Career ideas using the Highlands Ability Battery

Hi, it’s Dr. Denise, and I wonder if you are one of those people who are not really happy in your job. You know you want to have something else, but you just don’t know what it is that you should do. You could be like many of the younger people I work with who […]
Making Informed Career Choices: The Role of Career Assessments

Discover the world of career assessments and their role in decision-making. Learn about the different types available, their benefits, and limitations. Uncover the power of personality, aptitude, and interest tests in guiding meaningful career choices. Make informed decisions to shape your future. Career assessments can help you make a career decision. There are many […]
The Highlands Ability Battery assessment

Hi, it’s Dr. Denise Taylor and I just wanted to give an updated video on the Highlands Ability Battery. There are lots of assessments out there that will help you to understand more about possible careers, but most of them are based on self-report. You have interest inventories where you say whether you like […]
Who am I?

It’s the big question, to understand ourselves, and that’s why there are so many self help books, and people love to take quizzes on line. These help to some extent, but any self-report is only as good as what you already know about yourself. And most people do not know themselves well. Whilst I offer […]
Character Strengths

At all ages we can learn much from going deeper inside, to understand more about the person we are. This can be through a personality assessment, values exercise and more. Something I’ve been reminded of recently is Character Strengths. There are 24 character strengths that we all possess, in varying degrees. What is interesting is […]
Shine as the person you are

We spend too much time trying to fit in when we should really stand out. In the workplace we try and be the person we think our company and boss wants and lose some of who we are in the process. I found that when I became more comfortable with the person I was, I […]
Personality Don’t rush – take your time

Recently back from a holiday and I got thinking about people’s approach to travel to the airport. I allow masses of time. I want to get through passport control and take time to relax. I usually book an airport lounge so I can have a couple of drinks and some food. Things normally work well, […]
Introducing Career Tests to understand more about your abilities, personality, interests etc.

Introducing Career Tests Career tests will help you to understand more about your abilities, personality, interests and more. Using career tests can be an effective means of making a career choice and increasing career satisfaction. There are a wide number of career tests available, and deciding which to choose can be confusing. Each can play […]
MBTI – Choose a report to learn more about your personal style

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a popular measure of personal style. Whilst there are free versions (similar to the official MBTI assessment) available, they are not as detailed as the official paid for service, and you need to pay to receive a detailed report. But which MBTI report? There are so many to […]
Highlands Ability Battery Feedback

Do you want to know what you are good at – your real strengths, that underlay who you are, not just what you think are your strengths? Dan Pick, author of 5 best-selling business books including Drive took the Johnson O’Connor series of aptitude tests which confirmed he could generate ideas quickly and finds it […]