Government Careers Quiz

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Northern Exile Oct 2020 11:56pm, 8 Oct 2020 6,903 posts	0 Northern Exile On answering the three extra quezzies for Emergency and Uniform Services, apparently I would be best suited to: 1. Paramedic 2. Soldier (hell would have to freeze over first) 3. Security manager
ChrisHB Oct 2020 12:31am, 9 Oct 2020 19,839 posts	0 ChrisHB After I told it I strongly dislike working with numbers it said you like dealing with complicated problems or working with numbers and recommended social care.
rf_fozzy Oct 2020 12:42am, 9 Oct 2020 11,814 posts	0 rf_fozzy This will be part of the justification for when they want to cut Jobcentre staff or citizen's advice people or similar - 'people don't need in-person support about careers because look, it's all online, isn't it wonderful?' To which the answer is no, it's completely useless and a huge waste of money. I remember doing something similar to this at school and it gave me better answers. Good careers advice requires an understand of the person, what drives them and what interests and a big dose of understaning the psychology of the person. Which is why school careers advice is also a complete waste of time the way it was done when I did it (it might now have changed...) So, yes, it's funny to sit and do it and laugh at the results, but most of us already have jobs and are at least somewhat financially secure. But to me this is extremely also very worrying - Is this really supposed to be serious advice for people??
rf_fozzy Oct 2020 12:43am, 9 Oct 2020 11,815 posts	0 rf_fozzy [sorry politics thread getting transposed again...I'm going away now]
GimmeMedals Oct 2020 5:53am, 9 Oct 2020 18,164 posts	0 GimmeMedals This was fun! Sports professional Boxer Royal Marines Officer Prison governor Brewery worker Microbrewer Higher education lecturer BSL teacher Cake decorator Head chef I like that I should go straight for the top job in a number of professions 😁
BarefootEm Oct 2020 6:07am, 9 Oct 2020 1,813 posts	0 BarefootEm Fozzy, I had very similar thoughts
Sam Jelfs Oct 2020 6:16am, 9 Oct 2020 769 posts	0 Sam Jelfs Who is this actually aimed at though? I mean, a lot of the roles it is suggesting require a minimum of degree level education, plus experience. Looking at GimmeMedals, my BSL teacher when I did it as an evening course, was deaf (most of them were)...
gribb0 Oct 2020 6:42am, 9 Oct 2020 183 posts	0 gribb0 Ornithologist
Minnie Mad Oct 2020 6:47am, 9 Oct 2020 2,378 posts	0 Minnie Mad Chemical plant processing operator 🤣🤣🤣 After 9 years working with children in SEN I 've returned to law and am a legal adviser in a Magistrates' court! I left school with no science o-levels! I failed physics and hated chemistry! I imagine I would be allergic to everything in a chemical plant and have an attention span of about 20 seconds on a good day! Probably not cut out to operate machinery 🤣
BarefootEm Oct 2020 7:08am, 9 Oct 2020 1,815 posts	0 BarefootEm I find it strange it didn't ask anything about qualifications! I have a degree in Deaf Studies and a teaching qualification, I actually could be a BSL teacher... Although as Sam says, most are Deaf 🙂