MBTI Myers Briggs Type Indicator

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MBTIMyers Briggs Type Indicator

• Career Management 401

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What Does This Questionnaire Reflect?

• Differences between normal, healthy people
• Identify strengths for professional, personal and
  job search applications
• Better understand yourself and others
• Can enhance cooperation and productivity

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What are Preferences?

• Feel natural
• Dont think about it, just do it
• Effortless, easy

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Preference Groupings

• Extravert vs Introvert
• Sensing vs iNtuition
• Thinking vs Feeling
• Judging vs Perceiving

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Where Do You Prefer to Focus Your Attention?

• Extravert vs Introvert

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Extraverts75 of the population

• Are energized around people and are lonely
  without people to talk to. Their focus is on the
  world outside them. Prefer to talk things out
  instead of reading a report. Love to explore
  possibilities by brainstorming.

• Sociable
• Tend to think out loud
• Talk more than listen
• Respond quickly
• Enjoy a fast pace
• Like change
• Like to know a little about many topics

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Introverts25 of the population

• Pursue solitary activities, prefer working
  quietly alone, reading, meditating, participating
  in activities which involve few or no other
  people. Are lonely in a crowd. They have a few
  good friends that they know well. Like to
  improve upon existing systems.

• Are territorial
• Share inner thoughts with few
• Listen more than talk
• Keep their enthusiasm to themselves
• Are energized by spending time alone
• Prefer to know a lot about a few topics

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Effects of Preferences in Work Situations

• Extraverts
• Like variety and action
• Often impatient with long, slow jobs
• Develop ideas by discussion
• Like having people around
• Learn new tasks by talking and doing

• Introverts
• Like quiet for concentration
• Like to think a lot before they act
• Develop ideas by reflection
• Like working alone with no interruptions
• Learn new tasks by reading and reflecting

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How Do You Take in Information, Find Out About
Things?

• Sensing
• vs
• iNtuitive

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Sensing75 of the population

• Consider themselves as being practical. Wants
  the facts, trusts facts, and remembers facts.
  Interested in others past experiences. Look at
  what actually happened not what may happen. Does
  things in a step-by-step process. Tolerate no
  nonsense when it comes to work issues.

• Give detailed descriptions
• Present information in a step-by-step manner
• Learn from past experiences
• Focus on facts
• Are practical
• Down-to-earth

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iNtuitive25 of the population

• Lives in anticipation. Wants to make
  everything better or different. Looks for
  possibilities through changing or improving the
  actual. Skips from one activity to the next,
  perhaps completing none. Acts on hunches and
  looks for meaning in everything.

• Like new ideas and concepts
• Value imagination and innovation
• Like to learn new skills
• Get bored after mastering skills
• Focus on the future
• Jump around, leap in anywhere

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Effects of Preferences in Work Situations

• Sensing
• Seldom make errors of fact
• Like to do things with a practical bent
• Like to present the details of their work first
• Prefer continuation of what is, with fine tuning
• Usually proceed step-by-step

• iNtuitive
• Will follow their inspirations
• May ignore or overlook facts
• Like to present an overview of their work first
• Prefer change, sometimes radical, to continuation
  of what is
• Usually proceed in bursts of energy

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How Do You Make Decisions?

• Thinking
• vs
• Feeling

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Thinking50 of the population

• People who make decisions by looking at the
  logical consequences of a choice or action. They
  try to mentally remove themselves from a
  situation to examine it objectively and analyze
  cause and effect.

• Analytical
• Logical problem-solvers
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning
• Tough-minded
• Reasonable
• Fair

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Feeling50 of the population

• People who make decisions based on
  person-centered values. Their goal is harmony
  and recognition of individuals, and their
  strengths include understanding, appreciation,
  and support of others.

• Sympathetic
• Assess impact on people
• Guided by personal values
• Tender-hearted
• Compassionate
• Accepting

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Effects of Preferences in Work Situations

• Thinking
• Use logical analysis to reach conclusions
• Want mutual respect among colleagues
• May hurt peoples feelings without knowing it
• Feel rewarded when job is well done

• Feeling
• Use values to reach conclusions
• Want harmony and support among colleagues
• Enjoy pleasing people
• Look at the underlying values in the situation
• Feel rewarded when peoples needs are met

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How Do You Orient Toward the Outer World?

• Judging
• vs
• Perceiving

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Judging50 of the population

• Tend to live in a planned, orderly way,
  wanting to regulate and control life. They make
  decisions, come to closure, and move on. Their
  lifestyle is structured and organized. Sticking
  to a plan and schedule is very important.

• Scheduled
• Organized
• Systematic
• Methodical
• Plan
• Like closure-to have things decided
• Avoid last-minute stress

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Perceiving50 of the population

• Tend to live in a flexible, spontaneous way,
  seeking to experience and understand life, rather
  than control it. Plans and decisions feel
  confining to them they prefer to stay open to
  experience and last-minute options. Deadlines
  are considered guidelines.

• Spontaneous
• Open-ended
• Casual
• Flexible
• Adaptable
• Like things loose and open to change
• Feel energized by last-minute pressures

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Effects of Preferences in Work Situations

• Judging
• Work best when they can plan their work and
  follow their plan
• Like to get things settled and finished
• May not notice new things that need to be done
• Reach closure by deciding quickly

• Perceiving
• Enjoy flexibility in their work
• Leave things open for last-minute changes
• May postpone unpleasant tasks
• Adapt well to changing situations and feel
  restricted without variety

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Myers-Briggs Presentation

• Source Sarah Kersey Otto
• Eastern Michigan University
• Career Services Center