BIRKMAN PERSONALITY QUIZ

By Rob Escalona

INTERESTS• People with yellow interests like job

responsibilities such as organizing and systematizing.

• Professions that are detail-oriented, predictable, and objective.

• They enjoy activities that include: ordering, numbering, scheduling, maintaining, measuring, specifying details, and archiving.

• Leads to work in research, banking, accounting, systems analysis, tax law, finance, government work, and engineering.

STYLES• People with blue styles prefer to perform their

job responsibilities in a manner that is helpful to others with a minimum of confrontation.

• They prefer to work where they have time to think things through before acting.

• People with blue style tend to be insightful, reflective, selectively sociable, creative, thoughtful, emotional, imaginative, and sensitive.

• They thrive in a cutting edge, informally paced, future-oriented environment.

Accountant Accountants analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities with an organization.

Accountant• Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to

proper accounts.

• Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.

• Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities.

• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements.

A day in the life of an accountant…

Accountant

• Entry level accountants make approximately $50,050 annually.

• Experienced level accountants make approximately $92,540 annually.

Present and future wages of an accountant…

AccountantIn order to become an accountant you must…

• Most of these occupations require a four - year bachelor's degree.

• The training for an accountant is employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Paying Your Dues…

Accountant

This career is always going to be needed which is great but it seems like boring work and is not something I would want to do for the majority of my life.

Reflection…

Lodging Manager A Lodging manager plans, directs,

or coordinates activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.

Lodging Manager

• Greet and register guests• Assign duties to workers, and schedule

shifts• Train staff members• Show, rent, or assign accommodations• Collect payments, and record data

pertaining to funds and expenditures• Ect.

A day in the life of a lodging manager

Lodging Manager

• Entry level lodging managers make approximately $40,210.

• Experienced lodging managers make approximately $83,920.

Present and future wages of a lodging manager…

Lodging Manager

• Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

• Some may require a bachelor's degree. • Employees in these occupations usually

need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Paying your dues…

Lodging Manager

Being a lodging manager seems like an interesting job because there would be something new to do every day. The pay is decent and is something I am interested in.

Reflection..

ASTRONOMER• Observe, research, and interpret celestial

and astronomical phenomena

• Increase basic knowledge and apply such information to practical problems.

ASTRONOMER• Study celestial phenomena, using a variety of ground-based

and space-borne telescopes and scientific instruments.

• Analyze research data to determine its significance, using computers.

• Present research findings at scientific conferences and in papers written for scientific journals.

• Measure radio, infrared, gamma, and x-ray emissions from extraterrestrial sources.

• Calculate orbits and determine sizes, shapes, brightness, and motions of different celestial bodies.

A day in the life of an astronomer…

Astronomer

•Entry level workers make approximately $31.00 per hour.

•Experienced workers make approximately $63.00 per hour.

Present and future wages of an astronomer…

ASTRONOMER

• A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations.

• Many also require graduate school. • Employees may need some on-the-job training.• Most of these occupations assume that the

person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Paying your dues…

Astronomer

Astronomers will always have something to do because there is always something new in space. This could be an interesting job and possibly something I would look into.

Reflection…