Career Quizzes
About This Book
In my work as a career counselor, I have helped people resolve a wide variety of career-
related problems. I have helped stay-at-home parents transition to new careers with little
or no work experience, ex-offenders looking for their first job out of prison, and hundreds
of people who had recently been “let go.” The most difficult type of client, though, has to
be the person who, as Henry David Thoreau puts it, “leads a life of quiet desperation.”
These are people who feel trapped in work that doesn’t excite them, fit their interests, use
their skills, or fulfill their needs—who while away the hours wondering if there isn’t some-
thing better.
People like James, who at age 32 was experiencing a career crisis when he came into my
office. James was a district manager with a well-respected fast-food franchise. He was
rewarded with a respectable salary, good benefits, and a nice pension.
And he was miserable.
When I sat to talk with James, I began to understand his situation and the situation of all
the other quiet, desperate souls like him. His work provided little opportunity for real
leadership, initiative, or creativity. It had become tedious, repetitive, and mechanical. He
wanted work that fit his personality and contributed to his self-esteem—work that was ful-
filling and—dare he say it—enjoyable. And he’s not the only one. Only about 10 percent
of people report loving the work they do; the vast majority of people work at jobs where
they experience limited career satisfaction or no satisfaction at all.
James needed to find his purpose, to develop a career that would be more gratifying, and
to take action to make it happen. Most people put little or no time into planning and
managing a career. Left to their own devices, most people find themselves in jobs that don’t
match their interests or talents or that don’t fulfill their needs or bring them any closer to
reaching their lifelong goals. They need guidance. They need a plan.
That was how the idea for this book was born. For the first time, the assessments that I
use to take my clients through the career-coaching process are available to you in this
book. A successful and rewarding career is possible, but you must take the time to do some
self-reflection and self-exploration to get there.
If you have dreamed about work in which you are motivated, inspired, respected by col-
leagues, and paid well, you are not alone. By taking the 12 easy tests in this book, you take
the first steps toward discovering and developing a fulfilling career and living the life you
deserve.
related problems. I have helped stay-at-home parents transition to new careers with little
or no work experience, ex-offenders looking for their first job out of prison, and hundreds
of people who had recently been “let go.” The most difficult type of client, though, has to
be the person who, as Henry David Thoreau puts it, “leads a life of quiet desperation.”
These are people who feel trapped in work that doesn’t excite them, fit their interests, use
their skills, or fulfill their needs—who while away the hours wondering if there isn’t some-
thing better.
People like James, who at age 32 was experiencing a career crisis when he came into my
office. James was a district manager with a well-respected fast-food franchise. He was
rewarded with a respectable salary, good benefits, and a nice pension.
And he was miserable.
When I sat to talk with James, I began to understand his situation and the situation of all
the other quiet, desperate souls like him. His work provided little opportunity for real
leadership, initiative, or creativity. It had become tedious, repetitive, and mechanical. He
wanted work that fit his personality and contributed to his self-esteem—work that was ful-
filling and—dare he say it—enjoyable. And he’s not the only one. Only about 10 percent
of people report loving the work they do; the vast majority of people work at jobs where
they experience limited career satisfaction or no satisfaction at all.
James needed to find his purpose, to develop a career that would be more gratifying, and
to take action to make it happen. Most people put little or no time into planning and
managing a career. Left to their own devices, most people find themselves in jobs that don’t
match their interests or talents or that don’t fulfill their needs or bring them any closer to
reaching their lifelong goals. They need guidance. They need a plan.
That was how the idea for this book was born. For the first time, the assessments that I
use to take my clients through the career-coaching process are available to you in this
book. A successful and rewarding career is possible, but you must take the time to do some
self-reflection and self-exploration to get there.
If you have dreamed about work in which you are motivated, inspired, respected by col-
leagues, and paid well, you are not alone. By taking the 12 easy tests in this book, you take
the first steps toward discovering and developing a fulfilling career and living the life you
deserve.
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