Myers-Briggs%20Type%20Indicator%20(MBTI)%20for%20Careers

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for Careers

• Mr. Murray
• Senior Theology

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"Where then does wisdom come from? Where does
understanding dwell? Job 2820
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• To be aware of ourselves plus our personal
  strengths and weaknesses
• Insight into understanding others
• Diversity (openness/sensitivity to the
  perceptions of others)
• Reflecting on what would be the best personality
  / career fit

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WHAT MBTI IS

• Non-judgmental, self-report instrument
• Indicator of preferences
• Provider of useful, well-researched information
  that is rich in theory
• Professionally interpreted
• Used internationally

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WHAT MBTI IS NOT

• Measure of good or bad best or worst
• Measure of ability, skills, competencies or IQ
• Method to stereotype or pigeonhole
• Explainer of all human behavior

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MBTI - BRIEF HISTORY

• Carl Jung - 1923 Psychological Types
• Katharine Briggs/Isabel Myers
• 1926 Article in The New Republic
• 1940s Development of Inventory
• Educational Testing Service (1962-1975) -
  Research Period
• Consulting Psychologists Press (1975-Today) -
  Public Use

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DATA GATHERING PERCEIVING FUNCTION
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THE FOUR FUNCTIONS
THE FOUR FUNCTIONS
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Personality Types
ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ
ISTP ISFP INFP INTP
ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP
ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ
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• You are at a party with 30 others, mostly
  strangers. Who will you talk to? What would be
  your favorite part of the party?
• Extraversion Introversion

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• Where do you get your energy?
• Extraversion Introversion

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Extravert
Introvert

• Outwardly directed
• Action
• Breadth
• Expressive
• Speak to think
• Publicly disclosing
• Gregarious

• Inwardly directed
• Reflection
• Depth
• Contained
• Think to speak
• Publicly guarded
• Reserved

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Extravert
Introvert

• Like quiet for concentration
• Dont mind working on one project for a long time
  uninterrupted
• Think-do-think

• Like variety and action
• Often impatient with long, slow jobs
• Do-think-do

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Extravert
Introvert

• When working on a task, welcome interruptions
• Develop ideas by discussion

• When concentrating on a task, find interruptions
  intrusive
• Develop ideas by reflection

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• You are faced with a decision on which car to
  buy. How do you solve that problem? What will be
  your key factors for deciding?

Sensing
iNtuition
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• How do you gather information?

Sensing
iNtuition
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Sensing
iNtuition

• Present Focus
• Here and Now
• Accuracy
• Detail
• Literal
• Sequential
• 5 Senses

• Future Focus
• Possibilities
• Insights
• Patterns
• Figurative
• Random
• 6th Sense

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Sensing
iNtuition

• Pays attention to and presents details first
• Prefers practicality
• Usually proceed step-by-step

• Pays attention to and presents big picture
  first
• Prefers innovation
• Usually proceeds in random bursts of energy

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Sensing
iNtuition

• Realistic - see what is
• Trust experience

• Visionary - see what can be
• Trust inspiration

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• Your friend is wearing an terrible looking
  shirt/blouse. If required, how will you tell
  them they shouldnt wear it ?
• Thinking Feeling

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• How do you make decisions?
• Thinking Feeling

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Thinking
Feeling

• Problem first people second
• Objective
• Logic
• Analyze
• Clarity
• Convince
• Head

• People first problem second
• Subjective
• Empathy
• Personalize
• Harmony
• Persuade
• Heart

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Thinking
Feeling

• Use logical analysis to reach conclusions
• Consider the principles
• First seeks involvement in task

• Use human values and needs to reach conclusions
• Consider the principals
• First seeks involvement with people

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Thinking
Feeling

• Presents points of agreement first
• Good at understanding people

• Presents goals and objectives first
• Good at analyzing plans

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• Your friend wants to come over sometime
  Saturday and hang out and maybe do
  something. How will you react to your friend
  and what questions, if any, would you ask them?
• Judging Perceiving

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• How do you live your life?
• Judging Perceiving

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Judging
Perceiving

• Go with the flow
• Options open-ended
• Tentative
• Flexible
• Adapt
• Non-directive
• Facilitate

• Structure
• Closure
• Ordered
• Decisive
• Scheduled
• Directive
• Control

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Judgers
Perceivers

• Focus on starting tasks
• Too much planning restricts flexibility
• Like to leave things open for last-minute changes

• Focus on completing tasks
• Plan their work and work their plan
• Like to get things settled and finished

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Perceivers
Judgers

• Postpone decisions while searching for options
• Lists Think about doing this sometime.

• Reach closure by deciding quickly
• Lists I will do this today (tomorrow, etc.)

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Your four-letter type represents a preference
from each of the above four scales. Here are the
sixteen possible combinations
ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ ISTP ISFP INFP INTP ESTP
ESFP ENFP ENTP ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ
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ISTJ Doing what Should be done MOST
RESPONSIBLE
ISFJ A high sense Of duty MOST LOYAL
INFJ An inspiration To others MOST
CONTEMPLATIVE
INTJ Everything has Room for
improvement MOST INDEPENDENT
ISTP Ready to try Anything once MOST PRAGMATIC
ISFP Sees much but Shares little MOST ARTISTIC
INFP Performing noble service to aid
society MOST IDEALISTIC
INTP A love of problem solving MOST CONCEPTUAL
ESTP The ultimate Realist MOST SPONTANEOUS
ESFP You only go Around once In life MOST
GENEROUS
ENFP Giving life an Extra squeeze MOST
OPTIMISTIC
ENTP One exciting challenge after
another MOST INVENTIVE
ESTJ Lifes Administrators MOST HARD CHARGING
ESFJ Host and Hostesses of the world MOST
HARMONIZING
ENFJ Smooth talking Persuader MOST PERSUASIVE
ENTJ Life natural Leaders MOST COMMANDING
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THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS
NF Idealist Core Values Inspiration and
Personal Growth SP Artisan Core
Values Action and Freedom NT Rational Core
Values Ingenuity and Logic SJ Guardian Core
Values Responsibility and Loyalty
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NF
Quest Identity Style Catalyst Achilles Heel
Guilt About 12 general U.S. population
Who?

• Vivid imagination
• mysterious
• hypersensitive to conflict
• search for self
• autonomy
• needs encouragement
• and recognition
• integrity
• gives strokes freely
• becoming

• 32 of teachers
• seductive
• interpersonal skills
• supportive of others
• sympathetic
• relationships
• possibilities for people
• interaction
• cooperation

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NT
Quest Competency Style Visionary Achilles
Heel Incompetence About 12 general U.S.
population
Why?

• 8 of teachers
• high achievers
• knowledge
• objective perceptions
• independent
• self doubt
• intellectually curious
• conceptualizers
• competition with self
• and others

• Non-conformist
• wordsmiths
• principles
• enjoys complexity
• authority independent
• architect of change
• system designers
• argumentative
• what would happen if

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SJ
Quest Belonging Style Stabilizer/Traditionalist
Achilles Heel Disarray/Disorganization About
38 general U.S. population
What?

• Procedures
• decisive
• stability
• Should Should not
• social responsibility
• structure
• orderly
• authority dependent

• Loyal to system
• duty
• super dependable
• resists change
• preserves traditions
• precise
• If it isnt broken
• dont fix it!
• 56 of teachers

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SP
Quest Action Style Trouble shooter/Negotiator Ac
hilles Heel Routine About 38 general U.S.
population
When?

• Free spirit
• process oriented
• fun-loving
• good in crisis situations
• When all else fails,
• read the directions.
• impulsive
• needs freedom and space
• Let me DO something!
• flexible
• focus on immediacy
• least represented in
• college

• Realistic
• uninhibited
• practicality
• enjoys the moment
• spontaneous
• likes hands-on
• experience
• adaptable
• 2 of teachers usually
• industrial arts
• seeks variety and change
• most joyful
• action oriented

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• The hardest battle is to be nobody but yourself
  in a world which is doing its best, night and
  day, to make you like everybody else.
• e.e. cummings