Should I Become a Postsecondary Education Administrator (One Minute Quiz)

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Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Postsecondary Principals

Postsecondary Principals plan, direct, or coordinate student instruction, administration, and services, as well as other research and educational activities, at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.

Salary
$115200
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Master's degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality



Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether the career of a Postsecondary Education Administrator is right for you.

There are 3 answers to each question: Dislike, Okay and Like.

Answer “Dislike” if you tell yourself “Ugh… Sounds boring” or “I’m not sure”
Answer “Okay” if you tell yourself “Umm… I think I will be okay with that”
Answer “Like” if you tell yourself “Yes, I’m interested”

Ready? Let’s start

Question Dislike Okay Like
You are interested in principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
You are interested in business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Direct activities of administrative departments, such as admissions, registration, and career services.
Appoint individuals to faculty positions, and evaluate their performance.
You like starting up and carrying out projects.
You like leading people and making many decisions. You don’t mind risk taking and dealing with business.
You like following set procedures and routines.
You like working with data and details more than with ideas.
You like working with, communicating with, and teaching people.
You like helping or providing service to others.

Your Results

Done?

Now count how many points you have.
Dislike = 0 point.
Okay = 1 point.
Like = 2 points.

After you’re done counting your points. Click below to view your results.



Suitable Personality

Best personality for this career

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People who are suitable for this job tends to like starting up and carrying out projects. They like leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

You can read more about these career personality types here.


Typical Day

Postsecondary Education Administrators plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges..

Here is what a typical day’s work for a Postsecondary Education Administrator looks like:

  • Direct activities of administrative departments, such as admissions, registration, and career services.
  • Appoint individuals to faculty positions, and evaluate their performance.
  • Develop curricula, and recommend curricula revisions and additions.
  • Design or use assessments to monitor student learning outcomes.
  • Recruit, hire, train, and terminate departmental personnel.

Find out more about what Postsecondary Principals do at work.



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