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Career Tests: 25 Revealing Self-Tests to Help You Find and Succeed at the Perfect Career

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I agree with the previous review. This book was not worth the money--in fact I returned it, and I hardly ever return a book. The title implies to me, at least, that there are tests in the book you can take, and then you can match the results to various careers. The test consist of psychological questions, and after you finish taking them, evidenly you are suppose to figure them out, with no guidance. It doesn't even give the HINT of what careers you may be suited for--there is NOTHING about careers in this book. An extremely misleading title.

This book taught me absolutely nothing I didn't already know! I'm well aware that I hate my job, thanks. And I'm also aware that I want to change careers. All this book told me was that I hate my job... and want to change careers. I'm appalled by the thing. I guess if you're not the least bit self-aware this might be some sort of help (though if you're not self-aware why you would be looking for self-help is beyond me).

The tests are easy to take but often awkward or confusing to score. And the time spent in the scoring isn't in the least well spent because the results won't tell you anything that will help you determine what you might actually want to do with your life. All I got at the end of each one was frustration.

There are no real assessments of career interests in this book. All the tests are vague pop psychology assessments of things like how neurotic you are (I swear! One of the tests is called "The Neurotic Scale"! If that isn't biased, I don't know what is). You will not walk away with any sense of what sorts of careers would be a good fit for you, or what interests or tendencies you have would fit with what sorts of available careers.

I can't stress enough - don't waste your money or time on this book. I'd give negative stars if I could.

I considered the intro to this book to be very misleading. This book will not help you make meaningful career decisions. Instead it's just a bunch of over-generalized pop-psychology tests that you can take. These tests are then followed by very weak and very general explanations of your test results that seem to be more focused on the author bragging about his extensive research than anything else. I don't recommend this book at all!

The tests taught me very little how to evaluate my personality and no help whatsoever is offered in matching interests and abilities to the right job. The title is totally misleading.

...unless you like being lectured at by a self-satisfied academic. I was very disappointed in the book. The tests are "okay" but many of them are very confusing to score. The explanatory sections are next-to-useless, as the author tells you (many times) how happy *he* is in his chosen profession and how you should be too. It's nice that he got a tenured professorship 25 years before the market collapsed, but I really don't care. I got tired of seeing the "I" and "Me" words--I'm returning this book.

What an alluring title, introduction and table of contents. I truly thought I had found something that would speak to me...I only wish I had read other Amazon reviews of this book before I wasted [money] on it. I could go on and on but let me simply say that there is nothing about this book that I can see that would be helpful to anyone wondering about a career decision. This book is a waste of time and money. I hope Mr. Janda's next commission check is stolen.

The tests in this book are generic and completely useless. For example, one test is called the "The procrastination scale," in which you mark true or false to things like "I tend to put things off." Then at the end you add up the number of points (according to answers they have determined you "should" have answered) and then it tells you how you compare to others. So, if I scored a 70, it means "70 percent of people procrastinate less than me." Gee that was helpful in choosing a career.

This book would be a great addition to a business-related course in college that discusses the many different types of tests available to gauge a person's strengths. I would NOT buy this book (which I mistakenly did) to determine what career is best suited for me. I would consider this an academic book only. The authors do provide good insight and history of each test offered in their book.

This is s good book to use if you have an idea of what you enjoy, but are not fixed on any particular career. The book is loaded with mini quizzes on your own personality and preferences. Some of the categories are: Career Activities Scale, Career Values Scale, Work Commitment Scale, Stress at Work Scale, and so on. The author does not go on and on about himself, the feedback comments were completely inaccurate in that regard.

I would recommend this book to someone who wants to change careers and is not sure in which direction to go, high schoolers and homemakers returning to the work force.

The scoring is not hard to follow if one pays attention to the instructions.

What a BIASED piece of work, seriously, look on p,84 (Hardiness Inventory) it mentions two people and how they deal with
stress one who "loves" what he does and the other doesn't.
The one that loves his job obviously doesn't feel very stressed
out,.....wow! what a profound epiphany!...and the other
who feels stressed out doesn't. But the thing that really irritates me about this book is how she jumps the gun at mentioning the
one who is stressed out needs to work on himself...ahahaha...
...how very simplistic and ignorant...considering that myriads
of factors come into play like is the person an introvert? and
does his mind get overloaded with too much stimuli when too many
things are happening at once. That's what Myers and Briggs have
personality profile tests because of the realization that peoples
brains don't react to the same thing in the same way. Maybe
the guy who hates his job doesn't know any better but to
simply just say it's a character fault is simplistic and ignorant considering psychology has discovered that no person works the same way. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME....spend it on better things like a toothbrush.