Are You a Career Person? | Jobs77 Career Tests

Some people have jobs and other have careers. Some live for what they do, others don’t have a choice. So the question is, do you just go to work because you have to? Or are you extremely devoted and committed to your job? Take this quiz to see if you have what it takes to be a career person. (make sure to answer the questions in the order they appear)

Have you ever gone out of your way to make friends with those you consider to be the right people?

Yes, it is important to know the right people if you want to get ahead in life

Sometimes, as it does help on occasion to know the right people

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How frustrating is it for you to be passed over for promotion?

Not at all frustrating

More then frustrating- it hurts

A little frustrating perhaps, but I'll soon get over it

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How hard do you push yourself at work?

No harder than I have to- life's too short

Very hard in order to achieve my ambitions

Perhaps a little harder than I should

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Which of the following would give you the most satisfaction?

To be secure and happy in my chosen profession

To be highly regarded and respected as someone who is extremely good at their job

To be highly successful and get to the top in my chosen career

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How important are success and recognition to you?

I find them to be more satisfying than important

Quite important

Very important

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Your company is opening a new office in a different part of the country and offers you the job of Branch Manager. What are you most likely to do, considering you are happy and settled in your existing home?

I would be very reluctant to move

I would talk it over with my family and reach a joint decision

I would move and expect my family to support that decision

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Would you ever lie in order to get a promotion?

Yes

Maybe

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How easy is it for you to not do any work on the weekends and holidays?

Very easy

Sometimes it's difficult to completely switch off from work

I never completely switch off on holidays and the weekends

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How often do you bring work home at night in order to meet a deadline?

Often

Occasionally

Rarely

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How important is it to you that people in influential positions are aware of your qualifications and achievements?

Not very important

Fairly important

Extremely important

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Do you always like to know everything that goes on in your workplace?

Yes

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Do you believe that you should be at the top of your chosen career?

No, I will gladly leave that sort of pressure for other people to handle

If not at the top, perhaps a bit higher than I am currently

Yes

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Do you feel that you are an expert in your chosen field?

There is a lot more that I need to learn

Yes

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Do you talk a great deal about your job to friends and family?

No, I don't like boring people with what I do for a living

If I do, I'm not aware of it

Yes, I probably do

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What do you believe is the main purpose of obtaining qualifications?

To have a good CV

To have a good job and further one's career

It makes you feel like you've achieved something

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Would you spend six months working abroad, away from your friends and family, if you had the opportunity?

Yes

Probably

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How important is it for you to keep on the right side of the right people?

Very important

I try to keep on the right side of everyone

Not particularly important

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Which of the following is most important to you?

To be respected by my colleagues

To earn an honest living

To be in a position of status

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Are you looking forward to the day when you can retire and live a life of leisure?

Yes indeed!

I'm not eagerly anticipating it but I will make the most of it when it arrives

Not at all, I would work forever if I had the choice

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If you wake up one morning feeling like you may have the flu, which of the following would you do?

I would stay home and try to relax and get better

I would call in sick and hope to be well enough to work the next day

I would go to work and stay there as long as I was able to

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How much time and thought do you give to the way you dress and present yourself for work?

I don't spend much time or effort thinking about it

I like looking smart and presentable

Quite a bit, my image is very important to me

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When attending a job interview, which of the following do you believe is the most important?

to come across as being intelligent and enthusiastic

To look good and have an air of quiet confidence

To be highly qualified and have a good CV

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If you were unexpectedly made redundant, your first thought would be:

A feeling of shock and rejection

Feeling devastated and worried about having to start over

Wondering how you would tell your family

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What do you enjoy more, your job or hobbies?

Job

Hobbies

Both

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Do you believe that it is necessary to be crafty to climb the ladder of success?

If it is, I'd rather not do that

It may help

Most definitely

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Would you cancel a holiday in order to meet an important deadline at work?

Only if I'm saving my job

I would be very reluctant to do so

Yes I would, under certain circumstances

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Would you put your social life on hold in order to further your career prospects?

Some, not all

Yes

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Would you pay for an expensive and time consuming course if you thought it would further your career?

Yes

Maybe

Very unlikely

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Would you take a pay cut if you that that in the long run it would further your career?

Never!

I would, if it would benefit me in the long run

It's very unlikely that I would do that

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Could you be a 'yes person' to someone you despised, if you thought that it would further your career?

No way!

Maybe, but it would be difficult for me

Yes

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