This report helps you identify careers that will give you success and enjoyment for the rest of your life.

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1 1 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM Self-Awareness Report Mihnea Dumitru Personality Type: ENTJ Drexel University February 18, 2009 Why is this report important? Knowing yourself sets the stage for choosing careers that are right for you. It makes sense to choose a career that fits with your personality strengths, values, interests and skills. This report helps you identify careers that will give you success and enjoyment for the rest of your life. Your Personality Strengths You are going to find out about your natural strengths and talents! The dictionary defines personality as the combination of your distinctive individual qualities. When you understand these qualities about yourself, you will make good career decisions. By identifying your strengths and talents, you'll be able to find work that will be satisfying in the long run - where it counts. Part I your four personality factors. Type Factor: Extraversion Key Word: outgoing Strengths: Your natural preference is to work with people and things rather than ideas and concepts. Research shows the following types of employment appeal to Extraverts: sales, management of food services, restaurant work, office management, entertainment, consulting, school administration, theater, construction work, and politics. People in these occupations often work with and through other people; they are rewarded for their natural preference to focus their energy outwards. Type Factor: Intuition Key Word: imaginative Strengths: You are naturally good at theory and abstract reasoning. You will be attracted to occupations

2 2 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM that reward these skills. Research shows the following types of employment appeal to Intuitives: social science, psychology, art and theater work, entertainment, counseling, writing, acting and photography. People in these occupations often deal with theory rather than concrete details. Type Factor: Thinking Key Word: logical Strengths: You prefer work that is logical and businesslike. You appreciate work that follows a step-by-step strategy, where you decide what you want to do and can stick to your plan. Research shows that many Thinkers work in the following areas: management, computer specialties, law, engineering, physical science, financial work (banker, auditors), economics, military, administration and teaching high school science. You can see that these jobs would reward a logical approach to doing your work. Type Factor: Judgment Key Word: organized Strengths: You like work organized and directed toward a goal. Research shows that many Judgers work in the following areas: engineering, management and administration, technical and industrial teaching, science teaching, technicians, law, military, biological sciences, agriculture, business (accounting, finance, banking, bookkeeping), trades (e.g., electrician, plumbing, auto mechanic, technicians) and most teaching areas. These professions all focus on 'getting the job done.' Part II your personality type description. General Description: ENTJs are action-oriented problem-solvers who imagine what they want and then organize themselves and others to achieve it. ENTJs make great organizational leaders because they understand how groups work and they appreciate efficiency and effectiveness. They are outgoing, organized and strong-minded. Careers: ENTJs are business-like in addressing problems and they want to work with others who feel the same way. ENTJs are tough-minded leaders who aren't afraid of challenging others to defend their positions; they demand accountability. They are analytical problem-solvers and careers that value this characteristic will suit them well. ENTJs often gravitate towards the following careers: consulting, human resources management, administration and management, university teaching, marketing and research positions. Part III your preference strengths This graph shows your original type results and preference strengths as measured by the personality questionnaire. A high score means that you have a clear preference for that type factor. Preference Strengths Careers that fit your strengths This report shows you the career clusters that attract people with your personality strengths. Over 30 years of personality type research has gone into these matches. By looking through these clusters, you'll

3 3 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM be able to quickly find careers that fit your strengths, read more about them and save them to your report. People who work in jobs that fit their preferences enjoy it more, suffer less stress and get more done with less effort. So, the payoff to you is that you'll discover which careers fit your personality type strengths. Your Selected Careers for USA Lawyers and judges Economic consultants and marketing research analysts Engineering, science, and computer systems managers Actuaries Human resources specialists and managers Lawyers/Consultants Human resources specialists and managers Management analysts and consultants Lawyers and judges Marketing, advertising, and public relations managers Pure Science/Research Agricultural and food scientists Biological and medical scientists Computer programmers Foresters and conservation scientists Landscape architects Operations research analysts Urban and regional planners Web designers/developers Architects Chemists Computer scientists, computer engineers, and systems analysts Geologists and geophysicists Mathematicians applied Statisticians Mathematicians theoretical Business/Finance Accountants and auditors Marketing research analysts - see economists Medical and health services managers Insurance underwriters Loan officers and counselors Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents Restaurant manager - see food service manager Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Government accountants Internal auditors Clerical supervisors - see admin support supervisors Economists Health and medical services managers Community association managers Labor relations managers and specialists Administrative services managers Principals Lodging managers Insurance agents and brokers Property and real estate managers Real estate brokers and sales agents Retail salespersons Management accountants Education administrators Facility managers Administrative support worker supervisors and managers Controller - see financial managers Food service manager Training managers and specialists Hotel managers - see lodging managers

4 4 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM Academic deans Financial managers Values Values determine what you consider important and worthwhile in life. Because they are so important, it makes sense to include them in your career decision-making process. However, to include them, you must first be aware of them. Being aware of what you value is important because career development that lines up with your core beliefs and values is likely to be lasting and positive. So, the payoff is increased awareness of your work-related values, which leads to better career decisions. Your Key Values: Critically Important Values: 1. Public contact Have a lot of day-to-day contact with people. 2. Work with others Have close working relations with a group; work toward common goals as part of a team. 3. Friendships Develop close personal relationships with people as a result of work activities. 4. Competition Engage in activities in which I pit my abilities against those of others in situations where there are clear win-and-loss outcomes. 5. Make decisions Have the power to decide on policies and courses of action. 6. Work under pressure Work in situations where time pressure is prevalent; where the quality of my work is judged critically by supervisors, customers, or others; or both. 7. Power and Authority Control the work activities or (at least partially) the destinies of others. 8. Influence people Be in a position to change other people's attitudes or opinions. 9. Knowledge Engage in the pursuit of knowledge, truth, and understanding. 10. Intellectual status Be regarded as a person of high intellectual prowess or as an acknowledged expert in a given field. 11. Creativity (general) Create new ideas, programs, organizational structures, or anything else not following a format previously developed by others. 12. Supervision Be directly responsible for the work done by others. 13. Change and variety Have work responsibilities that frequently change in their content and setting. 14. Precision work Work in situations where there is very little tolerance for error.

5 5 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM 15. Recognition Be recognized for the quality of my work in some visible or public way. 16. Excitement Experience a high degree of (or frequent) excitement in my work. 17. Adventure Have work duties that involve frequent risk-taking. 18. Profit/gain Have a strong likelihood of accumulating large amounts of money or other material gain. 19. Moral fulfillment Feel that my work contributes significantly to a set of moral standards that I feel are very important. Important Values: 1. Help society Do something to contribute to the betterment of the world. 2. Help others Be involved in helping other people in a direct way, whether individually or in small groups. 3. Affiliation Be recognized as a member of a particular organization. 4. Security Be assured of keeping a job and receiving a reasonable financial reward. 5. Fast pace Work must be done rapidly. 6. Physical challenge Have a job that makes physical demands that are rewarding to me. Interests What do you like to do? What catches your attention? What brings you enjoyment? Wouldn't it be great if you could get paid for doing what you like to do anyway? Taking the time to identify your interests will help you discover what's important for you at work. Remember: if you like your work... it isn't work. So, the payoff is to identify your interests and therefore make better career decisions. Report Not Done Transferable Skills When you are looking for work, it makes sense to think about the skills you already possess and just as importantly, what skills you enjoy using.

6 6 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM The good news is that you already have many skills that you can use without additional training. The list below are skills you have chosen that you would like to use - keep these in mind when you think about your career choices. This list will help you make better career choices because you can focus on work you know you can do and would enjoy doing. Selected Skills: Skills I have acquired working with people Leadership Consulting Training Counseling Teaching Supervising Organizing Advising Coordinating Delegating Entertaining Skills I have acquired working with things Designing Using office equipment Driving Operating machinery Using common software eg: word processing Using specialized software eg: CAD Drafting Skills I have acquired working with data Planning Forecasting Testing Evaluating Problem solving Sorting Researching Working with spreadsheets Editing Calculating Creating policies Filing Computing Analyzing Reporting Skills I have acquired are Accept responsibility Set and meet deadlines Make decisions Organize others and myself Additional skills include

7 7 of 7 2/18/2009 3:11 PM Report Not Done Next Steps Go back over this report and circle words or ideas that seem important. Use these key items to start thinking about career planning. Your next step will be to formally create a career plan that details what training is needed.