The Times Testing Series: Test Your Aptitude

Description

Manufacturer's Description Take a moment to read the online introduction and welcome in your software. This explains how Aptitude tests are designed and work. It explains what the tests are designed to reveal and gives you useful tips and strategies on what to do with this self-knowledge. The programme then takes you, step by step through one test at a time. You will find potential-revealing questions, designed by the very people who conduct these tests every day for businesses, universities and careers selection. Each question helps build the picture of your strengths and weaknesses. Simply select the answer you think is right and move on to the next question in the test. As you work through each test your results will be stored – out of your sight! And as soon as you have completed a test the programme will immediately give you your results and analysis. Then – on to the next!Discover what you can be really good at and exploit it! Aptitude tests measure your natural abilities. While they don’t require specialist knowledge or a set of finely honed skills, they powerfully reveal your potential to achieve in the future. Job satisfaction – or not? If you ever have that feeling that you are in the wrong job; or there must be more to life; or that you are surrounded by frustrating confusion – then you are probably working against your natural inclinations. Discover where your aptitudes lie and you can make dramatic improvements even within the job you are currently doing. Make the right decisions Aptitude tests are an excellent and well-proven way to bring clarity and direction to your career. Unlike ability tests that reveal your existing skills, aptitude tests show whether you would be suitable for particular types of task. The results can have a profound and positive effect on the career development decisions you need to make from time to time. The friendly tests There are no trick questions. Aptitude tests seek to highlight your true potential. They usefully cut through the distracting static of social and personal beliefs and expectations. Aptitude tests offer an objective assessment and give you a reliable appreciation of what you could really achieve. Work to your strengths and work on your weaknesses Discovering your real potential is a liberating and powerful experience. It gives you the opportunity to identify and correct your weak areas as well as playing to your strengths. This better balance makes you more widely employable and enhances your job satisfaction. With this knowledge you will make better career and personal decisions. You will approach new tasks with confidence – knowing where you will do well on your own and where it is sensible to ask for help.