Your personality influences a lot of things, including
your ideal career path.
In this video, you'll learn how to quickly identify
your probable Myers-Briggs personality type,
and how each element can help you identify an ideal career.
First, I want to mention that if you're
looking for a full, accurate personality test,
you'll need to check out an official Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator test.
But for this video, we'll provide good rough indicators
of where you may fall.
All right, let's jump in with the first personality factor,
starting with extroversion versus introversion.
This factor describes where you find energy and focus
your attention.
If you're not sure whether you're
an extrovert or an introvert, ask yourself, when
I need to recharge my batteries, do I
seek the company of other people or do I need to be alone?
If you recharge your batteries around other people,
you're an extrovert.
While you may still crave some alone time,
you typically relax around others
and like bouncing ideas off of people or thinking out loud.
You likely appreciate human interaction
and participating in activities.
An extrovert may want to seek out
dynamic jobs that offer a breadth in opportunity
for engagement with people and things.
Examples include sales, teaching, management,
among other things.
If you recharge your batteries by yourself,
you're an introvert.
You likely appreciate solitude and a calmer work environment.
You like organizing your thoughts before sharing them
with others.
An introvert may want to seek out jobs that utilize
analytical skills, provide an opportunity for concentration,
and deal with big ideas and concepts.
Examples include research, banking, and data analytics,
among others.
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Up next is sensing versus intuition.
This Myers-Briggs personality factor
describes how you take in information.
If you're not sure, ask yourself,
if I were shown an apple, would I
use my senses to gather detailed information, like shape
and color, or would I look at the bigger picture,
such as why is the apple there and what does it represent?
If you would think about the physical attributes
of the apple, you're a senser, meaning
that you take in information through the five senses.
You focus on the here and now.
A senser looking for a career match may want to seek out jobs
that allow them to perfect their existing skills
and that are focused on the facts.
Examples include copy editing, food and beverage,
and landscape design.
If you would think about why the apple is there,
you're intuitive.
You take in information from a sixth sense of sorts.
You live in the world of unseen meanings, patterns, hunches,
and insights.
Intuitives may want to seek out jobs
that allow them to focus on the big picture,
future possibilities, novelty, and inspiration.
Examples include psychology, museum curation,
and publishing.
The third Myers-Briggs personality factor
is feeling versus thinking.
This factor describes the way you make decisions.
If you're not sure which one you are, ask yourself,
do I initially react to situations with my head
or with my heart?
If you're a feeler, you make decisions
based on personality value analysis.
Often this includes a subjective view
of a person-centered concerns, like how will others
be impacted by my actions?
Feelers may want to seek out work
that allows them to lean into their value system
and compassion.
Examples include health care, community service,
and the arts, among others.
If you're a thinker, you make decisions
based on objective analysis.
This may include evaluating cause and effect,
weighing pros and cons, or employing
other logical systems.
Thinkers may want to seek out work that'll
allow them to lean into their rationality and logical
strength.
Examples include computer programming, engineering,
and accounting, among others.
For more information on personality type assessments
that you may encounter at work, click here.
The final Myers-Briggs personality factor
is judging versus perceiving.
This factor describes how you handle the outside world.
To figure out which you are, ask yourself,
if I have to be somewhere at 1:00 PM
and I arrive at 1:00 PM, do I consider myself to be late
or do I consider myself to be early?
If you're a judger, it doesn't mean you judge others.
In Myers-Briggs personalities, judging
means you seek closure from the outer world
through order, planning, and organization.
When possible, you prefer for things
to be settled and crossed off your list.
Judgers may want to find work that
allows them to set goals, be organized, and make decisions.
Examples include business administration,
hotel management, and finance, among others.
If you're a perceiver, you seek flexibility
from the outer world by choosing to stay open to new information
and ideas.
When possible, you prefer to leave things open ended.
Perceivers may want to seek work that
encourages them to adapt, solve open-ended challenges,
and identify opportunities.
Examples include counseling, creative direction,
and marketing, among others.
If you made it to the end of the video
and you'd like more information on ideal jobs
for your exact personality types, click here.
Before we wrap up here, I'd like to add
that there's no scientific basis for Myers-Briggs,
unlike other personality tests.
If your type resonates with you, it can be helpful,
but don't feel like your type dictates
which careers are going to be the only good fits for you.
Instead, use this information as a jumping off
point for possible considerations
that you can take in a job search,
and for giving yourself vocabulary
to describe your experience and work in life.
Plus, most Myers-Briggs career recommendations
are based off of all four personality combinations.
So now that you know where you fall, search
for your type in this Career Guide article
here, where you can get even more
tailored recommendations for your specific personality type.
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