Good and Truly Bad Career Tests on the Internet

I am so pissed (not drunk for you English Folks, but really angry).

I just wasted about 1 hour taking a competitor's (LiveCareer.com) online career test and trying to read the report.

This was supposed to be a free test designed by a psychologist, but when I got to the end they wanted $24.95 to $39.95 to actually get a copy of the report. 

This whole web site exists for the purpose of advertising.

I only took this test because Google has them ranked #4 for the term "career test."  Plus Google gives them a page rank of 7 (PR7).  And this is a crap career test. Let me tell you...

There was 100 questions to answer.

In between every 10 questions there was at least one full page advertisement, and one not so subtle advert designed as a bonus question.  Bonus Question in a career test?  Who are you fooling?

Worse than the ads, they forced me to choose between answers that I did not want to select.  Each question has 3 answers and you have to mark which activity you like the most and which you like the least.

Well what if you hate all three choices.   Here is an example.

Which do you prefer to do the most and which do you like the least:
A) Running a boarding house for students.
B) Illustrating children's books
C) Teaching needy children overseas

Well I don't want to do any of those.  Nor am I any good at any of those things.  Yet they forced me to pick one that I want to do.  That's absurd.

I could not concentrate with all these ads flying around.  I was sure I would accidentally click on one and be bombarded with their email the rest of my life.

Then to read my report, I had to look at and find my way through  about 15 more full page ads.  They stuffed one advertisement between every page of my career test report.  That is total bullsh...

I have taken many career tests and this by far is the most intrusive and annoying career assesment test I have seen on our 10 years on the internet.

They said their career test was created by  Dr. Douglas N. Jackson.  Well Dr Jackson, you sold out to advertising.  Guess you don't really care whether people use your tool to find a better career.

So here is my sales pitch.  The career test at www.CareerPlanner.com has no advertising.  Plus it does not force you to choose answers you don't like which will throw off your results.

It does cost $19.95 to $29.95 and they tell you that right up front.  When you read your test report it won't be full of advertising.  Plus it's accurate and reliable and they have a full money back guarantee.  Also, they know what they are doing at CareerPlanner.com.

And here is my disclaimer.  I own CareerPlanner.com.  We have been helping people find better more rewarding and more fulfilling careers for over 10 years.