Personal Profilling

Identifying my career goals and personal traits needed for the career path I had chosen was accomplished by online profiling tools provided by Prospects' website.

After answering a number of questions focusing on my work ethics, skills (both personal and work related) and ambitions for the future, I was given a list of job roles that would supposedly match my personality based on my answers.The majority of the results belonged to the Digital Media sector. However, only five of them are somewhat relevant to my desired job. Application developing is not my main interest but it can be related to web design which justifies its ranking in the list. The job of a web designer takes the twelfth position in the chart and it is preceded by three sound & video editing related careers. In some instances web design requires manipulating visual footage for browser compatibility purposes (e.g. encoding, changing the resolution) whereas sound editing is rarely necessary.

Prospects Job Match Results

Subsequently I completed the Careers Interest Inventory questionnaire which revealed some key activities linked to my desired job. ‘Creating and expressing’ received a score of 7 due to the strong creative flair that web designers need to create visually impressive and innovative websites. ‘Thinking and investigating’ & ‘Doing and implementing’ have a suitability score of 6 as they precisely represent what my desired job deals with on a daily basis. Despite ‘Persuading and influencing’ having the lowest score I consider them just as efficient as the other categories in situations where a web designer has to justify their prototype to a client and explain their approaches.

Career Interest Inventory Test Results

Next, I did the ‘Type Dynamics Indicator’ and ‘Values-based indicator of motivation’ tests. The former described me as an Idealist while the latter indicated personal development and satisfaction as leading character traits. The IFPI model of an idealist partially applies to the role of a web designer - conceptual thinking can be required for producing thematic visuals for a certain project. On another note, seeking opportunities that result in learning new skills and reward-orientated attitude are crucial for a strongly motivated web designer. Also, the financial aspect of the web designer job in most cases is quite rewarding. Being driven by material gains though can result in doing a less fulfilling but more financially stable job.

Type Dynamics Indicator Test Results

Values-based Indicators of Motivation Test Results

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