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Courses to suit your personality

Can't decide what you want to do? Match your career with your personality type, then find just the right ECU course to get you there.

Are you Conventional?Are you Artistic?Are you Enterprising?
Are you Investigative?Are you Social?Are you Realistic?

If you are conventional, you are one of The Organisers

Are you...

Well-organised, accurate, methodical, conscientious, efficient, practical, systematic, ambitious?

Do you like to...

Be responsible for details, collect or organise things, work within a system, work with numbers?

Career possibilities

  • Accountant
  • Financial Analyst
  • Project Manager
  • Library Technician
  • Strategic Planner

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If you are artistic, you are one of The Creators

Are you...

Creative, imaginative, innovative, unconventional, expressive, emotional, original?

Do you like to...

Express yourself creatively, deal with ambiguous ideas, attend concerts and art exhibitions, read fiction and poetry, watch plays and films?

Career possibilities

  • Actor
  • Fashion/Textile Designer
  • Visual Artist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Writer
  • Photographer
  • Interior Designer
  • Advertising Executive

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If you are enterprising, you are one of The Persuaders

Are you...

Self-confident, assertive, persuasive, enthusiastic, driven, ambitious, inquisitive, optimistic?

Do you like to...

Make decisions, have power or status, initiate projects, sell things and promote ideas, organise events and activities, lead a group?

Career possibilities

  • Journalist
  • Business Manager
  • Lawyer
  • Public Relations Officer
  • Marketing Manager

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If you are investigative, you are one of The Thinkers

Are you...

Inquisitive, analytical, observant, precise, broadminded, independent, logical, curious?

Do you like to...

Explore ideas, analyse data, do research, problem solve, work with computers?

Career possibilities

  • Forensic Investigator
  • Multimedia Developer
  • Psychologist
  • Computer Programmer
  • Security Analyst
  • Social Worker
  • Community Worker
  • Child Protection Case Officer
  • Digital Forensics Consultant
  • Computer Security Analyst
  • In-house Legal Adviser

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If you are social, you are one of The Helpers

Are you...

Helpful, idealistic, outgoing, understanding, cooperative, patient, empathetic, kind?

Do you like to...

Work in groups, help people with problems, do volunteer work, work with young people, serve others?

Career possibilities

  • Nurse
  • Teacher
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Counsellor
  • Tourism Manager
  • Youth & Children's Program Coordinator
  • Hotel Manager

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If you are realistic, you are one of The Do-ers

Are you...

Practical, athletic, straightforward, curious about the physical world, persistent?

Do you like to...

Work with machinery, tools, animals and plants, be outdoors, use your hands, be physically active, build things?

Career possibilities

  • Health and Fitness Consultant
  • Wildlife Officer
  • Pilot
  • Event Coordinator
  • Engineer

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Don't forget this is just a starting point, there are hundreds of ECU courses to choose from that may be the perfect match for you!