Personality and Interests

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1 Chapter 4 Focusing on You: Personality and Interests I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it. - Thomas Jefferson Learning Objectives List differences in personality types Explain your own personality type Recognize how personality type relates to career planning Identify college majors that interest you Match your interests to occupations, using the Worker Trait Groups and other inventories 1

2 Exploring Personality Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment tool to identify personality preferences Developed by Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers Based on early work of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung MBTI Extroversion Outward focus toward action, people, things Likes action and variety Likes to talk to people Acts quickly Likes to see results from how people do a job Wants to know what other people p expect 2

3 MBTI Introversion Focuses on inner world of ideas and personal concerns Likes quiet Likes to do mental work privately Likes to understand something before trying it Likes to work alone or with only a few people Wants to set own standards MBTI Sensing Sees the details Pays attention ti to experience as it is Likes to use eyes, ears, and other senses to find out things Dislikes new problems unless there are standard ways to solve them Enjoys using skills already learned Patient with details but impatient when situation gets complicated 3

4 MBTI Intuitive Pays attention to meaning behind the facts Likes to use imagination i to come up with new ways to do things, new possibilities Likes solving new problems Likes using new skills more than practicing old ones Is impatient with details but doesn t mind complicated situations MBTI Thinking Judgment Makes decisions by examining data Likes to decide things logically ll Wants to be treated with justice and fair play May neglect and hurt other people s feelings without knowing it Gives more attention to ideas or things than to human relationships Likes to be rational and analytical 4

5 MBTI Feeling Judgment Makes decisions by paying attention to personal values and feelings Likes praise and to please people Is aware of other people s feelings Can predict how others will feel Gets upset by arguments and conflict Values harmony MBTI Judging Shows thinking or feeling judgment more easily than sensing and intuitive perception Likes to have a plan Likes to finish one project before starting another Makes up mind about situations, people May decide things too quickly Lives by standards and schedules 5

6 MBTI Perceiving Shows sensing or intuition rather than judgment in dealing with the world Likes to stay flexible and avoid fixed plans Deals easily with unplanned happenings Likes to start projects, but may not finish them May decide things too slowly Lives by making changes to deal with problems as they come along Exploring Majors First and last letters of personality type may indicate preferred style of exploring majors EJ Types declare majors early EP Types like to experience everything first IJ Types research majors before deciding IP Types delays decision while considering all options 6

7 Holland Interest Environments Realistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Conventional Doers Realistic individuals like to work outdoors and with tools Prefer to deal with things rather than people May choose majors in: Architectural/mechanical drafting Civil engineering Criminal justice Medical technology Industrial engineering 7

8 Thinkers Investigative types are task-oriented and prefer to work alone Enjoy abstract problems May choose majors in: Biology or chemistry Computer science or dental hygiene Economics or electronics Geography or geology Law or mathematics Physics or psychology Creators Artistic individuals like to work in artistic settings Like jobs such as actress or composer May choose majors in: Advertising art or art history Computer animation or graphics Design drafting or technology English or music Multimedia technology 8

9 Helpers Social individuals like teaching or nursing Sociable, responsible, concerned with welfare of others May choose majors in: Child care Communications Dental hygiene Education Nursing Religious studies Counseling Persuaders Enterprising individuals like leading, speaking, or selling Impatient with precise work May choose majors in: Advertising Business/Finance Law Marketing technology Real estate 9

10 Organizers Conventional individuals prefer highly- ordered activities Little interest in artistic or physical skills May choose majors in: Accounting Computer technology Court reporting Legal/medical office management Library science Worker Trait Groups Agriculture and Natural Resources Architecture and Construction Arts and Communication Business and Administration Education and Training Finance and Insurance Government and Public Administration Health Science Hospitality-Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law and Public Safety Manufacturing, Retail/Wholesale Sales & Services Science, Engineering & Mathematics, and Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics 10

11 Personality Types & Interest Clusters People express personalities through vocational choices People are attracted to occupations that will provide experiences suitable to their personalities People who choose same vocation react in similar ways to many situations World of Work Map 11

12 Your unique personality and interests will help you determine your career goals. 12

Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator MBTI. Career Enhancement Committee Kathy Prem University of Wisconsin-Madison

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