Keirsey

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Understanding Your Preferences

• Keirsey
• Temperament Type

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Personality Typeand Career Satisfaction

• Prior studies have shown that a persons
  personality type, along with other demographic
  variables, is a key ingredient in predicting
  satisfaction and effectiveness in ones chosen
  career. To recruit and retain the best employees,
  some organizations have been looking at
  personality type as a preliminary place to start
  in continuing efforts to improve their
  profession.

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What is Personality Type?

• An identifiable pattern in the manner that an
  individual prefers to perceive and make
  judgements
• A complex network of interacting systems that
  strive toward eventual harmony with oneself and
  ones environment

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Personality Types

• There are 16 identified unique personality types
• Each personality type describes the various
  strengths and gifts of individuals
• We all have characteristics of each personality
  type but there is one we are most comfortable
  with, most of the time
• One type is not better than another or more
  talented than another

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Type and Career Choice

• People tend to be attracted to, and have the most
  satisfaction in, careers that provide them with
  the opportunity to express and use their
  preferences
• Knowing your personality type will help you apply
  your personal preferences in a positive way
• The key is finding the career that meets the
  needs of your personality type for gathering
  information and making decisions

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Type and Career Choice, cont.

• If your daily work has the most need for the kind
  of perception you naturally prefer, you will
  handle the job better and find it more satisfying
  and energizing
• If your daily work needs the kind of decision
  making that comes most naturally to you, your
  decisions will be better and will be made with
  more confidence
• In choosing among careers, find out how much
  chance each will give you to use your own
  combination of perception and judgement

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Type and Career Choice, cont.

• Remember type doesnt explain everything and you
  will want to consider other factors along with
  type in making career choices
• All types may be found making a contribution in
  every career field

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What do the letters mean?

• Energizing How a person is energized
• E Extroversion Preference for drawing energy
  from the outside world of people, activities or
  things
• I Introversion Preference for drawing energy
  from ones internal world of ideas, emotions, or
  impressions

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What do the letters mean?

• Attending What a person pays attention to
• S Sensing Preference for taking in information
  through the five senses and noticing what is
  actual
• N Intuition Preference for taking in
  information through a sixth sense and noticing
  what might be

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What do the letters mean?

• Deciding How a person decides
• T Thinking Preference for organizing and
  structuring information to decide in a logical,
  objective way
• F Feeling Preference for organizing and
  structuring information to decide in a personal,
  value-oriented way

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What do the letters mean?

• Living Life style a person adopts
• J Judgement Preference for living a planned
  and organized life
• P Perception Preference for living a
  spontaneous and flexible life

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What is your Type?Percentage of the American
Population

• ENFJ 5 ESTJ 13
• INFJ 1 ISTJ 6
• ENFP 5 ESFJ 13
• INFP 1 ISFJ 6
• ENTJ 5 ESTP 13
• INTJ 1 ISTP 6
• ENTP 5 ESFP 13
• INTP 1 ISFP 6

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What is your Type?Percentage of the American
Population

• SJs ESTJ, ISTJ, ESFJ, ISFJ 38
• SPs ESTP, ISTP, ESFP, ESFP 38
• NFs ENFJ, INFJ, ENFP, INFP 12
• NTs ENTJ, INTJ, ENTP, INTP 12

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Can My Type Change?

• Type is determined by factors such as
• Genetics - what you were born with
• Environment - influences from your home,
  community, family and friends
• Circumstances - the sum total of your life
  experiences
• The first and last letters of your type have the
  potential to change over time as they can be
  influenced by your life experiences as you age.
• The middle two letters of your type are linked to
  your genetics, which tend not to be influenced by
  other factors, and tend not to change over time.
• The middle two letters have a greater bearing on
  your career choice, and career satisfaction over
  the life-span.

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Personality Types, in Summary.

• Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your type
  when considering the needs of certain careers
  will help you make an informed decision
• Remember, personality type does not explain
  everything
• Other factors along with personality type should
  be considered when making career choices

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For More Information Contact

• Career Advising Services
• Contact us at
• Reid Hall, 110 208-792-2313
• 800 am 500 pm Mon Fri.
• Debra Lybyer, Director
• Debi Mundell, Assistant Director
• Susan Lawson, Career Counselor
• Andrea Masom, Career Advisor
• Green Baggett, Staff Volunteer
• Denise Harris, Administrative Assistant