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The results definitely described my personality and my approach in work life.

It is recommended to take this test more frequently to understand the ‘change’ (if any) in one’s thinking and behaviour towards colleagues and family.

Very accurate

Video Report seemed more personal like a virtual interview. The Future ! it seems

Hello Martin

Many thanks for your reports so far. I am not surprised to hear that things are changing in the job market and I have been loathed to leave CVs everywhere on websites because as I have found, not all are read. I must admit, I never thought of social media being part of the job search but I have to admit, I am middle aged, and a bit over weight – I could feel social media would not do me justice, but we shall see.

Can I boast that althought I am do not apply for jobs very often, I completed job applications for 3 posts within the same organisation early this year and got invited for interview for all 3 so quite good going. I attended 1 interview as was not fully prepared then so gave up on the other 2 because the interviews were so close together. Anyway, they were not my dream jobs.. I need more help in finding my ‘ideal’ and I have been stuck in temp jobs for too long. Any advice please.

Thanks a lot for the information by the way, and the personaility reports were ‘spot on’.

Looking forward to more advice

Sadie

I think the video idea is good because it is more personal, but hard copy is easier to retain – for instance,how can this be added to my Facebook page? I believe my age is against me, companies foolishly look for young blood, but older people have more experience and maturity, and are more stable and reliable. Bosses still go for ‘eye candy’ instead of efficiency – to their detriment. My frustration is making connection with the right people, company or organisation. I know I am good at what I do, but how can I let them know that I even exist. My ideal job would be an ‘agony aunt’ for a magazine or newspaper – I love writing and my knowledge and advice is sound. I have moved past working one-on-one with people and want to reach a bigger audience.

The video felt too vague, and did not capture the variable nature of my reaction to change. Why for example am I resistant to some changes, whilst embracing others? Is my reaction to change solely a function of my personality or is it an interaction of stable personality factors, mood, situational and interpersonal influences and the objective nature of the changes I am presented with?

Thanks again for the opportunity to share Facebook tips with your peeps, Julie! I’ve been a raving fan of personality assessments for eons, especially DISC and Myers Briggs, and was very impressed with the accuracy and insights from the PeopleMaps assessment! Keep up the great work.

After school my confidence hit an all time low because for the first time in my life no-one could tell me what to do, I had to find what was right for me. Not confident enough in my own abilities to consider university which was my original plan, I tried job after job, receptionist, dance teacher, shop assistant, facilities assistant, credit control assistant… but couldn’t settle anywhere. I am now studying music in the hope to find a more suitable career but am having very little success in even knowing what my options are. While I find all of these personality tests very interesting it tells me little I didn’t already know and I feel no closer to finding my ideal job. Where do I even start??? Please help

i was unable to open my video C.V, would you be able to send me it in an e-mail please so i can have a look.. i would really apreciate it

many thanks

I would be happier within myself,although my job is good and the company is good it does not stretch me,my bills get paid and all is well,i am at college so have taken the first step to change things,i am dubious about your course but who wouldn’t be.I am capable of more and have gained some confidence and direction. I believe in destiny and also that it that you can try to change what you do but peoples circumstances affect this also.I am comfortable in my job. I would rather be in a job that i enjoy more and paid less i am not a money orintated person as long as i can afford to pay my bills and enjoy leisure time with family, working your ass off for mega wages does not mean that a person is happy.Generally my life is ok there is always someone much worse off than you or much better off, it is how you deal with what you have and what you can try to achieve this can be possible with good people around you.I think that is all i have to say for now;-)

To me, working in my dream job, is like being married to the beautiful woman I love. It empowers me to activate every good quality of mine, and drives me to be at the best of my personality aspects. I will be committed, loyal, caring, protective, creative, productive, positive, driven, optimistic, joyful, inspired, successful and always planting for a brighter future.
I won’t feel tired of performing my duties or being in the “work place” for longer hours, and will stick to the job and always try to improve my status in all possible ways.
Quite the opposite, being in a job that I hate, like being married to a woman I have been forced to marry; the only thing I will look for is a divorce.

Great and very accurate reports: I think you’re right when you comment that peoplemaps knows more about me than I do! The report also shows me what parts of my personality I need to work on.
I guess I’m one of the lucky ones already in a dream job but your valuable information on creating job and business opportunities through social network sites is a real eye-opener – and one that I’ll definitely follow through!

How would my dream job feel?
It wouldn’t be a job, but a calling!
It would be a reason to justify not being at home with my husband and kids.
And I would enjoy the intangible benefits of challenge, excitement and meaning in my work, measuring my worth by what I contribute to the workplace and the community, rather than being assessed by the salary someone else is prepared to pay!

When I land in my dream job, I’d be a round peg in a round hole.

“Job Happiness” could be obtained by many more people if they could realise that its not the job they hate but its their attitude towards certain aspects of their job. So if they take their attitude to the repair shop and have it diagnosed they could start to enjoy their job instaed of hating it.

Keep up the good work really love this site and the job you are doing to improve peoples lives.

Sincerest regards
Steve

My dream Job. For too long I always imagined what I would want would somehow materialize by default. I mean I can see my strengths and so others should too… WRONG! Sadly the last four years have been the worst. I landed what i thought was my dream job but it wasn’t. It’d developed into a role where I’ve lost skills, and gained frustration. This is my own fault for not having left sooner. I only realised this though when I began to recognize my personality traits more clearly, my reactions to situations and son on… which once aware of, you may find the job you always wanted, actually will cause you more stress than happiness due to the nature of the role: me – case in point. Sooo, that being said.. any tool to help you recognize your personality traits and how you react in a work environment and decision making is invaluable.

Soo, if I landed my dream job my life would change dramatically. A: I would be up bright and early on a Monday morning rather meandering around the living room like a sloth contemplating how may emails I should delete and what spam I would be able to conduct. I would have the option of conducting an important meeting by going for a mountain bike ride through the alps somewhere, stop for coffee a the top (the meeting), a laugh our way down at 30miles and hour, trees rushing by after a successful negotiation. That would certainly bring a sense of health, well being and pleasure into the the office.. or should I say the out of office. I would be able to take time off for family when emergencies arise and be able to convince my boss that 1 week of absence overseas/interstate for some research and development and R&R will benefit the company more than planting me in front of the PC for another 45hrs or paperwork, and that flexible work hours will actually improve productivity. I would also be able convince staff or colleagues that Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and other social media networks are actually powerful business tools that should be used for a time in the workplace when used properly for marketing rather than lock out from networks. Ultimately, my life would become more well rounded, fulfilled and for me.. this is very important.. i will be able to offer people quality time which seems to be lacking in society in general and the workplace. It would be wonderful to find time to be me, to share time with people.. training and enjoying association on the job because I will have the flexibility to do that. An together, we can succeed at whatever our passions are.

For my entry to the competition for the F-R-E-E place on the Course:

Once I win the free place on the course to find My Dream Job and completed it, I’ll be able to follow the ancient sage’s advice:

Before enlightenment – chop wood and carry water.
After enlightenment – chop wood and carry water
(but with a sharper axe and a bucket that doesn’t leak.)

I ‘ll realise that I had the answers all the time but until you gave me the key, I couldn’t unlock them.

I really enjoyed the test. It was really me to a tee. I have two great jobs Health Trainer and Manager of Mediation Service. I am not sure if they are my dream job and I dont want to get to the end of my life and think there was something else I should have done. So please pick me I am really into motivating and empowering people but now I want to know how to achieve my goals.
This course could be it.

Hi,
Interesting comments from you in my personal assessment
With regard to the question ““Describe how different your life would be if you were working in your Dream Job?” It would obviously be living a dream to work in a dream job.
I have had a myriad of occupations so far in my life Fireman, Oil field engineer, Ambulance driver, motorcycle mechanic and others, most recently an IT contractor(approx 8 years).
Something that is not mentioned in your assessments are personal appearances which either attract you to a potential employer or put them off, and this is something you are not in complete control of.
I have been told on many occasions especially in the IT world that I resemble a bouncer or builder and I scare clients, this is normally told to me over a drink after work, this is obviously not my intent and this I believe has created problems with getting the right contract.

If I had my dream job I would be happy. I have always imagined that this was possible for me but everytime I have tried something it has never lived up to my expectations. I part trained as an accountant but that did not suit my personality. I retrained as a physiotherapist and again I did not fit that particular mould either although there were aspects of the job I loved.

My dream job would therefore be something I was very good at and felt at home with all aspects of. I would need a job where the company politics were at a minimum or non-existent. I do not like empire building and all the posturing that goes hand in hand with it – I have had enough of it in my 20 years of working to know it is not for me.

My dream job would recognise my strengths which are that I have the ability to knuckle down and get on with the job. For instance, when I was actively working as a physio, I would be able to handle my case load of patients – 50+ 10 new patients per week whilst working in outpatients for example. I could not however cope with the hierachical nature of the health service. It does not suit my personality as I have always run into difficulty with people with big egos but not a lot of substance beneath the waffle. (I am just trying to be honest here, I’m not against people with big egos it is just that we clash and I can’t see that ever changing).

My dream job would know that I have difficulty in promoting myself. As mentioned before, I work hard, I am effective and I can work to a very high standard but I am useless when it comes to asking for pay rises, saying how good I am etc. These things do not come naturally to me at all and I fall behind everyone else as a result. I would need to work with really intelligent, sensitive, serious, emotionally mature people who were also inspiring, motivating and fun to truly fulfil my requirements for a dream job. I am a bufoon when it comes to selling myself. Any one who knows me, knows I am very good at a lot of things but my personality is one of low self esteem. I have tried to work on this for years but unsuccessfully. I have been told on numerous occasions that I tend to downplay my talents and strengths whereas the rest of the world is playing the game of bumfing up their strengths. Again, my dream job would have to take account of my shortcomings in this area.

My dream job would also need to have a creative aspect to it. I enjoy writing and have always been praised for my writing skills both at school and at university and in various jobs. However I am a slow starter (always have been). For instance if I run, my acceleration is slow at first but after 3-4 seconds I pick up speed. So like in my work, I am a fast sprinter but a slow starter and it is always my slow starts that hold me back. Even though I didn’t design myself, so I had no choice in how I turned out. In my experience, in the world of work, I am always left miles behind the rest because I don’t talk quickly and I tend to think through a subject before I pass comment on it. My dream job would appreciate this rather than bully it. I can’t be that dim if I managed to get a 2:1 degree at the age of 36.

I don’t know what my dream job is, but I am inspiring to others, gregarious and hard working and I am clever/intelligent so it is possible for mundane things to bore me. Some mundane activities are fine as it allows time for reflection but I want something that allows me to be creative and use my mind.

“Having your dream job”

Your job makes out 76% of your day (for 5 out of 7 days):
From 5am-6am you get ready, 6am-8am you sit in traffic, then you work until at least 5pm, it takes at least 1 hour to get home and then you’re so tired you pass out by 10pm. So out of 17 hours that I’m awake I’m dreading 13 hours of them because I am nervous of going to a job I dislike intensely, then for 9 hours I hate what I’m doing and then for the rest of the day I’m so tired and drained because I dislike what I’m doing, that I spend the rest of the evening dreading going back to work the next day hehe.

Having my dream job means that instead of dreading most of my life and being anxious all the time, I can be at peace with myself and mean so much more to the people around me. Yes, I would be happy, satisfied, etc etc. I would experience all of those things, but the most important thing is that I won’t be WASTING the precious life that has been given to me – because for once in my 26 years on this earth I would have the TOOLS to make the most of my talents and skills.

The worst thing in life, I think, is having talents but not knowing HOW to use them.

A dream job is more than just a job. It means that you actually understand who you are as a person, how to use your talents and how to improve your weaknesses. The dream job is just a product of the fact that you really know who you are and how to better yourself, to appreciate yourself and grow.

I think this course has the potential to change your life and how you view life. Landing your dream job through it is just one of the many bonuses.

If I had my dream job I would bounce out of bed in the morning and i’d be so immersed in my subject matter i’d do further research in my own time. All the good aspects of my current job would be multiplied so they make up the larger proportion of my job.

I read about People Maps in The Herald Business magazine. I completed the on-line questionnaire and….I’m not any wiser. Where is this informative ‘free’ report. At this moment for me it all looks like hype and the usual empty delivery. Sorry PeopleMaps you just didn’t fulfill your pledge …prove me wrong.

Kind Regards

Dear Martin
Thanks for the test It opens your mind on how the world is changing .I have put my web site for you to go to .I had to start this being unemployed in the building industry in south africa . We in south africa don’t only have no work but being a WHITE MALE with affermative action on our heads don’t help.
All companys must have EQUITTY in there businesses I fell like to apply for political sylum in england .This is apartheid in revers.Thanks again Brian Henry

you know me better than myself! To land my dream job would repair years of self doubt and a journey that has been diificult to go through _I was harrassed- i can now see light at the end of the tunnel !