Does anyone know any good careers advice websites/online aptitude tests to recommend? Nephew's career advice at college is no good
Am I missing something here? The obvious answer is Languish.
What do you want to know?
The magic globe says......
Roller-hairdresser.
Peeler.
Spy. There is a serious lack of spies, at least as far as I have noticed when I go to international airports.
Thank you, one and all ;)
Quote from: PDH on September 19, 2009, 08:30:00 AM
Spy. There is a serious lack of spies, at least as far as I have noticed when I go to international airports.
Not as far-fetched as one might think. I've actually seen them advertise in rather conspicuous places lately.
https://www.cia.gov/careers/index.html
Or here....
http://www.nsa.gov/careers/
Back in the Cold War days there were spies everywhere. You couldn't swing a dead cat in an airport without hitting a spy. They were there, sipping their drinks and exchanging spy stuff, sometimes havng running shootouts with one another. Oh, those were the days.
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 26, 2009, 02:50:45 PM
Not as far-fetched as one might think. I've actually seen them advertise in rather conspicuous places lately.
https://www.cia.gov/careers/index.html
Or here....
http://www.nsa.gov/careers/
:ph34r:
Tonitrus is a spy recruiter. All future coups may be attributed to him.
Forensic accounting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_accounting
Nuclear power is desperate for people and will be for decades. Only question is, is he man enough?
Thanks for being kind enough to put down your suggestions, which also gave me the ideas of Court artist and Town and Country planning because he's arty and sent them on. I also sent him this jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm (http://jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm) as possibly a good place to start
Quote from: swallow on September 29, 2009, 03:41:15 PM
Thanks for being kind enough to put down your suggestions, which also gave me the ideas of Court artist and Town and Country planning because he's arty and sent them on. I also sent him this jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm (http://jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm) as possibly a good place to start
I got "Sommelier" on the first one that I took. :unsure:
Quote from: Savonarola on September 29, 2009, 04:30:24 PM
Quote from: swallow on September 29, 2009, 03:41:15 PM
Thanks for being kind enough to put down your suggestions, which also gave me the ideas of Court artist and Town and Country planning because he's arty and sent them on. I also sent him this jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm (http://jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm) as possibly a good place to start
I got "Sommelier" on the first one that I took. :unsure:
Awesome. I want to be the quality taster for Jameson or Macallan.
There are various companies that provide this kind of testing. I dont know if it has any validity but I do know it isnt free.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coverbrowser.com%2Fimage%2Fbestsellers-2007%2F2559-1.jpg&hash=d633cbf7824d6f8a79a5d7fc216705b4e7ae3c37)
I never looked at it, so I can't recommend it, but I did get it as a gift, and its popularity rivals Chicken Soup For The Soul, so how bad could it be?
I read a little bit of it. All I got out of it is you're supposed to find a job you enjoy doing.