Living Beyond Hemophilia

Body, Brain, and People Skills

What special talents do you have and what careers require your skills set? By assessing your abilities and interests, you will be able to identify jobs for you. For example, if you enjoy planning activities for you and your friends, you might consider a career in event planning. Have people told you that you are a great listener? Maybe you would find great satisfaction in being a counselor. The opportunities are endless!

Body Skills

Good with hand-eye coordination (keyboards, gaming)
Enjoy assembling or building things, based on instructions
Enjoy assembling or building things, based on my gut and creativity
Can fix a car or change a tire
Can build a skateboard ramp or fort
Can build a computer
Enjoy being artistic
Like to cook following a recipe
Like to cook with creativity, no recipe
Enjoy planting and growing
Good with training and taking care of animals
Enjoy working out

Brain Skills

Like to read
Can easily organize things
Enjoy multi-tasking
Like to write
Enjoy problem solving and solving puzzles
Can work with numbers well
Enjoy repetition of tasks
Like to learn and be challenged by new things
Have a great memory
Can envision or think long-term
Like to envision the potential of something or someone
Can be objective about a situation and offer a solution

People Skills

Enjoy a large party and being at the center of it
Like one-on-one conversations
Have few problems with speeches or public speaking
Enjoy talking on the phone
Prefer not to talk on the phone, except when necessary
Like talking and helping strangers
Do not like to be alone
Have no problem assigning work to others and managing that team
Enjoy making decisions
Like to help people
Like to make people feel better or healthier

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Take a look at the above check list and see in which category you have the most boxes checked. Below is a brief assessment that may help you start thinking about different career options:

Majority of body skills checked: You might consider jobs that require precision working with your hands, tools or instruments or having agility, speed, strength or stamina. Possible jobs that require body skills include yoga instructor, personal trainer, carpenter, artist, mechanic, chef, landscape architect, and many others.

Majority of brain skills checked: You might consider jobs that require you to be imaginative or inventive, or you have to create new plans or lay out step-by-step processes to achieve a goal. Possible careers for people who enjoy processing and creating include accounting, teaching, business consulting, architect, paralegal, writer/journalist, or engineer.

Majority of people skills checked: Jobs that involve advising, coaching, mentoring, or empowering others might be ones you want to research further. People skills also contribute to success in representing or interpreting or articulating others’ ideas or language. Possible job options that might interest you include marketing, acting, counseling, public service, or teaching.

These are only a few of the many career options that might be of interest to you. CareerOneStop.org is a great resource that gives advice about future careers, education or training required for each, and salary/benefit information. Check out this site for more information that can help you research a specific path for your future.