When it comes to finding the 'ideal' job, determining your personality profile can go a long way in helping you to find exactly what is 'ideal'. Not sure what your personality preferences are? Book in for a session with a career consultant – it will be one of the most enjoyable and useful interactions of your professional life. For those who know their profile - here is the next Infographic in our series on MBTI personality profiles. If you are an ESTP you may enjoy finding out just what it is that makes you tick in the world of work and what careers you are best suited to.

1. ESTP
E X T R O V E R S I O N | S E N S I N G | T H I N K I N G | P E R C E I V I N G
are active problem-solvers
"LET'S GET BUSY”
who respond creativelyESTPs
environment. They bring a sense ofto challenging situations in their
dynamic energy to their interactions with others & the world around them.
THEIR CORE
Interested in everything going on around them
the outdoors & everything that offers new
experiences.
- activities, food, clothes, people,
standard procedures interfere,
Seldom let rules or
finding new ways to use existing
systems.
learning as they go, trusting
their ability to respond resourcefully.
Tend to plunge into things,
More common in men than women
general
population
of the
6%
4% 3% women
men
Report high levels of
assertiveness in college
Among most likely of all
types to stay in college
Overrepresented among
MBA students
Values include variety,
autonomy & structure
Commonly found in ...
careers in marketing, skilled trades, business & law enforcement.
STATISTICS
Active, involved
in immediate
experience
Analytical,
rational problem
solvers
Observant,
practical &
realistic
Efficient, clever,
bold & driven
People-focused
& get along well
with most people
ESTPs ARE LIKELY TO BE...
LETS THEM RESPOND TO UNPLANNED SITUATIONS, USING UNCONVENTIONAL
approaches, where they can skilfully negotiate satisfactory solutions.
IS ACTIVE & FULL OF ADVENTURE & FUN, WHERE THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY,
& where they are allowed to take risks & be alert to new opportunities.
LETS THEM USE THEIR KEEN POWERS OF OBSERVATION
& their capacity for absorbing & remembering facts.
CAREER SATISFACTION
means doing work that:
INVOLVES REAL PEOPLE & THINGS, NOT THEORIES OR IDEAS;
where their efforts are directed to producing a tangible product or service.
LETS THEM ORGANISE THEMSELVES AS THEY GO ALONG & AS THEY
deem necessary, rather than according to someone else's standards.
WORK-RELATED STRENGTHS
to do DIFFICULT things & make their
work fun.
Are flexible, adaptable, inventive &
resourceful. Can pull conflicting
factions together & are good TEAM
members.
& have a knack for improvising as
they go, making them excellent in
EMERGENCY situations.
Have a solid grasp of the concrete
realities of a situation & a good
sense of the RESOURCES at their
disposal.
1.
Make decisions by logical analysis
& reasoning and can be TOUGH
when the situation calls for
toughness.
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5.
THE FINAL WORD...
"With a basic built-in
restlessness, these are
the hyperactive 'doers,'
who like to keep their
hands in a variety of
pots, churning as much
as they can to keep
everyone on their toes
& to keep life exciting."
Otto Kroeger
Type Talk at Work
Develop easy methods
Process information very rapidly
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SOURCES:
https://www.truity.com/personality-type/ESTP
Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron & Kelly Tieger. Do What You Are
Isabel Briggs-Myers, Mary H. McCaulley, Naomi L. Quenk, and Allen L. Hammer. MBTI Manual