The document provides information about personality types and how they may approach job searching differently. It discusses the four dichotomies that make up personality types - Extraversion vs Introversion, Sensing vs Intuition, Thinking vs Feeling, and Judging vs Perceiving. It then gives examples of how each personality type may prefer to conduct their job search, such as introverts preferring more solitary activities while extroverts preferring networking. The document encourages readers to consider approaches outside their comfort zone and emphasizes that type indicates preferences not abilities.

2. Ever feel like this?
Who am I?

3. Well, just pick one…
The dreaded question…
Not that easy?!

4. So, how DO people decide
what they want to be when
they grow up?!

5. As quick as you can!
Don’t over-think these!

6. “Personality is to a
man what perfume is
to a flower.”
~Charles M. Schwab

7. Don’t worry…
we all have a personality!

8. This mini-assessment
does NOT measure…
 Stress
 Emotions
 Maturity
 Intelligence
 Psychiatric Disturbance
 Career Potential
 Level of Skill

9. This mini-assessment
DOES tell you about…
 Your PREFERRED way of thinking
and behaving
 Understanding your preferences
can help you…
 Be more successful
 Deal with other people better
 Contribute more to a team
 Reduce stress
 Enjoy work more
 Get more out of your life

10. This is not about ability or
“being” something or not…
 This is about PREFERENCES!
 Let’s try this to illustrate my point:
 Give me your autograph!
 It doesn’t mean you can’t, it just
means you prefer…

11.  The farther to one side or the other (E or I, S or N, etc.) the
more strongly you identify with that letter. It also indicates
that it is harder for you to identify with the opposite letter.
 What if you fall in the middle? This means you are equally
divided between the two and they are of equal strength for
you; the advantage of equal scores is that you can relate
well to both sides, the disadvantage is that it may cause
confusion at times.
 We tend to be attracted to our opposites. We also tend to
least understand our opposites – this is our biggest
challenge!
 If we begin to understand what makes us act, feel, and
make decisions as we do, it possible to know our strengths
and weaknesses.
 If we can understand ourselves – then we can begin to
understand, predict, and appreciate how someone else may
behave and make decisions.

13.  E = Extraverted (Expressive)
 I = Introverted (Reserved)
 Where does a person prefer to focus their attention and draw
their energy from?
 S = Sensory (Observant)
 N = Intuitive (Introspective)
 How does a person prefer to gather information? How do you
become aware?
 T = Thinking (Tough-minded or objective)
 F = Feeling (Friendly or sympathetic)
 How does a person prefer to make decisions?
 J = Judging (Make and keep schedules)
 P = Perceiving (Probing for alternative, options)
 What way does a person prefer to position themselves to the external
world? How do you relate to the outer world?

14. Facets of our
Personalities

15. E - Extraversion I - Introversion
 75% of population  25% of population
 Attention focused on  Attention focused on
outer world inner world
 Energized by people and  Energized by inner
outer world world and solitude
 Sociable – lonely when  Desire privacy
not with people  Selective in external
 More involved in activities
external activities  Limited relationships
 Friends to many  Need to understand
 Need to experience world before
world in order to experiencing it
understand it  Often think about
 Tend to like action what they are doing
before acting
 Society tends to reward
E-type behavior  Society tends to label
I-type as being too
shy and withdrawn

16. Introversion

17. S - Sensing N - Intuition
 75% of population  25% of population
 Information is acquired  Information is acquired
through 5 senses through intuition
 Realistic and practical  Imaginative and
 Accept and work with inspirational
what is “given” in here  Look at big picture and
and now try to grasp essential
 Wants, trusts, and patterns
remembers facts  Futuristic in thinking
 Believe in experience and trusts hunches
and trusts history  Look at potential
 Good at remembering growth, not necessarily
and working with present situations
number of facts  Expert at seeing new
 Feel firmly on ground possibilities
 Could you intuition  Complex ideas come as
more but doesn’t trust a package
it much  Considers facts but
may go beyond

18. T - Thinking F - Feeling
 50% of population  50% of population
 Make decisions through  Make decisions through
thinking feeling
 Tend to keep emotions  Tend to show emotions
private
openly
 Decide objectively by
standard of truth
 Decide subjectively on
 Analyze and weigh basis of person-centered
evidence values
 Not swayed by emotions  Don’t require logic
 Principles are important  Motivated by emotion
 Believe in policies, laws,  Values are important
etc.  Believe in extenuating
 Gender biases – 60% circumstances
male  Gender biased – 60%
 Schools tend to teach to female
& value T-Types, makes it
difficult to develop F  School gives opportunity
 Actual feelings and to develop T – aspect
emotions are no  Can think as much as
stronger/weaker than F’s thinkers

19. J - Judgement P - Perception
 50 % of population  50% of population
 Orientation toward outer  Orientation toward inner
world –taking action world – reserve action
 Like to make decisions  Like to gather data
 Tend to live in planned,  Like to keep options open
orderly way – like control  Tend to live in a flexible,
 Establish deadlines and take spontaneous way
them seriously  Like work to be play
 Like to get work done – then  Seek to understand life
play rather than control it
 Structured and organized  Process oriented
 Outcome oriented  Decisions are tentative
 Decisions are decisive  Adapt to the moment
 Plan ahead  Resist making decisions
 Feels sense of urgency until  “Let’s wait and see”
decisions are made  Can help make sure
 “Let’s get the show on the decisions don’t get made
road” too quickly
 Can help make sure
decisions are made

20. You might be a “J” if…

21. Find out more at:
www.personalitydesk.com/types

22. I - Introversion E - Extroversion
 Looking for work or being  Find themselves more
between jobs can be a energized with the
period of down time phone calling or
 Being at home, having networking meetings… a
less social contact than time to be with people
being with coworkers,
and have more time for  This method would
solitude appeal to extroverts
 This method would  Time to reflect alone is
probably appeal to also valuable
introverts
 Time to network with
others is also valuable

23. N- Intuition S - Sensing
 Generally embrace this  Drawn to openings that
time to imagine or create exist and are in the
the possibilities newspaper, online and
heard of through word
of mouth
 Consider career
redesign, career change
or consider  These people obtain
entrepreneurship their information by
seeing it and hearing
about it
 Dreamers
 The mind is a powerful
 They trust their senses
thing and can discern it as
factual and real

24. T- Thinking F - Feeling
 Will use the skills of  More subjective and
logic, analysis and interpersonally
objectivity to make a involved with the
decision emotion and impact
of the decision
 Both types may need to decide to apply
for positions, hire people to help them,
consider a part-time position, decide to
make career changes… but the “how” to
decide is determined by the preference

25. J – Judging P – Perceiving
 Would enjoy a planned  Conduct their day by
scheduled day with a to- remaining flexible and
spontaneous
do list of tasks and goals
 Prefer to stay open to new
 Typical day: wake up, information and avoid being
shower, attend a tied down to a rigid schedule
network group, make 5 that requires time
phone calls, workout, management
calling, follow up on
leads, 3 hours of online
 Perhaps the P personality
intended to make calls in the
research morning but a friend calls
and wants to golf – which
 Being in control of the becomes more of a priority -
the golf outing produces a
day with a system or lead… the application is due
method to job search and by the end of the day, he
sticking to the plan fits returns home and completes
this personality type the application, resume and
cover letter… finds himself
energized by the last-minute
pressure

26. Job Searching by
Type
 You will probably use an
approach that feels most
natural & comfortable
 That way often feels like the
best way
 The challenge… stepping out
of our comfort zone!
 Use the less preferred way
 Not about right & wrong, but
knowing we can flip the coin
(the other side might serve
us better)

27.  Each preference and each
type has its own gifts and
strengths
 It is up to you to decide
whether the results are
accurate
 Type should be used to
understand yourself, not
as an excuse for doing or
not doing something
 This indicates your
preferences, not your
abilities

28. Keep things in
perspective…