of your own, knowing it might not work?
  24. 24. How much would you like work where being right matters more than being quick?

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