Career | Career and Personality Tests

If you are nearing the end of your military service, you have most likely already started to think about your next move into the civilian workforce.

With so many options out there, you may want to first consider a career and personality test in order to narrow your choices. It has been proven that post military personnel who find jobs that align with their career and personality are more satisfied and successful than those who did not take a personality or career test.

Many employers look for specific personality types that fit certain roles within their organizations. Some employers will require that potential employees take a career or personality test in order to determine if they are the right fit for the company.

The top three personality types found in the military are ISFJ (Introvert, Sensor, Feeler, Judger), ISTJ (Introvert, Sensor, Thinker, Judger), and INTJ (Introvert, Intuitive, Thinker, Judger). People with these types of personality test results tend to be possess a combination of the following characteristics: cautious, gentle, thoughtful, hesitant until they get to know people, then affectionate and caring; literal and aware of the physical world; uncompromising about personal standards; diligent and conscientious, organized and decisive. These personality types generally do well in the teaching, investigation and enforcement, and engineering fields.

There are many free personality tests that can be found on the Internet if you're interested in running an informal personality test to see how you would fit into the job you have your eye on. Postmilitary.com also features a robust test that will align personalities, careers and degrees. Two online companies that will help you define your skills and point you in the direction of jobs that you would be good at are AnalyzeMyCareer and ProjectCareer.

Informal personality tests can help you to form a better idea of your personality and how it fits your current career path.