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Aspire Career Workshop: What Type Are You?

Aspire Career Workshop: What Type Are You? . Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to choose the ideal career Monica Lee February 26, 2005. Agenda. Overview of the MBTI The 16 personality types MBTI & your career Q&A. MBTI.

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Aspire Career Workshop: What Type Are You?

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  1. Aspire Career Workshop:What Type Are You? Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to choose the ideal career Monica Lee February 26, 2005

  2. Agenda • Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Agenda • Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A

  6. 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

  7. The 16 types

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Agenda • Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A

  13. 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

  14. Extraversion (E) / Introversion (I) • How we interact with the world / where we direct our energy Extraverts Introverts Artist Entertainer Journalist Counselor Lawyer Programmer Sales person Consultant Doctor

  15. Sensing (S) / Intuition (N) • What kind of information we naturally notice Sensors Intuitives Journalist Consultant Researcher Lawyer Programmer CEO Anthropologist Strategic planner Plant manager

  16. Thinking (T) / Feeling (F) • How we make decisions / come to conclusions Thinkers Feelers Investment banker Consultant Teacher Lawyer Programmer CEO Counselor Doctor Plant manager

  17. Judging (J) / Perceiving (P) • Whether we prefer more or less structure Judgers Perceivers Journalist Consultant Researcher Lawyer Programmer CEO Anthropologist Pilot CFO

  18. Agenda • Overview of the MBTI • The 16 personality types • MBTI & your career • Q&A

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