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