I first got introduced to the whole personality test idea as an undergraduate student at Sacramento State University. I visited with the career counselor and she suggested I take a test to determine my personality type so I could find a good career. My results ended up being Introvert, Intuitive, Thinker, and Perceiver. Then I went to this week's discussion--many years later, another personality test--and got the same results. There's something about the networking-with-others idea that keeps popping up, basically saying that I'm afraid to ask for help, which, I'll admit, I am. I remember one thing from the undergraduate test that said "people will enjoy helping you." Really? I always thought I was coming across as a nagging dummy when I asked a lot of questions. In the words of my mother: "you can't get a job unless you learn how to communicate with people." Blah, blah, blah. Coming from her, it was annoying and frustrating, but when a friend or a mentor tells me that, my reaction changes; I'm calmer and more willing to let them walk all over me. It's true what I've heard: your relationship with your classmates and friends is different from that with your family.
As for finding virtual work, which is obviously the type of career I will excel in, all the job searches I've performed through apps and the Internet have led me to jobs suitable for engineers and computer science majors. My post for the week 9 discussion says a little more about this, and all I can say is that I keep thinking I chose the wrong major for virtual employment. (I've told my parents a couple times that I should have majored in business or engineering so I could get a job).
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