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I’ve just taken it and been advised that I should become an actor or a commissioning editor
Snap!
See you at the interviews in Salford.
What's weird, is that there are so many people with a strong vocational drive to do those jobs, and work in that industry... why on earth do they need to persuade more people, who haven't considered it, to think about following that path as well??!
It's all very post-Brexit, isn't it.
Not bad...
our answers show that:
you like dealing with complicated problems or working with numbers
you like to lead other people and are good at taking control of situations
you are a creative person and enjoy coming up with new ways of doing things
The following job categories are based on the answers you have given. You can choose to view more results at the bottom of the page.
Seem to be a lot of options for me in all disciplines from Actor to Royal Marine via Football Referee and Head Chef to Paramedic.
I hope you all went into full on PRIVATE mode before using this tool. Just pointing out the obvious I hope.
My Safari Privacy Tracker showed only 2 trackers for that site - both Google.
Apparently I should be either a fair ground worker or an accountant. WTF Rishi!
Told me I should be a porn star or a cowboy.
I'm male stripper with a stetson..
I dont understand. Whats a Fluffer?
you like dealing with complicated problems or working with numbers
How on earth did they work that out? Was it perhaps the two questions... "do you like dealing with complicated problems" ... and .... "do you like working with numbers" ...?
The whole survey reads as if written by an intern, when told they have "the rest of the day" to devise it. Nothing about it suggests it's really written to help people... it's a data gathering exercise... "if you were a job, what kind of job would you be" ....
My take away from that was become an IT consultant to the DWP.
Steeple jack or construction labourer.
*Hands in mouse*
I've got a degree in modern languages and have been working in software development for over 20 years
Like so many others, I should be an Actor, a Copy Editor or a Commissioning Editor...
It’s telling all the uk technical theatre people to become actors and explore the events and creative industries...thanks for that...let us just finish our Tesco and amazon deliveries and we will be right there.
I got suggested healthcare, emergency/uniform services or animal care. As a GP that grew up on a farm that seems fair.
The more I think about this… the angrier I get… if this was a fun bit of click bait for Glamour magazine, or GQ, it would be fine… but the government are telling people to retrain, and accept their jobs in sectors they have had to temporarily close down by law, as “unviable”… and then publish this joke tool? That is so ****ing out of touch with what people are facing this year. People can see their careers take from them, and their incomes decimated, they need real help from the government.
So there’s about a 1 in 30 accuracy of it? 😂 as said I’m happy with mine as currently studying for a Masters in Env Sci and I want to be a countryside ranger
And I haven’t even mentioned the “F business” Hard Brexit. So many people will need to shift sector this winter, they need guidance as to where there are skill shortages, and how to afford and obtain the training to help fill them, not told to join the queue of underemployed actors.
The whole survey reads as if written by an intern
Welcome to principal component analysis and random forests.
Another actor or boxer here (I'll fight you all!). Or assistance dog trainer.
That was an utterly useless exercise and the fact the government saw fit to launch it makes me even more concerned about, well, everything.
To be fair, it did also recommend my current career - which is in a rapidly downsizing industry.
Micro brewer apparently.
You win! Did it tell you who to turn to for the financing?
People can see their careers take from them, and their incomes decimated, they need real help from the government.
You do know this is a Tory Government, the only people they have any intention of helping are themselves!
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you are motivated, set yourself personal goals and are comfortable competing with other people
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you are sociable and find it easy to understand people
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you like dealing with complicated problems or working with numbers
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you like to plan things and are well organised
Sales anyone? It suggested Scientist btw, sheesh....
Ohh an RSPCA Inspector. I think I could do that to be honest. Bit different than being the returns department in a telecoms company 🙂
I got the same as @molgrips..... exact same huge list. No info on how to retrain for anything else though. 95% of my working life has been in retail.
I got web designer, cant even work out how to post pictures on here, and with crap spelin doent help.
also seem to have broke the forum comment box has moved smaller and to the right side.
Dunno, I guess if your desperately searching it pitches a few ideas at you and lets you know there's a wide range or roles out there you perhaps didn't know or think about, so could give a glimmer of hope. All the questions seems to cut and paste from myers briggs type stuff, so probably didn't take any time or effort to produce! I got actor and creative media type stuff, clicked a few bits and it showed some achievable stuff.
There must be loads of openings at the circus, all the clowns are in government.
reasonably accurate and specific for me
Well that was vague... 🤷🏻♂️
Returned the best part of 25 different career possibilities for me, many of which would require 5yrs+ of training (conveniently at huge expense to the individual into the goverments pocket!) before I was even able to earn a penny practicing said profession...
Seriously, **** this government!
Paramedic, soldier or security manager,what is a security manager?
We used to have something similar when I was a kid, pre computers
I'm 60 don't think any of these things is a good career path
yay pay rise for me!!! (im a process engineer in the chemical industry!)
what an absolute crock of money wasting shite that is - i wonder how much it cost and which of Boris chums got the job
Magistrate
Magistrates are volunteers who hear cases in court. They pass judgements and hand down short sentences, fines and other penalties.
Average salary
Variable
Typical hours
Variable
a week
You could work
9am to 5pm
Judge
Judges hear evidence in criminal and civil courts, make rulings and pass sentences based on the information presented during cases.
Average salary
£112,500 (starter)up to £215,000 (experienced)
StarterExperienced
Typical hours
40 to 48
a week
You could work
between 8am and 6pm
Coroner
Coroners look into deaths from unnatural or unknown causes, or those that have happened suddenly or in prison or police custody.
Average salary
£85,000 (starter)up to £115,000 (experienced)
StarterExperienced
Typical hours
36 to 38
a week
You could work
evenings / weekends / bank holidays
Because I'm not good at controlling my emotions in difficult situations... Fairground worker.
Advertising Art Director
DJ
Graphic Designer
As a teacher of Art, Photography and Media Studies having had responsibility for graphic communication in a previous school and a vague background in electronic music, that all seems pretty reasonable.
It would be if all three of those careers weren’t currently in freefall. Where are you going to DJ? To who? Who’ll be able to pay you?
Since I'm an employed (and pretty happily so) teacher right now, I hope that's a moot question.
But sadly no comfort to anyone actually in those professions...
Its comforting to know that if I need to stop working as a chartered surveyor & project manager I could always try horse grooming, carpet fitting & aromatherapy to pay the bills.
I think I was on track to become Chancellor of the Exchequer til I answered "strongly agree" to "I want to make things better for people".
Apparently I was born to be a Road Traffic Investigator. Literally nothing in the results relates to anything I've ever done, though to be fair in the 4 million or so jobs it suggests, there's definitely a few I could do, along with all the ones that I know I'm completely unqualified to. Though, of the ones I've thought of doing, I know at least half are in absolute crisis right now and not hiring in general.
None of the questions even touched on anxiety, depression, and being a part time carer though so..
I should look at being a plasterererer or a boxer. I have never boxed in my life, and I feel at 40, that becoming a professional boxer may just be a tad late.
I got Uniformed Services Paramedic / Teaching and Education, which is not too far off for me...
I work as an Industrial Health and Safety Trainer for Construction and Manufacturing sectors & as an Outdoor First Aid Instructor. In my spare time I volunteer for my local Mountain Team, which includes Swif****er Rescue for flooding incidents.
So pretty accurate for me.
Seem to be a lot of options for me in all disciplines from Actor to Royal Marine via Football Referee and Head Chef to Paramedic.
well- become an actor. That way you can pretend to do all the other things.
Said Emergency Services for me. I'm a Firefighter so hope I don't get made redundant as my prospects are limited!