Understanding your work-related personality – expert, competitor, learner, or entrepreneur – will help you identify the best opportunities to pursue. For example, experts tend to stick with one field, and often one company, to deepen their knowledge and become a sought-after specialist. Competitors are driven to gain influence and responsibility, and frequently switch companies, functions, and even careers. Learners and entrepreneurs are curious and attracted to new things. Learners usually select a field and move every five to seven years. Entrepreneurs may want to work for a corporation, but usually do best at a start-up company.
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