Unit 3 Interests

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Unit 3 Interests Personality

• Real success is finding your life work in the
  work that you love.
• David McCullough
• Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy
  and girl should choose as his life work some
  occupation which he should like to do anyhow,
  even if he did not need the money.
• William Lyon Phelps

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Unit 3 Learning Objectives

• At the end of this unit, you will be able to
• Explain the six Holland personality/environment
  types
• Identify your Holland Code
• Generate occupational prospects based on your
  Holland Code
• Define the four dimensions of personality as
  measured by Myers-Briggs
• Identify your Myers-Briggs personality type

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Unit 3 Holland Codes

• Hollands interest assessment is based on the
  following assumption
• Good match between a persons interests/personalit
  y and their work environment job satisfaction,
  career path stability, and occupational
  achievement
• Think of a job youve held that wasnt a good fit
  with your interests/personality were you
  satisfied in that job, were you motivated to do
  well, were you motivated to look for a different
  job?

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Unit 3 Holland Codes

• If you havent already done so, complete
  Hollands Self-Directed Search at
• http//www.self-directed-search.com/
• Remember
• there are no right or wrong answers
• answer honestly
• move quickly through the items, going with your
  first impression dont dwell on each item and
  overanalyze
• we are all a combination of all six types your
  results are going to indicate your preferences

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Unit 3 Holland Codes

• Realistic Do-ers, preference for working with
  things
• Investigative Thinkers, preference for
  working with ideas
• Artistic Creators, preference for working
  with ideas
• Social Helpers, preference for working with
  people
• Enterprising Persuaders, preference for
  working with people
• Conventional Organizers, preference for for
  working with things

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Unit 3 Holland Codes

• You can find additional information about the six
  Holland codes, including lists of career
  possibilities by personality type at
• http//career.missouri.edu/holland/

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator measures
  personality type in four categories
• where you focus and receive energy
• the way you process information
• the way you make decisions
• how you act in and relate to your environment

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• Complete the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II
  (measures two of four categories from the
  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) at
• http//www.keirsey.com/
• Remember
• there are no right or wrong answers
• answer honestly
• move quickly through the items, going with your
  first impression dont dwell on each item and
  overanalyze
• we all possess some of each type your results
  are going to indicate your preference in each
  area

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• Where you focus and receive energy
• Extraversion prefer to focus on the outer world
  of people and things
• Introversion prefer to focus on the inner world
  of thoughts, feelings, or impressions

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• The way you process information
• Sensing Prefer to focus on reality and on
  information brought by the five senses
• Intuition Prefer to focus on possibilities and
  relationships and look toward the future

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• The way you make decisions
• Thinking Prefer to base judgments on logical
  and objective analysis tend to be more
  task-oriented more important to be right than to
  be liked
• Feeling Prefer to base judgments on personal
  values tend to be more person oriented take
  things personally

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• How you act in and relate to your environment
• Judging prefer a structured, planned and
  organized approach to life tend to want things
  settled and decided
• Perceiving prefer a flexible, adaptable, and
  spontaneous approach to life

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Unit 3 Myers-Briggs

• Additional explanation of the 16 combinations
• http//www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/psychology/alt
  .psychology.personality/profiles/

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