Transcript Use the Myers-Brigg to discover the ideal career
Aspire Career Workshop: What Type Are You?
Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to choose the ideal career Monica Lee February 26, 2005 1
Agenda
• Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A 2
MBTI
• • • Based on the principle that we have a range of behaviors, but one underlying personality Understanding personality type can help us pinpoint our strengths and weaknesses Caveats: • Self-reporting • Change over time 3
History
• • • • 1920’s – Carl Jung posits that there are underlying personality types 1940’s – Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers build on Jung’s work and create the MBTI test 1970’s – Serious work to link MBTI types to careers, love matches, etc.
Today – MBTI widely used in educational, corporate settings 4
Agenda
• Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A 5
The 4 dimensions
• Personality type dependent on 4 dimensions: •
Extraversion – Introversion
How we interact with the world/direct our energy •
Sensing – Intuition
Kind of information we notice •
Thinking – Feeling
How we make decisions •
Judging – Perceiving
Whether we prefer to live in a more or less structured way 6
The 16 types
ISTJ ISFJ ISTP ESTJ ISFP ESFJ INFJ INFP ENFJ INTJ INTP ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP ENTJ
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Extraversion (E) / Introversion (I)
How we interact with the world / where we direct our energy • • • • • •
Extraverts
Energized by being with others / “charged” by large groups Center of attention Act, then think Think out loud Are easier to “read” and know Talk more than listen • • • • • •
Introverts
Energized by being alone / need this time to “recharge” Avoids center of attention Think, then act Think inside their heads More private; shares with few Listen more than talk
Where are you in this continuum?
Extraversion------------------------------------------------Introversion 8
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Sensing (S) / Intuition (N)
What kind of information we naturally notice • • • • •
Sensors
Trust what is certain and concrete Like new ideas only if they have practical applications Value realism Tend to be specific and literal; give detailed descriptions Present information step-by-step • • • • •
Intuitives
Trust inspiration and inference Like new ideas and concepts for their own sake Value innovation Tend to be general and figurative Present information through leaps
Where are you in this continuum?
Sensing--------------------------------------------------------Intuition 9
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Thinking (T) / Feeling (F)
How we make decisions / come to conclusions • • • • •
Thinkers
Step back; apply impersonal analysis Value logic, justice, fairness Naturally see flaws; critical May be seen as insensitive Consider it more important to be truthful than tactful • • • • •
Feelers
Step forward; consider effect on others Value empathy and harmony Naturally like to please others May be seen as illogical Consider it more important to be tactful than truthful
Where are you in this continuum?
Thinking--------------------------------------------------------Feeling 10
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Judging (J) / Perceiving (P)
Whether we prefer more or less structure • • • • • •
Judgers
Are happiest after decisions Set goals and work to them Want to know what they are getting into Are product oriented Derive satisfaction from finishing Take deadlines seriously • • • • • •
Perceivers
Are happiest leaving options open Change goals with new info Like adapting to new situations and challenges Are process oriented Derive satisfaction from starting See deadlines as elastic
Where are you in this continuum?
Judging-------------------------------------------------------Perceiving 11
Agenda
• Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A 12
MBTI & your career
• • • To find right career, we traditionally thought about our abilities, interests, and values.
Current belief that you also need to know your personality type because different jobs satisfy different types of people.
• E.g., Salesperson Beyond career selection, MBTI also helps you think about your strength and weaknesses as well as help you understand your colleagues 13
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Extraversion (E) / Introversion (I)
How we interact with the world / where we direct our energy
Extraverts Introverts
Artist Counselor Sales person Entertainer Lawyer Consultant Journalist Programmer Doctor 14
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Sensing (S) / Intuition (N)
What kind of information we naturally notice
Sensors Intuitives
Journalist Lawyer Anthropologist Consultant Programmer Strategic planner Researcher CEO Plant manager 15
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Thinking (T) / Feeling (F)
How we make decisions / come to conclusions
Thinkers Feelers
Investment banker Lawyer Counselor Consultant Programmer Doctor Teacher CEO Plant manager 16
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Judging (J) / Perceiving (P)
Whether we prefer more or less structure
Judgers Perceivers
Journalist Lawyer Anthropologist Consultant Programmer Pilot Researcher CEO CFO 17
Agenda
• Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A 18