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Old 13th Jan 2013, 00:15
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Anthill
 
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Sorry to hear of that TeeEmm. Perhaps your experience was similar to mine. Some years ago a young Anthill was unemployed for 2 weeks and really wanted a job. The CES (remember them?) saw that I had a motorcycle licence and sent me off to Melbourne City Council for assessment as a Traffic Warden.

I was given a psychmetric test and an interview. At the interview, I was told that I had failed the aptitude test. The woman from HR told me that I was too imaginative and empathetic for that line of work. Simply, I would not make a good Traffic Warden.

Somehow, I was quite relieved...



Sunfish, perhaps personality tests could now be based on something tried and true...like Star Sign.

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