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You're a Polar Bear!

Looks like you're a Polar Bear along with around 13% of people in the UK. Find out more about your natural strengths and areas to improve, plus the types of job that might best suit your personality.

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Responsible

Trustworthy

Strong

Polar Bears are strong and determined. They are at the top of their food chain and like being in charge. Polar Bears happily spend long periods of time alone and they can enjoy their own company, especially when perfecting their skills in their hobbies or as part of their career. They will put in the effort required to be their best.

Polar Bears are fiercely loyal to those close to them. Their natural qualities include honesty, reliability, punctuality, drive, and a knack of always working to the highest possible standards. Able to work alone and concentrate for a long time until they finish a task. Loyal to family and friends. 
 

Natural roles for Polar Bears

Inspector

Supervisor

Organiser

Characteristics

Strengths

Improvements

In a team a Polar Bear will:

 Be a good analytical listener, able to record and remember ideas offered by others.

Focus on the task at hand and suggest the steps needed to achieve the goals.

Welcome ideas from others that improve your group’s chances, if they stick to the point.

Be organised, create, and stick to a schedule and roles for everyone.

Things for Polar Bear work on:

Make sure you do contribute and speak up, especially in larger groups,
and do encourage everyone to contribute too.

Consider all ideas fully, don’t dismiss before you understand what is
being suggested.

Don’t be bossy, others can be more sensitive to criticism than you and remember to criticise the idea not the person.

Advice for Polar Bears

We asked older Polar Bears what advice they’d send back to their teenage self to make sure they were happy and successful. This is what they said:

  • Be more tactful and patient when others need support from you.
  • Praise people when they deserve it. Be wary of falling out with people who are important in your life.
  • Relax, leave your to do list, and enjoy life a bit more. 

Do you think this advice can help you?

Job and course ideas

For career happiness Polar Bears like clarity about their role and responsibilities. They gain satisfaction from doing their job well, on time and without a fuss. This means they are an asset to most organisations. Areas including business, administration, law, accountancy, uniformed services are a natural fit for Polar Bears. 

Careers likely to increase in the next ten years which suit their interest in establishing a long-term career path include:

  • Data Protection Handling
  • Data Broker
  • Big Data Analysis
  • Content Creator
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Artificial Intelligence. 

Create a list of your top ten job ideas. You can update it when you have new ideas.

Here are some suggestions to get you started:

  • Auditor
  • Accountant
  • Lawyer
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Air Traffic Controller
  • Farmer
  • Insurance Underwriter
  • Scenes of Crime Officer
  • Post person
  • Supply Chain Manager
  • Border Force Officer
  • RSPCA Inspector
  • Electrician

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