Choosing a Career That Fits Your Personality - Colorado State University Global

July 13, 2020

Realistic people prefer to work with machines or animals rather than people. They tend to have more practical skills and value things they can see and touch.
Investigative people like to study abstract problems, science, and math, and see themselves as precise and intellectual. They shy away from tasks like selling, arguing, or persuading others.
Artistic people prefer to use their energy on creative activities instead of repetitive or highly ordered tasks. They value individual expression and artistic ability.
Social people like to interact with and help others. Teaching, nursing, and social work are good examples. of “social” vocations.
Enterprising people value their ability to lead, argue, and persuade. They avoid tasks that involve careful observation and analytical thinking.
Conventional people like to work with numbers, records, and machines in an orderly manner. They don’t usually enjoy ambiguous, unstructured activities.

Favorite world: If you like to focus on the inner world, you’re an introvert (I). If you prefer the outer world, you’re an extrovert (E).
Information: If you prefer to focus on the basic information you see, that’s called sensing (S). If you like to add your own interpretation, that’s called intuition (N).
Decisions: Those who prefer to prioritize logic and consistency are classified as thinking (T), while those who focus on feelings and other people are called feeling (F).
Structure: Some people like to jump to concrete decisions. These people are called judging (J). Those who prefer to stay open to new information are called perceiving (P).

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