I want to be a football referee???
If you haven’t already heard about it, Britain’s National Career Service has an assessment you can do to discover what careers your skills might suit. Not unusual, there are hundreds of these (the Australian government has one as well).
What is unusual is that this one is so bad, it has gone viral. At the end of the assessment it told me there were 3 areas I might be able to work in: manufacturing, health and science and sports and leisure. I just needed to answer a couple more questions specifically on each category. Apparently I should be a:
- Sports and leisure…footy referee
- Manufacturing…leather technologist
- Health and science…psychiatrist
When they flagged health and science I thought they might actually get it right (I am an environmental scientist) but nope. And footy referee and leather technologist, how random are they? Wouldn’t have thought I could build a career out of them. And psychiatrist only requires a million years of study, lol.
The reason it hit the media is because a UK Chancellor flagged the site for people who lost jobs during covid.
You can give the quiz a try here: UK Skills and Career Assessment (takes about 5 minutes).
What career did it recommend for you?
October 14, 2020 at 4:09 am
When you say “footy,” you mean soccer, right? I always got a kick out of the referees in Australian-rules football…
October 17, 2020 at 7:12 am
Actually, when I say footy I mean football – we have 3 codes in Australia: Australian Football League (called AFL), rugby league and rugby union. We call soccer, soccer here. But football referee here would mean soccer because it is an English quiz and they call soccer, football (so confusing, lol)
October 14, 2020 at 6:25 am
I got manufacturing, creative and media, and construction and trades. I can see that. I’m not going to answer more questions, though. I can kind of see how they got me to those three.
October 17, 2020 at 7:13 am
At least you can see how they got you there, Liz. Knowing you, all the creative things I can see as well.
October 14, 2020 at 6:56 am
Business, law, manufacturing
October 17, 2020 at 7:13 am
Hah, not even close (especially as you thought about one and didn’t go there).
October 14, 2020 at 12:23 pm
Mine said I should be a judge. LOL I’m an attorney but I have acted as a temporary judge in Los Angeles County for small claims and traffic matters.
October 17, 2020 at 7:14 am
Oooh, Dena, you did well! I didn’t know you’d acted as a temporary judge… did you enjoy it?
October 23, 2020 at 1:51 pm
I enjoyed it but it was exhausting. Trying to make the right decision isn’t as easy as TV judges make it look LOL