Career Satisfaction Test


12 October 2009

Often, we are so busy with the daily grind that we don’t take time to reflect on our career satisfaction. Or, we know that we are not totally satisfied with our career, but we don’t know why.

The career satisfaction test offers a means to discover the questions you should be asking yourself, and uncover the truth about what will make you more satisfied in your career.

Career satisfaction can be influenced by your relationship with your employer, your work environment, your motivation, your values, your participation in decisions, your experience level and many other factors.

A career satisfaction test can give you a framework to sort through all these characteristics and make sense of how you feel about your career.

Are you happy with your current job? Are you getting paid enough for your hard work? Do you feel personally fulfilled by your career? If these questions sound familiar, it may be time to take a career satisfaction test.

A career satisfaction test examines how happy you are with different aspects of your career, such as:

  • Salary and recognition
  • Degree of challenges
  • Advancement or opportunities for learning and growth
  • Relationships with supervisors and colleagues
  • Feeling like you makes a difference

Rather than focus on your strengths and weaknesses like other career tests, in a career satisfaction test, you rate your career on how well it measures up to your desires and expectations.

Anyone can benefit from taking a career satisfaction test. A career satisfaction test is especially useful for people who are:

  • Burnt out or dissatisfied with their current job
  • Want to find work that better meets their needs
  • Feel that they are missing something career-wise
  • Thinking about changing jobs or careers
  • Returning to the workforce after an extended absence due to travel or raising a family
  • Early retirees who are interested in finding rewarding ways of spending their time
Which Career Satisfaction Test Should I Take?

There only a few career satisfaction tests available online. You should look for a career satisfaction test that is scientifically validated, which means that it was developed according to the rules of the scientific method. A scientifically validated career satisfaction test will provide you with the in-depth, quality information you will need to make the right career decision.

One Career Satisfaction Test that is scientifically validated is the LiveCareer Test, available here: www.livecareer.com


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