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4 Hot Careers for ENFJs

ENFJs are highly motivated by personal values and a strong desire to help other people. They tend to be humanitarians who strive to remain true to their visions of how to make the world a better place, and they're not only motivated by high ideals but they're also gifted with excellent organizational skills. Hot careers for ENFJs are those that allow these caring, idealistic people plenty of opportunities to make significant differences in the lives of others. Read More >>

Thinking About a Career Change? How MBTI Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

Are you thinking about a career change? Perhaps you've been working at the same job for a number of years, but you feel like you're just spinning your wheels, and you no longer enjoy what you do. It might be, too, that you've had several jobs, maybe even in different fields, but none of them have really clicked with you. In either case, you might be longing for a career in which you face each day with enthusiasm, loving what you do and committing your work hours to your life's passions. Here's how MBTI can help you achieve your goals. Read More >>

4 Hot Careers for ENTPs

ENTPs are highly innovative people who pride themselves on being able to find creative, new solutions. They dislike routine and thrive on change, seeing it as a challenge. ENTPs, as the quintessential Think Outside the Box personality type, disdain convention and attempt to carve new paths. Hot careers for ENTPs allow these ingenious people to express their talents for clearly seeing big pictures when it comes to problems and coming up with leading-edge solutions. Read More >>

Artistic Careers for INFPs

INFPs, with their natural tendencies toward creative expression, are well-suited to artistic careers. Indeed, many INFPs who work in more traditional careers delight in such pursuits as creative writing, painting and theater as hobbies. When INFPs are able to build a career from their passions that is both personally and financially rewarding, they are fortunate and happy people indeed. Artistic careers for INFPs are those that give these sensitive, artistic souls the chance to fully express and explore their creative potential. Read More >>

A Day On The Job With A Minister

The College Board lists careers in the clergy as one of the ten fastest-growing careers through 2018. A career in the ministry is, though, much more than just a job. It's a way of life. Reverend Becca Clark, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier, Vermont, graciously consented to discuss what a day on the job with a minister is like. Read More >>

4 Hot Careers for INTPs

INTPs are driven by a deep yearning to understand systems and what makes them work. They're analytical people who prize knowledge and love to come up with theories as to how systems can best operate. They are the masters of the Thought Experiment. While they seem to live very much in their minds, they get excited about innovation, devising theories about how things work, and testing their ideas. Hot careers for INTPs are those that put to good use their talent for creative problem-solving. Read More >>

Teaching Careers Off the Beaten Path

According to the College Board, teaching careers will be some of the hottest careers for college graduates through 2018. Teachers of all kinds – elementary school, postsecondary school – will be in great demand throughout our current decade. There are also teaching careers off the beaten path which you might not have considered. If you're interested in being a teacher but you'd like to go about it in a different way, one of these careers might be just right for you. Read More >>

Is Graduate School Right For You?

Whether you're a recent college graduate or you're considering the possibility of a career change, you might be wondering, is graduate school right for you? Graduate school isn't a path to choose lightly, without reflection. Earning a post-graduate degree, whether a Masters degree, Doctoral degree or a professional degree, requires tremendous commitments of time, energy and money, and you want to be sure you're putting these resources to the best possible use for your career path. Read More >>

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5 Ways to Meet an INFJ

At just 1.5% of the US population, INFJs can be hard to find. Some of us will go our entire lives without running into one! But if you’re bound and determined to encounter this, the rare blue diamond of personality types, here are some ways to increase your chances. Read More >>

3 Hot Careers for INTJs

As analytical problem solvers, INTJs strive to understand and improve complex systems. They're achievement-oriented people for whom there's no such thing as too much knowledge. Though INTJs excel at abstract thinking, they love the challenge of putting their solutions to work in reality. They're perfectionists and highly attuned to detail. They value logic, order, and efficiency. If you're an INTJ, you're fortunate: three hot careers for INTJs made CNN Money's list of the best jobs in America. Read More >>

Myers Briggs Types: The Superhero Edition

Okay, analyzing presidential candidates' personality types is interesting and instructive, but perhaps it's time for something a little more lighthearted? After sifting through the superhero movie deluge this summer, I started thinking about our iconic heroes and their personality styles. Some are more apparent than others, but here are my guesses. Read More >>

4 Hot Careers for INFPs

INFPs are individualistic, creative thinkers who place high value on originality. They long to make a positive difference in the world, and as independent-spirited Healers, they want to do it on their terms. They focus on potential, possibility and on the good in people and situations. Hot careers for INFPs let these ethical and iconoclastic people use their considerable creative talents to bring out the best in themselves and others. Read More >>

4 Hot Careers for INFJs

As highly creative and intuitive individuals, INFJs excel both in artistic pursuits and in various helping professions. They're gentle-spirited people who, while they might seem mysterious until you get to know them, are warm, idealistic, and have a strong sense of responsibility toward other people. They tend to enjoy working with people one-to-one instead of in groups. Hot careers for INFJs are those that give Counselors plenty of opportunities to express their creativity and compassion. Read More >>

Job Interview Tips for Introverts

Large amounts of stimulation from the outside world, including in-person socializing, can feel draining to introverts, and the prospect of job interviews often reinforce that feeling.  In job interviews, introverts must put themselves in the spotlight, beat their own drums and engage in small talk.  For extroverts, those activities are second nature.  Introverts, however, have their own strengths which are equally important and which can help them succeed in job interviews.  Are you an introvert?  These job interview tips for introverts will help you take stock of your strengths and consider how they can help you get hired. Read More >>

4 Hot Careers for ENFPs

As creative idealists, ENFPs strive not only to realize their full potential but to help other people do the same. ENFPs love to explore possibilities, and they dislike mundane detail and routine. They need to be consistently challenged. Hot careers for ENFPs are those in which they can follow their bliss by applying their broad range of skills and abilities to help and inspire others. Read More >>

4 Hot Careers for INTPs

INTPs are driven by a deep yearning to understand systems and what makes them work. They're analytical people who prize knowledge and love to come up with theories as to how systems can best operate. They are the masters of the Thought Experiment. While they seem to live very much in their minds, they get excited about innovation, devising theories about how things work, and testing their ideas. Hot careers for INTPs are those that put to good use their talent for creative problem-solving. Read More >>

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