Career Meme

[erikred]

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Answer the My Skills questions.
5. Post the top 5 interest-ranked careers, the top 5 A careers (Very Good Match) and the top 5 B careers (Good Match).

1. Chemical Engineer (Fair Match)
2. Biomedical Engineer (Fair Match)
3. Computer Engineer (Fair Match)
4. Agricultural Engineer (Fair Match)
5. Electrical Engineer (Fair Match)

Very Good Match
16. Geologist
17. Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist
19. Meteorologist
22. Agronomist
24. Business Systems Analyst

Good Match
6. Astronomer
7. Oceanographer
9. Forensics Specialist
10. Conservator
12. Pharmacologist
(13. Computer Support Person)
(14. Computer Programmer)

I included 13 and 14 above because those are pretty much what I do for a living; I seem to have the core skills for my top 5 interest-ranked results, but I'm only fair on the desirable skills. Funny little thing.

Comments

[mumbojumble.livejournal.com]

Mine were pretty much what you'd expect: professor, lawyer, politican, historian, etc. The ones I liked best were comedian (A), archivist (A), insurance claims adjustor (A), casting director (A), video game developer (C) and special effects technician (C).

[erikred.livejournal.com]

"insurance claims adjustor (A)"

See, now that's comedy.

[mumbojumble.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you; I'll be here for the rest of the week.