Keirsey Temperament Sorter or Holland Codes career test?

Question

I'm wanting to purchase a career/personality test that will tell me what kinds of occupations match up to my personality, characteristics, abilities, etc. Which one of these is better? Any personal experience with taking the tests please share!
Here are their respective websites:

Keirsey:
http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1
and
www.keirsey.com

Holland Codes:
http://www.hollandcodes.com/self_directed_search.html

Answer 1

I have had a lot of experience with many tests of this sort, the bottom line is that there is no one test exists that will help determining what is the most suitable career choice for you.

One of the biggest pitfall of these tests is that they tend to emphasis what you already done and know rather than what motive you. For example, a data processing professional may show up as "Conventional", per Holland Codes, because he is good at what he does and gets a lot of satisfaction from results of his contributions. However, the test may not get that what really motivate him is the approval from his peers.

The second challenge with these tests is that most of us are not so clear cut. We fall somewhere inside of a spectrum.

My suggestion is that you work with a career coach rather than using exams like this to gain a better understanding of your strength and develop a list of potential career choices.

If taking exams is your only choice, I would suggest that you take more than one and try to synthesize the results with a non-partial person.

Best of luck.

Answer 2

Keirsey Career Test