Should I Become A Career Counselor (One Minute Quiz)

Alyssa Omandac

Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Career Counselors

Career Counselors Career Counselors help people choose the best career for them. They can meet with people and listen to what they want to do and guide them in the right direction in terms of the education they need and the steps they need to take to get there.

Salary
$37800
Personality



Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius

Table of contents
  1. Career Quiz
  2. Suitable Personality Type
  3. Pros and Cons

Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 8-10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether this career is right for you.

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

Answer “Like / Yes” if you tell yourself “Yes! I would love do this” or “Yeah, I’m that type of person”.
Answer “Okay / Maybe” if you tell yourself “Umm…I think I will be okay with that”.
Answer “Dislike / No” if you tell yourself “Ugh…Sounds boring” or “No way!”.

Ready? Let’s start!

Question Yes Maybe No
Are you comfortable advising people about different careers?
Are you willing to continue to stay up to date on different careers?
Are you interested in teaching people how to put themselves in a position to get the jobs they want?
Do you enjoy helping other people and making a difference in their lives?
Do you have a natural desire to learn new things so you can stay up to date on careers?
Do you have intuition about what career is best based on your clients’ interests?
Do you want to advise people about their potential career choices?
Are you interested in working at a school or university to advise people on possible career choices?

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 Type

The Helper

People with this personality type likes to work with people and in teams. They prefer work that allows them to build relationships with others. You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suited to be a Career Counselor are compassionate and like helping people. They are organized and inquisitive, and they are intuitive. They enjoy working with people and helping them. They also enjoy learning and are prepared to take continuing education classes. These people are friendly and outgoing, as well.

Pros and Cons

Pros

You get to help people

If you are compassionate and enjoy helping people, this is a very rewarding career. You can make a huge impact on their lives.

You can work with many types of people

You will also get to work with a wide range of people. You can meet different interesting people on a regular basis.

You might get to travel to corporate seminars

You need to stay on top of the different career paths so that you can have all of the latest information. You will want to attend seminars to make sure that you know all of the most current information in different fields.

You can have flexible work hours

This job is based on clients, and you can schedule times with clients in such a way that you have the freedom to take time off in the middle of the day. You can also schedule your work earlier in the week in case you want to take a long weekend.

Cons

It can be emotionally draining

This job can be emotionally draining because you are constantly trying to come up with the best ideas for your clients.

You can have a very busy schedule

If you aren’t careful with this job, you can get overly involved and have a busy schedule. You have to be careful and schedule time for yourself or you can burn out in this job.

Don’t know which career to pursue?

Take the career quiz to find careers that match your personality type.

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