Comments on: What career for one who likes these things?

Question: What career for one who likes these things?

Malad — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:49:32 -0800

Careerfinder: for one who enjoys the following, what career?

For someone who enjoys and is good at the following things:

-Asking lots of questions to understand topics or people
-Problem-solving and thinking quickly in the moment to find a solution
-Synthesizing bits and pieces of knowledge into a framework or creative solution over the course of a dialogue
-Being a highly focused and active listener
-Public speaking
-Doing research to find solutions to problems
-The joy of verbal competition in debate
-Helping people see things they hadn't seen before
-The challenge and rush of improvisation
-The magic of experimenting and finding something new; discovery

Possible subject areas of interest: philosopy, law, psychology, technology, but is open to other suggestions.

What career(s)?

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:05:45 -0800

lawyer

By: c lion

c lion — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:05:48 -0800

Litigator

By: Ostara

Ostara — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:07:29 -0800

Marketing for a smaller company or a start-up -- Perhaps a marketing assistant or marketing coordinator position. Marketing delves very heavily into psychology, technology and law. Not so much into philosophy, but you can cover that during Happy Hour after work!

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:11:51 -0800

Librarian. Any variety can do, but my wife is a law librarian and this description sounds like her average day.

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:18:11 -0800

Sell-side securities analyst. But you need to tinker with spreadsheets a lot, too.

By: thomas144

thomas144 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:21:48 -0800

Marketing.

By: exphysicist345

exphysicist345 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:24:12 -0800

Career counselor: a one-on-one personalized approach, as well as imaginative presentations to groups, research to find the names and details of professions/occupations, and the never-ending flow of people, each with her own strengths, experiences, and preferences for you to ascertain and synthesize into ideas for her life's work.

By: gauchodaspampas

gauchodaspampas — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:28:07 -0800

Legislation or public policy.

By: blue mustard

blue mustard — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:29:40 -0800

Management consultant

By: AmbroseChapel

AmbroseChapel — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:30:04 -0800

What about acting?

By: gauchodaspampas

gauchodaspampas — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:30:11 -0800

Or I guess a better fit for what I had in mind would be a lobbyist.

By: Salvatorparadise

Salvatorparadise — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:30:33 -0800

journalist/reporter

i've been doing it my whole professional life (5 or so years) and although for about the first 5 years or so it pays peanuts, i wouldn't trade it for the world

i absolutely love what i do every day! and it includes all of the above!

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:33:28 -0800

Police.

By: Mrs Hilksom

Mrs Hilksom — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:39:40 -0800

Seconding journalist. You'll spend the rest of your life learning and you'll never be bored. You can make a real difference in the world.

By: The corpse in the library

The corpse in the library — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:40:32 -0800

Tech editor or factchecker, but there's no public speaking.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:42:43 -0800

Software sales. If you have a stronger tech background, sales engineer. Every potential client is a new problem to solve.

By: ohio

ohio — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:01:44 -0800

You sound like a good trial lawyer. Prosecutor or public defense or plaintiff's side litigation.

By: Rykey

Rykey — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:19:15 -0800

Seconding librarianship.

By: Madamina

Madamina — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:20:30 -0800

Public relations -- specifically, being a spokesperson for a company or university.

By: tosteka

tosteka — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:20:32 -0800

Mortgage broker or paralegal

http://orlando.craigslist.org/lgl/568190035.html

By: taojones

taojones — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:25:02 -0800

It sounds like you might make a good business analyst. In this role you'd talk to people, figure out what's bugging them, research their problem, come up with a solution and present it. The only item in your list that doesn't seem relevant is the verbal competition in debate part, but you could argue about your billing rate, I guess.

By: indienial

indienial — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:26:05 -0800

DEFINITELY journalist. All those qualities are very important to have if you're in media.

By: Andy's Gross Wart

Andy's Gross Wart — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:27:10 -0800

More specifically in the marketing field: qualitative research analyst

By: Andy's Gross Wart

Andy's Gross Wart — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:28:20 -0800

Corrected link: qualitative research analyst

By: divabat

divabat — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:07:26 -0800

Most jobs in BrainStore, a company whose main product is ideas, would suit you. I'm not sure about the verbal debates, but everything else is well taken care of.

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:30:03 -0800

executive assistant

By: baho

baho — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:56:07 -0800

Teacher.

By: kingtaj

kingtaj — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:52:17 -0800

Murder detective.

By: notjustfoxybrown

notjustfoxybrown — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:22:08 -0800

Legislative aide ....state or federal level.

By: pseudostrabismus

pseudostrabismus — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:42:54 -0800

Television host? Webcaster?

By: pseudostrabismus

pseudostrabismus — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:43:55 -0800

Oh, when I say host, I guess I mean host/producer, so you can research some of your own stories, rather than just reading off a prompter.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:02:18 -0800

Tech support.

By: Dr.James.Orin.Incandenza

Dr.James.Orin.Incandenza — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:53:27 -0800

journalism / public policy

By: penguin pie

penguin pie — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:39:01 -0800

Another vote for journalist.

By: flaneuse

flaneuse — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:59:21 -0800

professor

By: easy_being_green

easy_being_green — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:11:25 -0800

Try taking the Meyers-Briggs personality test and comparing your results with a book like this. The website actually lists some career opportunities there, but the book goes more in-depth. It was really helpful for me.

I should qualify this advice by saying that I'm not a psychologist or psychiatrist. The above link looks like what I remember from the test in a college psych class, but I'm not totally sure it's the real one, but the results were roughly the same as when I took the test a year ago. It's difficult to take it online without paying for it because technically you're supposed to do it with a professional, which I am not.