My Thailand adventures are (hopefully) just around the corner. While I was filling out my resume for http://www.jobtopgun.com (one of Thailand’s biggest employment websites) I got my resume analyzed. I loved reading the results and thought I would share them with you all:

Year of Birth : 
According to your year of birth, you have very strong characteristics. With your level-headedness and tenacity, you will try your best to overcome any obstacle and accomplish the job at hand. Your good friends are persons born during the year of Rat (1984,1996,…), Snake (1977,1989,…) and Rooster (1981,1993,…).

Self :
Your music, sports and hobbies also reflect yourself. You always have modern ideas and seem to be sophisticated. You are optimistic, humble and peaceful. You are able to work individually. You are able to work in team and capable of beating an opponent. You enjoy competition. You are good at heart. You have good interpersonal skills.

Your hidden competencies are as follows :

• Patient [A]
• Decisive [A]
• Flexible / Adaptable [A]
• Enthusiastic / Self-motivated [A]
• Initiative / Creative [A]
• Good interpersonal skills [A]
• Calm [B]
• Skillful at planning [A]
• High self-improvement [A]
• Careful [A]
• Principled (thinker) [A]
• Enjoy taking challenges [A]
• Disciplined [A]
• Never give up [A]
• Independent [A]
• Love to explore [A]
• Willing to take on new challenges [A]
• Intelligent [A]
• Organized / Systematic [B]
• Get things done [B]
• Ambitious / Achievement-oriented [B]
• Competitive [B]
• Winning Attitude [B]
• Pleasant personality [B]
• Artistic [B]
• Skillful at applying knowledge [B]
• Hard-working / Diligent [B]
• Sociable / Extroverted [B]
• Contemporary [B]
• Detail-oriented [B]
• Knowledgeable [B]
• Good presentation skills [C]
• Adventurous / Risk taker [C]
• Visionary [C]
• Role conscious [C]
• Analytical [C]
• Trouble shooter / Resourceful [C]
• Fast learner [C]
• Team builder [C]
• Good sense of color [C]
• Articulate [C]
• Enjoy working under pressure [C]
• Positive (thinker) / Optimistic [C]
• Having connection / Networking [C]
• Cooperative [C]
• Good at heart [C]

Moreover, your strengths are as follows :

1. Ambitious / Achievement-oriented
2. Trustworthy / Reliable
3. Enthusiastic / Self-motivated
4. Pleasant personality
5. Positive (thinker) / Optimistic

It was really interesting for me to read these results. One section of the resume entailed picking out 5 attributes to describe yourself out of a list of 50 or so. You then had to list them by level of importance. Compared to this analysis, I was shocked at how similar our results were!!! Out of all those options the computer generated answers were very close. 

I don’t really consider myself to be: patient, calm or decisive…BUT I do know I work very well under pressure. Ana, Emzie and Alfie know that from all of CFCS’s group work and endless assigments! I am also never ashamed to admit to my competitive nature 🙂

I have yet to book my flight or finalize my work plans in Thailand. Truthfully I have been struggling with MANY sleepless nights as I try to plan out my future. ALL I know is…at this point in my life–> I would prefer to book a flight to Thailand than Canada. I have considered writing a blog about: visas, work permits and employment in Thailand but I fear it could stress me out even more. Through my research I am slowly learning that visiting a country and wanting to live there TWO TOTALLY different things! It is nice that Dom and I are able to empathize with each others struggles. She is planning to move to New York City for a few months around the same time as my Thailand plans. It has been great to be able to vent with someone who is discovering the same issues. A strong support system during this difficult planning stage.

Thanks for all the positive vibes and words of encouragement from family and friends….especially to all my Thai friends who have proven to be such a strong network of women for me to bounce ideas off of!

Trying to feel blessed and see all the positives!
xox Amanda Sumalee