Pursuing an Educational Career?

I got my "Birkman First Look"TM results today.  It didn't tell me stuff that I didn't already know somewhere deep inside.  So that made me curious...  Was it like a horoscope where you got generic statements that you would accept as truth?  Naturally, I peeked at everyone else's reports.  One guy has been in almost all the workshops with me, so we compared notes and we had different reports!  Phew!

Here's my "Life Style" results:

My style:  optimistic and creative
My needs:  friendly competition and flexibility in environment
When stressed:  tend take things personally (no surprise here)

My career management report was even more interesting because I had preferences / interests in nearly everything.  However, the biggest elements were under artistic, musical, literary, and social service.  If you limit the examination to the first page of that section of the report, you will find the following (edited to eliminate stuff I don't want to do, but in the order ranking from the report):

• College / University Professor (shows up several times under different categories)
• Therapist / Counselor / Coach / Career Counselor
• Sociologist
• Psychologist (shows up several times under different categories)
• Employee Relations Professional / Industrial Relations / Personnel Professional (really not sure if I still want to do HR, though)
• Visual Arts
• Travel Agent
• Trainer
• Marketing and Advertising (why is this under "Employee Relations / Training"?)

It also had stuff like being an engineer, but I am not going back to school to get an engineering degree.  I don't really like Calculus all that much, anyway.  And, I think I remember the question where I indicated that I would prefer an engineering type role and it was against being a plumber (messy, yuck) and something else even less palatable.

There you have it.  My areas of interest.  As I look for my next role, I need to focus on creativity first, and then social service.