Considering a career change or starting a business at 50 can easily become about what you will do, instead of first understanding who you are. Taking a C-me Colour Profile personality test can help you identify your strengths and guide you on what could be next. Taking time to reflect on who you are could be the all-important step to making the right decision about what’s next.

C-me Colour Profiles is a psychometric test based on behaviours rather than personality. Understanding your behaviours and your "preferred ways of doing things" is a vital component towards better self-understanding. The profiles are quick to generate and highly accurate. They are also simple, visual, and focus on application, meaning they serve as a powerful ongoing coaching resource. You can take the test here, for free with Life/Redefined!

Learning a New Skill

Skills are often categorised as "hard" and "soft" skills; the former being things such as computer literacy, business analysis, UX design and technical skills, and the latter being creativity, emotional intelligence, collaboration, conflict management and listening skills. Hard and soft skills are equally important in both life and the workplace.

Upskilling is when someone learns additional skills to be better equipped to do a task. It is different from reskilling, where the focus is on learning new skills that do not always relate to a previous skill set.

C-me Colour Profiles support the upskilling process. The focus on behaviour enables a person to think about how their preferred way of doing things impacts their approach to work and what impact (positive and less positive) this can have on others.

Take the C-me Colour Profiling test here, for free!

Each section of your report from the test provides an opportunity to reflect on a series of statements and then relate these preferences to the behaviours of others. This means you can reflect on personal skills in the context of other people, as well as for yourself.

In addition, the sections on Blind Spots, Handling Setbacks and Role Agility are a great resource to help you think through opportunities to upskill. It's a fascinating and revealing process that could help you plan your next step.

A New Career Over 50

Recruiters are increasingly using the C-me Colour Profiling tool to help sift through final-stage candidates. The tool helps advise employers on who is the best behavioural fit for a specific role and work culture. And if recruiters are using it, why not get one step ahead and use it, too?

You can use a C-me Colour Profiling to reflect on your behavioural preferences. It will help you present yourself more accurately and paint a fuller picture to a potential employer. It can allow you to be more self-aware, so you will be in a better position during the interview to work out if the employer is right for you – not just the other way around.

The colours used in C-me Colour Profiling do not map neatly onto particular jobs. Instead, patterns emerge for industries. More technical and engineering organisations tend to have a predominance of the Blue Colour Preference (logic, process, detail, rigour). Educational organisations tend to have a greater predominance of Green Colour Preference (relational, values-driven, supportive, collegiate). Start-ups tend to have more Yellow and Red Colour Preferences (determination, drive, innovation, risk-taking).

Knowing your colour preference can help you understand your potential contribution to a particular organisation, as well as predict some of the frustrations you might face.

Starting a Business at 50

The skills you will need to start your business will largely depend on the type of company you want to launch, but creativity and a degree of risk-taking are behaviours common to most new business owners. But starting a new business doesn’t mean you have to possess all the skills needed.

The beauty of teams is that each person brings a different contribution, and the output is greater than the sum of its parts. Knowing oneself is vital for identifying blind spots and gaps that other people can fill.

C-me Colour Profiling users declare an 85% or greater resonance with the results, meaning the generated statements are accurate and meaningful. Reading the profiles with a trusted friend provides an opportunity to root out possible blind spots and help you make your decision about starting your business, or pursuing a new career.