Personal Traits Inventory Below is a list of personal traits that people use
to describe themselves. Go through the list and check every word that
you honestly believe describes yourself.
Academic
Active
Accurate
Adaptable
Adventurous
Affectionate
Aggressive
Alert
Ambitious
Artistic
Attractive
Businesslike
Calm
Capable
Cautious
Cheerful
Competent
Confident
Conscientious
Conservative
Considerable
Cooperative
Courageous
Curious
Daring
Determined
Discreet
Dominant
Eager
Easygoing
Efficient
Emotional
Energetic
Fair-minded
Farsighted
Firm
Flexible
Formal
Friendly
Generous
Gentle
Good-natured
Helpful
Honest
Humorous
Idealistic
Imaginative
Independent
Individualistic
Industrious
Informal
Intellectual
Intelligent
Inventive
Kind
Likable
Logical
Loyal
Mature
Methodical
Meticulous
Modest
Open-minded
Opportunistic
Optimistic
Organized
Original
Outgoing
Patient
Peaceable
Pleasant
Poised
Polite
Practical
Precise
Progressive
Quick
Rational
Realistic
Reflective
Relaxed
Reliable
Reserved
Resourceful
Responsible
Self-confident
Self-controlled
Sensible
Sensitive
Serious
Sincere
Sociable
Spontaneous
Strong
Strong-minded
Empathetic
Tactful
Teachable
Thorough
Thoughtful
Tolerant
Trusting
Trustworthy
Understanding
Unexcitable
Uninhibited
Verbal
Versatile
Wholesome
Wise
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Choose five (5) of the words, checked above, that
best describes you. Select them from
the lists below.
Choice # 1
Choice # 2
Choice # 3
Choice # 4
Choice # 5
Of the words you have not checked for yourself, which
five (5) of these describe you the least?
Select them below.
Choice # 1
Choice # 2
Choice # 3
Choice # 4
Choice # 5
Now that you have made your
selections, you can print out this page.
Use the results from this exercise to help you in searching for a career
as well as for help in writing your resume.