Personality
I took a personality test for a job interview, and found it surprising how rating 64 words could come out with such a long description of me. Some of it I like, some of it I don’t, and the bit about me being uncomfortable around people that bend the truth and therefore avoiding a job in law or politics is priceless.
Anyway here it is:
Rosemary is an optimistic and capable individual who is normally able to cope with change in a flexible
manner. She has a tendency to be creative and likes the challenge of new ideas. Such people are generally
much sought after in today’s rapidly changing world of work, in which reorganisation is both necessary and
inevitable as a result of the increasingly competitive market. She is likely to be the type of person who is
able to act decisively when putting new ideas into practice. Both her enthusiasm and persuasive manner
should have the effect of motivating others.
• Rosemary is not easily discouraged and focuses on success rather than failure which means that she should
be particularly hardy and able to cope with stress at work. However, while her influence will generally be
beneficial, it will usually require active support from her supervisors if it is to result in success. Her optimism
should inspire confidence, but her capacity to achieve results would be much enhanced in the presence of
colleagues of a similar underlying disposition. Many organisations have learnt to their peril that the forces
of inertia can be overwhelming, and that managing change requires the introduction of change agents at
several levels of management.
• Rosemary tends to be a trustworthy person, and to believe in the value of honesty and integrity in her
dealings with others. She usually has little time for manipulation or deceit as a means of achieving her ends
and can feel uncomfortable if expected or tempted to tell deliberate lies in order to further her objectives.
Rosemary will generally show concern and be considerate towards colleagues, being fair in her dealings
with them. Her natural inclination is to be helpful and to do her best to understand their problems in an
unselfish way. In a supervisory position, her caring nature would be expected to lead her to exercise
authority in a charitable and sympathetic manner.
• Rosemary’s ability to put others before herself means that colleagues may benefit from her supportive
nature in the work environment. She is not generally comfortable in the company of those whose careers
depends on twisting the truth, and can become confused when confronted with the contradictions inherent
in their position. She is probably not suited to a career in some occupations within sales, politics or the law
that depend on seeing things from several points of view.
• Rosemary appears to be a little more easy going than average in her attitude to work. She tends to value
both her work environment and her social life at home and outside her employment. She is reasonably
tolerant concerning other people’s styles of working, although she has a preference for those who do not
take matters too seriously, liking people who share her own balanced view. Like most people, she is less
content when the work environment becomes difficult or when the pressure to perform becomes excessive.
She is able to work unsupervised so long as she has been given adequate instructions. Similarly she works
best with clear guidelines concerning allowances and time off, and will attempt to keep to these.
• Rosemary’s critical skills appear to be in the high average range for the working population. She tends to be
quite independent and usually prefers to make up her own mind rather than have it made for her. On the
other hand, she can be expected to be loyal to organisational values when she agrees with them. She will
normally thrive in an atmosphere in which her own ideas and those of the company coincide. She is usually
able to act on her own initiative and will take pride in her position, especially if her supervisors have been
able to show that they have confidence in her. She may sometimes be inclined to question the justification
for certain aspects of policy, but this will normally be done constructively.
Those that know me, what do you think?
Filed under news | Comment (0)The Keith
It’s been some months now since I began to share my house with a hyperactive house rabbit. There’s been ups, there’s been downs, there’s been wee on the sofa. But most of all it’s been surprising. Surprising how involved the Keith is in what I’m doing.
Keith has moods and phases. At this moment he is god knows where, the spare room probably, because that’s the only room he’s not allowed in. He is deliberately ignoring me, or has forgotten I am here, or just distracted. But anyway he is absent.
Most of the time though he is hopping around my feet, running over my lap, sniffing my face while I’m trying to do something, sitting on the sofa just below where I’m sitting, scratching on the bedroom door because he wants to come in, running laps around the room as fast as he can, attempting to eat or drink whatever I am eating or drinking, “romancing” a stuffed toy rabbit against my leg. Basically, he is IN MY FACE.
I love rabbits, I think they’re the cutest little cute things ever. When I saw the Keith in the petshop, even though I had decided against getting a bunny that day, I knew he was for me. Still, I didn’t expect us to bond quite so strongly. I don’t know what it is, maybe it was when he was ill and I syringe fed him in my arms, maybe it’s his comedy teeth, maybe it’s the fact that he never does what I tell him unless I am holding food, but he and I, we’re family. He’s my little bunny baby, and I’m his bossy human mother, telling him to get off the keyboard, to go sit in his cage, that he’s not getting a green bean until he’s eaten his hay.
When I have a lie in he comes up to the bedroom and plays on the bed. Running back and forth, sniffing me, chewing a book, trying to stick his head in my cup of tea. When I get home from work he runs up and down his cage until I open the door and he hops around my feet for a bit. Okay, maybe the cage bit is not so like a real child…
Still, the Keith and I… That’s a relationship that’s for keeps.
btw, Keith has his own twitter, check him out: www.twitter.com/keithfloydbunny
Filed under news | Comment (0)Up Up Down Left Left Right
Cleaning my house is like a computer game, each room being a different level and introducing new challenges.
Level one: Hallway The introductory level, you need to move a few shoes, throw away a few pizza menus and run a hoover over a small space. You learn the key moves of the game, and can’t die at this level.
Level two: Office A few more things to pick up and move this time, and a bit fiddlier as well. Mugs and glasses are introduced which involve a few round trips to the kitchen. Bigger area to hoover.
Level three: Living room At this point you realise that you only have a limited amount of time to complete the entire game (one Sunday) or else you have to go back to the beginning. You start to speed up a little, try to do things more methodically, start to panic a little, the methodical elements drop out again. You experience your first really tricky move- there is a pile that no matter how much you try to clear it it keeps growing. You realise you have to speed clear it in order to stop the mess breeding. By the end of the level your heart is beating a little faster, you start to feel a sense of achievement, and start egging yourself on. Yeess…. Next level please…
Level four: Kitchen All of a sudden the game play changes drastically. First you must seek out washing up from all areas of the house. You hunt down mugs, plates and bowls but can’t find some mysterious missing spoon. Eventually you locate it in the rabbit hutch. A new element of danger is introduced: water. If you get too wet you will have to change your clothes before you can continue. But the longer you take over things the less time you will have to complete future levels. You must learn new skills like scrub. As the level ends you realise this is now a different game alltogether.
Level five: Bathroom Similar to level four, but protective equipment must be donned for this level. Also the place is over run with germies that will kill you on touch, but must also be killed to pass the level. Loads more water. Most dangerous level yet.
Level six: Bedroom This level takes real endurance, but if you’ve not done the previous levels quick enough you will run out of time. Again bottomless mess piles are encountered but this time they’re so much harder. There’s also a new skills to learn, for example folding (tricky, can be time consuming, need to master doing it fast), and sniffing. Sniffing is to determine if something needs folding or throwing in the basket. Sniffing must be used carefully though- sniff the wrong thing in the wrong place and it’s game over.
The Boss fight: The Spare room I don’t know much about completing this level because I haven’t managed it yet, in fact I rarely get to it, but I have heard it’s mental tough. Completely impossible for all but the most dedicated gamers. It is impossible to move through the level as you are entirely surrounded by debris. Many people encounter game over the moment they get to it, THAT’S how tricky it is. If you can make the spare room then you’ve won.
This weekend I’ve got the hallway, office, living room and kitchen clean. The bedroom has been started, the bathroom hasn’t, and I’m not touching the spare room until there is a skip handy.
Filed under news | Comments (2)It’s all over now baby blue
Good bye 2009, you were pants. Really, you were.
You thought you could beat me, you thought you’d come out on top and 2010 would never really come. Well guess what 2009, you lost. I’m still standing, as our Elton once said, and bit by bit I’m getting stronger.
I am the orphan with a gun, crying like a fire in the sun.
So here’s to 2010, here’s to a year of better health, of happiness and accomplishment. (And, most of all, can it be the year of a good job?!).
