Personal type preferences and their usefulness for career decision

The career success

Outline Preferences The types Eight types of career Ideal career?

Preferences Energizing

How and where you get your energy Attending

What you pay attention to when you gather information

Deciding What system you use when you decide

Living What type of life you adopt

Energizing Extraversion / Introversion

Interacting with other people ?&

Being by myself ?

Preferences

Extraversion Introversion Become impatient and

bored when my work is slow and unchanging

Seek a variety of action-oriented tasks

Be focused equally on what is going on in the work site as well as with my work

Become impatient and annoyed when my work is interrupted and rushed

Seek quiet to concentrate

Be focused more on the work itself than on what is going on in the work site

Preferences

Extraversion Introversion Respond quickly to

requests and spring into action without much advance thinking

Enjoy phone calls as a welcome diversion

Develop ideas through discussion

Think through requests before responding, even to the point of delaying action

Find phone calls intrusive, especially when concentrating

Develop ideas through reflection

Preferences

Extraversion Introversion Use outside sources

to complete my tasks

Need frequent changes in pace and seek outside events

Use myself as my basic resource to complete my tasks

Get caught up in my work and disregard outside events

The Energizing Preferences

Which preference seems to be more like you?

____Extraversion ____Introversion

Attending Sensing / Intuition

Do I usually pay more attention to the facts and details ?

&Do I try to understand the connections, underlying meaning and implications ?

Preferences

Sensing Intuition Use my previously

acquired work experience

Appreciate standard ways to solve problems and reach solutions

Apply skills that are already developed, rather than take the time to learn new ones

Does things differently than my previous work experience may dictate

Use new and different ways to solve problems and reach solutions

Enjoy learning new skills for the challenge and novelty involved

Preferences

Sensing Intuition Distrust and ignore

my inspirations Like things to be

concrete and seldom make errors of fact

Prefer work that has practical aspect to it

Follow my inspirations regardless of the facts

Like things to be generally stated and seldom worry about specific facts

Prefer work that has an innovative aspect to it

Preferences

Sensing Intuition Want to understand

how the details of my work make up a complete picture

Prefer to continue with what is tried and true

Want to see what is involved in the overall picture first and then fill in the details

Prefer change to continuing on with what is

The Attending Preferences

Which preference seems to be more like you?

____Sensing ____Intuition

Deciding Thinking / Feeling

Do I make decisions objectively, weighing pros and cons ?

&Based on how I feel about the issue, and how I

and others will be affected by it ?

Preferences

Thinking Feeling Orient myself toward

the tasks Like harmony, but

can get along without it and still be effective at work

Use logic and analysis as a basis for my work

Orient myself toward my relationships

Need harmony in order to work most effectively

Include other’s opinions in addition to my personal values as a basis for my work

Preferences

Thinking Feeling Hurt people’s

feelings without being aware

Decide impersonally and sometimes overlook other’s wishes so I can get my work done

Enjoy pleasing others even in unimportant things

Allow other’s likes and dislikes to influence my decisions, sometimes taking precedence over getting my work done

Preferences

Thinking Feeling Manage and deal

firmly with others

Readily offer criticism or suggestions for improvement

Factor in principles and truths when making work-related decisions

Manage and relate sympathetically with others

Avoid and dislike giving and receiving unpleasant feedback, even when well deserved

Factor in values and human needs when making work-related decisions

The Deciding Preferences

Which preference seems to be more like you?

____Thinking ____Feeling

Living Judgment / Perception

Would I rather have things settled and decided ?

&Be able to leave my options open, just in case

somtehing unexpected comes up ?

Preferences

Judgment Perception Do my best when I

can plan my work and work my plan

Enjoy things settled and finished

Like checking items off my „to do“ list

Do my best when I can deal with needs as they arise

Enjoy keeping things open for last-minute changes

Ignore my „to do“ list even if I make one

Preferences

Judgment Perception Overlook new things

that need to be done in order to complete my current job

Narrow down the possibilities and be satisfied once I reach a decision

Decide quickly and seek closure

Postpone my current tasks to meet momentary needs

Resist being tied down to a decision in order to gather more information

Put off decisions to seek options

Preferences

Judgment Perception Seek structure in

scheduling myself and others

Prefer to regulate and control my work and that of others

Resist structure and favor changing circumstances

Prefer to free up my work and that of others

The Living Preferences

Which preference seems to be more like you?

____Judgment ____Perception

Who says that? Just the facts,

please!

Let’s talk this over.

Just do something.

Is this logical?

I can see it all now.

I need to think about this.

Let’s wait and see.

Will anybody be hurt?

Which is my type? Which preference seems to be more like you? E / I S / N T / F J / P

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Another soucers Psychodiagnostic tools

MBTI GPOP

Books The books based on Jung’s theory of personality

types

Taking Advantage of Your Natural Way of Working

The most 1, 2

to least 3, 4

favorite functions

ISTJ1. S2. T3. F4. N

ISFJ1. S2. F3. T4. N

INFJ1. N2. F3. T4. S

INTJ1. N2. T3. F4. S

ISTP1. T2. S3. N4. F

ISFP1. F2. S3. N4. T

INFP1. F2. N3. S4. T

INTP1. T2. N3. S4. F

ESTP1. S2. T3. F4. N

ESFP1. S2. F3. T4. N

ENFP1. N2. F3. T4. S

ENTP1. N2. T3. F4. S

ESTJ1. T2. S3. N4. F

ESFJ1. F2. S3. N4. T

ENFJ1. F2. N3. S4. T

ENTJ1. T2. N3. S4. F

Eight distinct mental tools

1. SE2. NE3. TE4. FE

1. SI2. NI3. TI4. FI

ESFP, ESTP – RespondersACT AND ADAPT

+ - Act and adapt

quickly Find practical

solutions Live form the

moment

Long term plannig Work before play Easily bored

ENFP, ENTP – ExplorersINNOVATE AND INITIATE

+ - Play witj ideas and

make connections Communicate with

and inspire others Change things Thrive on variety

Following the rules Dealing with all the

details

ESTJ, ENTJ - ExpeditorsDIRECT AND DECIDE

+ - Use logic and

analysis Decide and act Get results Principled

Validating and appreciating

Work before play Deciding to fast

ESFJ, ENFJ – ContributorsCOMMUNICATE, COOPERATE

+ - Develop raport Express themselves

and their values Create harmony Coordinate people to

complet projects

Personalizing feedback

Not meeting their own needs

ISFJ, ISTJ - AssimilatorsSPECIALIZE AND STABILIZE

+ - Accumulate

information Organizing the

details Follow procedure Get the job done Be practical

Unpredictable change

Too serious with details

INFJ, INTJ - VisionariesINTERPRET, IMPLEMENT

+ - Learn and interpret Create and organize

ideas Find application for

ideas

Changing plans in midstream

Coping with routine

ISTP, INTP - AnalyzersEXAMINE AND EVALUATE

+ - Use logical analysis Adapt and go with

the flow Focus on

competency and self-evaluation

Work independently

Following social norms

Dealing with rules and regulations

ISFP, INFP - EnhancersCARE AND CONNECT

+ - Live by their values Appreciate and affect

others Express themselves Approach the world

in a flexible way Work in harmony

Always meeting other’s needs

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