Matchmaker

[pbray]

From all over the friends' list:

1. Go here: http://www.careercruising.com/default.asp
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top results.

Jobs I've held are in bold.

1. Criminologist (ironic considering the current project)
2. Political Aide
3. Critic
4. Writer
5. Public Policy Analyst
6. Translator
7. Market Research Analyst
8. Activist
9. Communications Specialist
10. Print Journalist
11. Lobbyist
12. Historian
13. Computer Trainer
14. Lawyer
15. Computer Programmer
16. Criminal Lawyer
17. Civil Litigator
18. Professor
19. Judge
20. Business Systems Analyst

Interesting number of results in the legal profession, which is a default career in my family. Not only is my brother an attorney, but three out of my nine cousins are also attorneys, and a fourth cousin who's a Jesuit studied law at Oxford.

Comments

[etoiline.livejournal.com]

I'm in the wrong business, apparently. There's no slot for the writer who enjoys science...my results (http://etoiline.livejournal.com/61776.html) list neither writerly pursuits nor scientific ones! So either I don't know what I like, or I defy convention. I'm going to go with defying convention.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

I, apparently, am exactly where I'm supposed to be? No, I see "Rehabilitation Counselor" is way down. I'm a vocational rehabilitation counselor in a rehab center, sooo

1.Career Counselor
2.Naturopath (I assume they mean "Naruto -opath."
3.Social Worker
4.Art / Music Therapist
5.Anthropologist
6.Addictions Counselor
the WTF category:7.Clergy 8.Audiologist 9.Midwife 10.Dental Hygienist
back to normal:
11.Psychologist

WTF 2 the sequel

12.Sport Psychology Consultant

My actual job...
13.Rehabilitation Counselor
14.Nurse Practitioner
15.Acupuncturist (umm...)
16.Humanitarian Aid Worker


WTF 3 Extreme Justice: 17.Podiatrist 18.Lobbyist 19.Historian
20.Gerontologist 21.Actor

Sorry, this deserves its very own WTF???
22.Taxidermist



23.Neurologist
24.Computer Support Person
25.Environmental Consultant
26.Special Effects Technician
27.Veterinary Technician (Nicely compliments #22 when things go wrong.)
28.Computer Programmer
29.Mediator
30.Dermatologist
31.Doctor
32.Criminologist
33.Obstetrician-Gynecologist
34.Child and Youth Worker
35.Dental Assistant
36.Prosthetist / Orthotist
37.Public Health Nurse
38.Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
39.Multimedia Developer
40.Human Resources Specialist



Conspicuously absent is "writer."
Alas, I have a sausages and laws problem the test didn't ask enough questions to make these determinations :-/. Problem with being a voc professional, it's like watching a magic show when you know how the tricks are done...

[pbray.livejournal.com]

You really have to wonder about these tests, though taxidermist sounds like a fine career.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

The problem with these quizes is there's no box to say "It depends..."

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

LOL.

Yes. Could you honestly see me as a taxidermist;-)? I used to have a hard time even killing off characters.

Actually, they have some very bizarre taxidermy that they display at the county fair ever year. Elks with fangs and the like. Perhaps the old Seneca legends had some truth after all...

[elizabeth-welsh.livejournal.com]

The problem with these quizes is there's no box to say "It depends..."

Exactly. I kept thinking the same thing. Also an "exception if" key would be nice. I like to work with people as long as their not disgruntled at something I have absolutely no control over. And I'm great with promotional stuff, but not direct sales, so I never know how to answer that one. I did promotions in radio and I always come up with marketing ideas on a whim that make people go "Wow, that's a cool idea!" It's the asking for the money part that I can't do.

[elizabeth-welsh.livejournal.com]

Make that their at they're. Gosh I really need to read more carefully BEFORE I hit the post button. My fingers don't seem to be attached to my brain sometimes.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Or there are things that I'm happy to do occasionally, but not for 8 straight hours a day, 5 days a week.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Exactly.
A person might enjoy working for the Census, for instance, but that's for a few weeks once every ten years. Doesn't mean they want to make a career of knocking on people's doors and asking them all kinds of questions. Or, for that matter, that they want to be a telemarketer.

Does anybody want to be a telemarketer? I had a client who was one for two weeks. I asked him why he left so quickly (I actually have to ask that question) and he said the job involved calling up older people and telling them their order was "ready to be shipped" and asking for their credit card information. Once he figured out (with help from one of the people he called who was sharper than the others) that none of them had ordered anything, he left that job.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

I think when you get 40 results, it means the imp in the machine couldn't make up its mind.

My actual career isn't on the list (unless #21 is Career Code for "editor"), so I've bolded those jobs that I've actually considered doing and/or done not-for-a-living:

1. Psychologist
2. Archivist
3. Rehabilitation Counselor
4. Actor
5. Mediator
6. Psychiatrist
7. Adoption Counselor
8. Licensed Practical Nurse
9. Addictions Counselor
10. Anthropologist
11. Ecologist
12. Genetic Counselor
13. Casting Director
14. Activist
15. Comedian
16. Political Aide
17. Sport Psychology Consultant
18. Print Journalist
19. Critic
20. Writer
21. Communications Specialist
22. Market Research Analyst
23. Public Policy Analyst
24. Lobbyist
25. Composer
26. Translator
27. Taxidermist
28. Special Effects Technician
29. Criminologist
30. Veterinarian
31. Musician
32. Religious Worker
33. Marriage and Family Therapist
34. Community Worker
35. Costume Designer
36. Agronomist
37. Pediatrician
38. Doctor
39. Dermatologist
40. Obstetrician-Gynecologist

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Okay, Campers, I just took the test again, trying to get specific results and got the same. I think they might be random, like the "past lives" one, only they remember your ISP?

I intentionally picked "like very much" for everything that could even vaguely be construed as writerly, and it still didn't come up.

So, it's just a game.

Anyone want to come visit me in my office and play with the real thing ;-)?

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

I've always assumed that all of these things are random, ever since the one we took in Grade 9 Health class that, as far as I could determine, predicted equal success for me in any career from long-distance truck driver to neurosurgeon...

Anyone want to come visit me in my office and play with the real thing ;-)?

Sure. Only I somehow doubt I can get to you by public transit. ;)