Hey, I'm Jazzy Jordz, and you're watching Crack your Career.
Today, I'll teach you how to get to grips with your professional profile,
figure out your interests, the values that drive you
and how they can help prioritise
what you're looking for in a job or industry.
Long story short,
we'll do some tests, to figure out who you are.
A bit like you'd do the quiz to find out which Marvel character you are.
I'm Iron Man.
But it's a bit more serious than that, obviously.
Up for it? You've come to the right place.
Welcome to JobTeaser.
The Chinese philosopher Confucius
believed education was the source of all virtue
and encouraged people to "choose a job that you love
and you will never work a day in your life."
Okay, wise guys, easier said than done!
It's definitely true that
when you've just started looking into the job market,
choosing a job you love isn't something you can just do.
That's why you need a methodology to back you up.
And we love methodologies here at JobTeaser,
especially when they work.
When figuring out who you are
and the job or industry you'll thrive in,
a good place to start is asking yourself what your interests and values are.
When put like that, it probably sounds like
a mountain to climb,
but don't panic, we'll break it down into small little tasks for you.
Let's start with what you're interested in at work,
with our very own resource, called MARCO.
We've named it after the explorer Marco Polo.
And MARCO's an online test that you can do by clicking below.
It takes under 15 minutes,
about as long as we'd need to tell you how we made it.
And you can use it to identify
how compatible you are with certain types of jobs.
If you give it a go, my main tip is not to overthink the answers.
The more spontaneous your answers,
the more you'll get an honest sense of what you really need.
- Ketchup or mayo with your fries? - Ketchup.
See? Spontaneous.
Ketchup is what I need.
We based the test on the PSICO model,
devised by psychologist Jean-Luc Bernaud.
PSICO? Isn't that the name of a cocktail?
PSICO Sour, anyone?
So what do all the different parts of the test tell us?
Each of the five letters represents one element.
Everyone's profile has two dimensions.
One major, one minor.
Good at maths?
You'll have realised there are 20 possible profiles.
The 'P' stands for Practical.
You have a preference for technical work,
maintenance, physical labour,
and/or jobs that let you get into nature.
You are handy, you love working with tools, equipment and machines.
Your role might be technical
or it might be a really hands-on role in construction.
The 'P' profile is active and works towards solid results.
In another life, you may have been the guy who made the Eiffel Tower.
'S' stands for Scientific.
You stand out for your abstract critical thinking.
You love theory, gathering together information,
analysing data
and/or solving problems.
You feel a real need to understand your environment
and expand your knowledge.
You look for intellectual stimulation from your work.
Maybe you're a great fit for a career as a researcher, like Stephen Hawking,
or a data analyst.
Lucky for you! There's no shortage of data to analyse.
'I' is for Innovator.
Good old innovation!
This magic word opens the door to new industries.
You have to prove you've got the learning and creativity to be an innovator.
Are you someone who needs to express yourself both inside and outside of work?
And really value freedom and spontaneity in what you do?
You're likely an 'I'.
Like Frida Kahlo, you can express your amazing artistic talents
and develop innovative work in creative industries and the arts.
'C' stands for Conciliator.
A conciliator is like a mediator.
So what does that mean?
It means you love contact.
You're a natural communicator
and love sharing responsibilities and collaborative work,
as well as advising, informing and helping people.
You're more inclined to resolve conflict
rather than compete with people.
You're kind of like the Nelson Mandela of your friendship group, right?
Last but not least,
'O' is for Organiser.
You're meticulous
with an eye for business.
You love managing people, systems or maybe both!
You're comfortable dealing with anything to do with
business, economics or administration
and you're not afraid to make decisions and take on big projects.
You'll be the boss one day,
like Anna Wintour.
So what are you? Practical? Scientific?
An Innovator, Conciliator or an Organiser?
Thanks to MARCO, you'll be able to find out.
And most importantly,
you'll get an idea of the work you might like to explore.
And you'll find out if you're more of a Spike Lee,
Pina Bausch, Charles Darwin or Rihanna.
I mean, obviously big names like that haven't done the test,
and it'd be pretty rude to dig Darwin up and ask him.
But I've done it. I'm Leonardo da Vinci.
So, Practical and Scientific,
let's add another dimension to your profile now
and find out about another way to get to know yourself.
It's about your values.
A person's professional values
are the ideals, objectives and needs they want to meet in their career.
Our online test FREYA will help you figure yours out.
We based FREYA on research by Schwartz, Quinn, Ryan and Deci.
FREYA will help you figure out and assess what you need
in your workplace to feel motivated and fulfilled.
Everyone needs something slightly different,
but we've grouped all the different values into five categories.
Social good.
Social good means working for a better society or the environment,
as well as social justice.
What's your business working towards? What's its impact on nature?
The climate? And diversity?
Questions like this are becoming more and more important for a lot of us.
Helping people.
Do you want to help and cooperate with people in your job?
Are respect, honesty,
supporting fellow professionals and working together important to you?
If you really want to work somewhere with a welcoming, positive atmosphere,
this is the value that you need to focus on.
Good conditions.
Given that you're going to be spending a lot of time at work,
it's important that they are right for you.
What kind of work-life balance do you want?
What hours?
And are you independently-minded
or do you like it if you're given tasks to do?
And then the big ones.
How much do you want to get paid? What are your aspirations?
Missions and tasks.
Are the tasks that you do stimulating?
And do they help you develop or could you do them on autopilot?
If it's crucial for you to use your abilities to the max,
keep learning every day and have new challenges to overcome,
this needs to be your focus.
Recognition.
This means getting recognition from other people and having status.
Is it important to you
to work for a cutting-edge company everyone's talking about?
Then you go all out and achieve that status.
Most importantly, remember there are no wrong answers here.
You're what matters.
The values your job lets you live out will need to match your own values.
It's simple enough.
If your values match up, you'll get job satisfaction, what else?
Of course it would be amazing if your job just ticked every box,
but for now, you're going to have to prioritise.
Start by putting your values on a scale
ranging from not at all important
all the way up to super important.
Now you've got a better understanding
of your professional interests and values, it's time for action.
Now we're generating opportunities, we need to follow a series of easy steps.
This is what the theorists John Krumboltz and Al Levin
called Planned Happenstance.
Speaking with people, carrying on learning,
trying new things,
committing to a project
and being entrepreneurial and creating things.
In other words,
being proactive.
Planned Happenstance is a way of describing how you grow and develop
thanks to the people you happen to meet, your experiences, projects and talents.
It can change the way you value different things.
That's the aim, anyway.
Embrace the change that comes your way.
Krumboltz and Levin believed
that no one can set a route map for their career.
It all depends on the learning experiences you have
and the people you meet all throughout your life.
Planned or unplanned!
That's all well and good up to a point.
But it's fair to say,
if you've reached the age of 25
without kicking a football,
you probably won't be the next Lionel Messi.
Forget what your tarot cards say.
Let's sum it all up!
One of the essentials for a good working life is being proactive
and keeping your mind open to happenstance.
Don't wait around passively for fate to take its course,
because, like Louis Pasteur said, "Fortune favours the prepared mind."
And don't forget that the way you match up opportunities and your own values
will certainly change throughout your life.
Still...
can't hurt to know what my tarot cards say, right?