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Other publications available at the MBA Career Resource Center
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10.01 - The aptitude Test Workbook
Barrett, Jim. Kogan Page: UK, 2004
Subject: Self Assessment

Contains over 400 practice questions plus expert tips and explanations. Helps candidates discover their strengths, improve key skills and prepare for real tests. It will also help candidates to gain greater awareness of their aptitudes and abilities - what they are good at and which jobs they might be best suited to.

10.02 - Aptitude, Personality, Motivation Tests
Jim Barrett. Kogan Page: UK, 2004
Subject: Self Assessment

Jim Barrett has compiled yet more aptitude, personality and motivation tests so the readers can further build upon their own personal profile of attributes and skills. . The tests are ideal preparation for any selection or assessment situations, providing comprehensive, proven psychological methods that will enable anyone to understand and fully exploit their natural abilities. Types of test include visual reasoning, numerical reasoning, verbal analysis, sequential reasoning, spatial recognition and vocabulary.

10.03 - Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton. The Gallup Organization: UK, 2001
Subject: Self Assessment

This book provides you with comprehensive, well-proven, psycological methods that enable you to understand and make full use of your abilities. If you follow the instructions you will be able to build a personal profile of attibutes and skills

51.01 - What Colour is Your Parachute? A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers
Richard Nelson Bolles. Ten Speed Press. Berkeley, 2003
Key Words: Job Search

The exercices in the Appendix A, "The Flower Exercice: A picture of the job of your dreams" (pages 329-369), will let you obtain the picture of your ideal work  after analizing  the geography of where would you like to work, your interests, people & environment, values & goals, working conditions and  salary & responsability levels.  

Complementing the paper book, the author has created a website with more resources (articles, job sources,..etc.) including self assessment test:  http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/counseling/ptests.shtml

10.05 - Cómo evaluar y mejorar su potencial
Brian O'neill & Liz O'neill. Géstión 2000: Barcelona, 2003.
Subject: Self Assessement