{"id":62097,"date":"2014-02-20T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T18:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=62097"},"modified":"2014-02-18T19:03:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T00:03:21","slug":"job-hunter-know-thyself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=62097","title":{"rendered":"Job Hunter, Know Thyself"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Ryan Nitz, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Alaska<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Job Hunter, Know Thyself<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"ryan.nitz\"<\/a>One of the more interesting and enlightening things that I\u2019ve done recently is take the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I had heard about the MBTI a few times, but never really thought\u00a0much about it or its implications. For those of you who don\u2019t already know, the MBTI is based\u00a0mostly on the theories of Carl Jung, and is an assessment that can help identify personality\u00a0type. If you\u2019re like me and have never really thought that much about personality types and the\u00a0real-life effects they have on everything we do, especially in social and high-pressure situations,\u00a0it could be helpful for you to make a little time investment and see what kind of insight this\u00a0type of personal inventory might be able to offer you. I know I was pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n

What was surprising to me wasn\u2019t the result of my MBTI questionnaire\u2014it was the unexpected\u00a0feelings of liberation and validation I felt once I started to think about how the personality\u00a0traits indicated for me manifest in my life all the time. It helped me feel a little less insecure\u00a0about some of my natural tendencies (like shyness, and the propensity to kick things around\u00a0in my head for a million years or so before saying them out loud), and feeling less insecure\u00a0helped me realize that these are things that I can address and improve upon. After all, shyness\u00a0and introversion aren\u2019t necessarily the personality traits that one naturally associates with\u00a0leadership and management. But, wait, you say, what does this have to do with me, Mr. Navel-gazer?<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s hard to argue with the idea that the better we understand ourselves, the better\u00a0position we\u2019ll be in to find jobs and organizational cultures that represent good matches to\u00a0our natural strengths. For example, if your MBTI indicates that you are one of my fellow INFPs\u00a0(follow the links at the end of this post to find out what those four letters mean, if you\u2019re\u00a0not familiar with MBTI types), you might place a lower priority on submitting applications for\u00a0positions that are heavy on, say, public speaking. Or, if in the process of an interview, you\u00a0find that the culture of an organization is one that assumes extroversion personalities on the\u00a0part of its employees, that would be something pretty useful to know. It\u2019s not that you would\u00a0necessarily remove yourself from consideration for that job, but you\u2019d know that you would\u00a0have some work to do and some energy to expend on a daily basis in order to adapt and go\u00a0with the flow at work.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, it\u2019s at least a little entertaining to take some personality indicator tests and see\u00a0what they have to tell you. Worst-case scenario, you waste a little time; best-case scenario,\u00a0you come out with some valuable information and understanding about yourself that you may\u00a0not have previously had. It could help lead you to identify the jobs for which you\u2019d be a more\u00a0natural fit and, if all the pieces fall into place, to which you might even actually enjoy going\u00a0every day.<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to comment and\/or drop me a line.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.myersbriggs.org\/my-mbti-personality-type\/mbti-basics\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Ryan Nitz, Head Editor,\u00a0INALJ Alaska Job Hunter, Know Thyself One of the more interesting and enlightening things that I\u2019ve done recently is take the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I had heard about the MBTI a few times, but never really thought\u00a0much about it or its implications. For those of you who don\u2019t already know,…<\/p>\n

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