MYERS BRIGGS PERSONALITY TEST

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1 MYERS BRIGGS PERSONALITY TEST Q1. Which is your most natural energy orientation? EXTRAVERTED CHARACTERISTICS Act first, think/reflect later Feel deprived when cutoff from interaction with the outside world Usually open to and motivated by outside world of people and things Enjoy wide variety and change in people relationships INTROVERTED CHARACTERISTICS Think/reflect first, then Act Regularly require an amount of private time to recharge batteries Motivated internally, mind is sometimes so active it is closed to outside world Prefer one-to-one communication and relationships Choose which best fits: Extraversion (E) Introversion (I) Q2. Which way of Perceiving or understanding is most automatic or natural? SENSING CHARACTERISTICS Mentally live in the Now, attending to present opportunities Using common sense and creating practical solutions is automatic-instinctual Memory recall is rich in detail of facts and past events Best improvise from past experience Like clear and concrete information; dislike guessing when facts are fuzzy INTUITIVE CHARACTERISTICS Mentally live in the Future, attending to future possibilities Using imagination and creating/inventing new possibilities is automatic-instinctual Memory recall emphasizes patterns, contexts, and connections Best improvise from theoretical understanding Comfortable with ambiguous, fuzzy data and with guessing its meaning. Choose which best fits: Sensing (S) Intuition (N)

2 Q3. Which way of forming Judgments and making choices is most natural? THINKING CHARACTERISTICS Instinctively search for facts and logic in a decision situation. Naturally notices tasks and work to be accomplished. Easily able to provide an objective and critical analysis. Accept conflict as a natural, normal part of relationships with people. FEELING CHARACTERISTICS Instinctively employ personal feelings and impact on people in decision situations Naturally sensitive to people needs and reactions. Naturally seek consensus and popular opinions. Unsettled by conflict; have almost a toxic reaction to disharmony. Choose which best fits: Thinking (T) Feeling (F) Q4. What is your action orientation towards the outside world? JUDGING CHARACTERISTICS Plan many of the details in advance before moving into action. Focus on task-related action; complete meaningful segments before moving on. Work best and avoid stress when able to keep ahead of deadlines. Naturally use targets, dates and standard routines to manage life. PERCEIVING CHARACTERISTICS Comfortable moving into action without a plan; plan on-the-go. Like to multitask, have variety, mix work and play. Naturally tolerant of time pressure; work best close to the deadlines. Instinctively avoid commitments which interfere with flexibility, freedom and variety Choose which best fits: Judging (J) Perceiving (P) Your 4 Personality Type Letters

3 SKILLS SKILLS Highlight your top five skills good at and enjoy.

4 ACHIEVEMENTS List of at least ten specific personal achievements that demonstrated a skill. 1. ACHIEVEMENTS

5 VALUES ACTION VALUES RESULT VALUES PERSONAL QUALITIES Create Ideas Achievement Generous Make Things Beauty Around Me Autonomous Fix Things Knowledge Healthy Help People Pleasure Moral Design Systems Power Physically Attractive Perform Physical Tasks Recognition Spiritual Organize Things Wealth Ambitious Create Beauty Adventure Caring Explore Ideas Comfort Cooperative Follow Directions Independence Disciplined Take Responsibility Leisure Time Positive Experience Variety Possessions Needed Improve Society Security Efficient Take Risks Structure/Order Open-minded Be In Nature Stability Competent Manage People Wisdom Logical Family Harmony Sensitive Friendship Creative Self-respect Fair Inner Harmony Environmentally Aware Integrity Honest Equality Happy List your five to eight most important values

6 RESUME AND COVER LETTER ACTION KEYWORDS A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Achieved, accomplished, adapted, addressed, analyzed, authored, authorized, assessed, assisted, appraised, amended, advised, allocated, altered, accelerated, acquired, acted, aided, assembled Budgeted, built, balanced Compiled, combined, challenged, chaired, committed, communicated, coordinated, calculated, contributed, commissioned Decided, developed, disclosed, documented, discovered, designed, determined, demonstrated, deferred, distributed, directed, devoted, drafted, doubled, diversified Exercised, expected, earned, elected, engaged, entered, engineered, employed, edited, evaluated, entertained, eliminated, exchanged, ended, exempted, endorsed, expedited, experienced, enforced, explained Facilitated, focused, financed, fueled, figured, fit, formed, fortified, functioned Guided, grouped, gave, garnered, granted, generated Hired, handled Improved, identified, installed, inspired, interviewed, issued, invested, illustrated, implemented, incurred, innovated, inspected, invented, interpreted, instilled, inaugurated, informed, induced Judged Located, lectured, launched, litigated, lobbied, led Mastered, managed, merchandised, modified, met, minimized, modeled, measured, moderated, motivated, multiplied, marketed, maximized, moved, mediated Negotiated, noticed Operated, owned, observed, oversaw, organized, obtained, oriented Participated, printed, proposed, pursued, persuaded, perceived, preserved, processed, promoted, planned, performed, pioneered, passed, prioritized, provided, profiled, polled, presented, procured, purchased, placed, permitted Quoted Ranked, resolved, received, rewarded, revised, revitalized, revamped, responded, restored, rejected, reinforced, reinstated, rehabilitated, remedied, redesigned, recruited, recovered, recorded, reduced, replaced, retained, retrieved, reversed, ran, raised, reached Save, secured, stabilized, scheduled, screened, settled, separated, sent, selected, shaped, shortened, showed, signed, simplified, sold, staged, standardized, steered, stimulated, strategized, surveyed, supported, supplied, substantiated, supervised Trained, tabulated, took, traveled, transformed, tested, transferred, tailored, targeted Utilized, uncovered, united, updated, undertook, unified Verified, valued, validated, visited Witnessed, worked, weighed, wrote, won, welcomed Excerpts from About.com

7 PRODUCT DEFINITION STATEMENT

8 TOP 10 RESUME MISTAKES 1. Misspellings and grammatical errors Hints: Use a dictionary while you write and don t use words you are unfamiliar with. Spell check Proofread Have someone else proofread Proofread again 2. Outdated information 3. Including too much information. Include highlights Bullets 4. Including too much information. Include highlights Bullets 5. Writing a resume objective that does not match the job. Objective statement Profile statement 6. Using a career summary that doesn t match the job requirements. Why they should hire you Relevant strengths, skills & core competencies that are unique to you Speak to your professional background only 7. Job description that doesn t show achievements. Don t list duties Active statements that show added value 8. Leading with irrelevant duties. Hard hitting statement 9. Not quantifying accomplishments. 10. Being too modest. excerpts from About.com

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