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QUIZ: What would be your perfect alternative career?
Let us guess your preferred industry-switch.
EVER FIND YOURSELF checking the clock at work, only to feel like the minute hand hasn’t even moved a millimetre since the last time you looked? Or that you can feel yourself ageing in real time? If so, you could probably do with switching things up.
And further study can be a brilliant way to both change up your career or to progress to a higher role within the same company or industry – especially when you’re able to fit it into your busy schedule.
So, which job would you have in a parallel universe? All of us have a wide enough skill-set and interests that we could nail at least one other job – if not many.
Find what yours would be in the quiz below.
1. What was your favourite activity as a kid?
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Building stuff with Lego
Counting things with an abacus
Making and selling lemonade
Playing Cops and Robbers
2. What would be your pub quiz special topic?
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The world's most successful entrepreneurs
The Budget
Famous buildings of the world
True crime
3. Which of these subjects did you like the most in school?
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Maths
English
Physics
Business
4. What's your pet hate at work?
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An inbox with 100 emails
Having to do something less efficiently than you could
Colleagues breaking the rules
Your boss not listening to you
5. Which of these languages would you love to become fluent in?
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Latin
German
French
Chinese
6. Choose something to do on your lunch break.
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A walk in the park
Sort out your finances
Go clothes shopping
Catch up on the news
7. What's most important to you in a job?
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The money
The prestige
Doing something you love
Making an impact
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Your perfect alternative career would be in... accounting
You are great at crunching numbers, your organisation skills are the best of anyone you know and you get great satisfaction from doing things properly. Why not check out the blended courses at Griffith College?
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Your perfect alternative career would be in... engineering
You always approach things with a lot of logic, have a very structured way of dealing with things and an appreciation for being as efficient as possible. Why not check out the blended courses at Griffith College?
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You scored out of !
Your perfect alternative career would be in... law
You're always fascinated by ongoing court cases and have a strong appreciation for getting justice for those who you feel have been mistreated. Why not check out the blended courses at Griffith College?
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You scored out of !
Your perfect alternative career would be in... business
You always have your eye on brilliant new Irish businesses and are a great source of nifty ideas, no matter how big or small. Why not check out the blended courses at Griffith College?
Always wanted to study something but not in a position to leave your job to do it? Griffith College offers a number of brilliant courses through blended learning – meaning that you can achieve your degree in a flexible environment that suits your lifestyle. Have a look at their full range of blended courses here.
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