Motivated Skills Test
Introduction: Take The Test
Have you ever felt that you have been in your job too long and couldn't switch careers because you are unqualified or didn't have the proper skills? Whether you are under-utilized, underpaid, fighting obsolescence, burned-out, laid-off, topped-out, stagnating or feeling that something new would be a futile effort, then you've come to the right place.
Many people have the perception that they are unmarketable when, in fact, they are highly marketable. They sometimes subscribe to the belief that being marketable requires formal, often extensive, education or training in technical subject matters or even an MBA. Not true!
The way out of this shadowy land of doubt is through a clear understanding of the nature of skills. In essence, a skill means an ability to perform in a competent manner, to be proficient in some activity. There are three basic types of skills: Functional-Transferable, Self-Management and Work-Content.
The first step in opening up your career horizons is to identify your key functional-transferable skills. The process of skill identification can be done quickly, using our interactive test device that you can take and score online and then print out.
Knowledge of your motivated skills will give you the foundation for marketing yourself effectively. The payoff for you, channeling your motivated skills into employment, will be your enhanced job satisfaction and success, and for your employer, high morale and productivity.
This is a great test that will help you identify:
- Your proficiencies in a broad range of functional-transferable skill areas
- Your level of motivation to use these skills
- Skills you wish to emphasize in future work assignments
- A scenario of career satisfaction using your newly-identified motivated skills
- Factors you must address to develop a solid career plan
- How to apply what you've learned to set your career direction
This is an easy, no wrong answer test. It is highly effective in helping you to plot your career direction by understanding your motivated skills, how effective you are using them, what you are attracted to and the strength of that attraction.
The Motivated Skills Test® was developed by Richard L. Knowdell, President, Career Research & Testing, Inc., P.O. Box 611930, San Jose, CA 95161; 408-441-9100. Stewart, Cooper & Coon programmed the test for use in an interactive format and Mr. Knowdell has authorized us to use it on this website.
