Career Research and Development. Self-Awareness Unit Personality Type

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1 Career Research and Development Self-Awareness Unit Personality Type 1

2 Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Identify their personality type and explain how it influences career choices. 2. Explain the impact of different personalities in the workplace. Ḋrill: Read and respond on your drill page: Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~ Carl Jung 1. What do you think this quote means? 2. Have you ever been annoyed by someone before? If so, explain. 3. What did that situation teach you about yourself? 2

3 Personality Preference based on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 3

4 Why Myers-Briggs? Helps you identify your unique gifts Helps you understand yourself Motivations Natural preferences Potential areas for growth Helps you understand and appreciate people who differ from you Helps you make the best of your college experience Helps you begin the career exploration process 4

5 Innate Preference Exercise 5

6 The Concept of Preference Natural Easy Flowing Comfortable Took less Energy Unnatural Difficult Jerky Awkward Took more Energy 6

7 Type helps us to understand Where you focus your attention and energy? How you acquire or gather information? How you make decisions or judgments? How you relate to the outer world? 7

8 Four Preference Dichotomies Extraversion- Introversion Sensing- INtuition Thinking- Feeling Judging- Perceiving Where do you prefer to focus your attention and get your energy? How do you prefer to take in information? How do you make decisions? How do you deal with the outside world? 8

9 E-I: Source of Energy Extraversion Attuned to external environment Prefer to communicate by talking Have broad interests Introversion Drawn to inner world Prefer to communicate in writing Focus in-depth on interests 9

10 E-I: Example 10

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12 What is Your Preference? While everyone can operate in both modes, we do not prefer them equally. E? I Moderately Not Sure Moderately 12

13 S-N: Take In Information Sensing Focus on what is real and actual Observe and remember specifics Trust experience Intuition Focus on patterns and meaning Follow hunches Trust inspiration 13

14 S-N: Exercise In your groups, look at the picture on the next slide and come up with a description of it. You have 30 seconds. 14

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16 S-N: Take in information S N See the specifics first, then the pattern See patterns first, then the specifics 16

17 What is Your Preference? While everyone can operate in both modes, we do not prefer them equally. S? N Moderately Not Sure Moderately 17

18 T-F: Make Decisions Thinking Analytical, reasonable, and logical Use cause and effect reasoning Fair- want everyone treated equally Feeling Empathetic, compassionate, guided by values Assess impacts of decisions on people Fair- want everyone treated as an individual 18

19 T-F: Exercise You are the little league coach for the championship game You can only take 11 players to the game, you have 13 on your team What do you do? How do you choose who goes? 19

20 What is Your Preference? While everyone can operate in both modes, we do not prefer them equally. T? F Moderately Not Sure Moderately 20

21 J-P: Lifestyle Judging Scheduled, organized, methodical Like to have things decided Make short term and long term plans Perceiving Spontaneous, flexible, casual Like to leave things open to change Adapt, change course 21

22 J-P: Lifestyle J P 22

23 What is Your Preference? While everyone can operate in both modes, we do not prefer them equally. J? P Moderately Not Sure Moderately 23

24 I ve Got Personality Your type consists of four letters that represent your four preferences Now indicate the strength of your preference E I 24

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26 Which one are you? 26