'Accountants are introverts, great with the numbers, but they can’t handle people’
‘Salespeople are pushy extroverts, useless with admin’
‘Police Officers love rules & making motorists squirm’
Of course, these stereotypes are wrong (well maybe not all of the time!) But it is true that certain personality types are attracted towards particular careers, jobs and work environments; and equally true that some people are stuck in careers, jobs and environments for which they are temperamentally unsuited.
Understanding your personality type and behavioural preferences is a great way to assess whether you are in the right place or where you might be headed. It is particularly useful when contemplating:
• A complete career change
• A change to the employment model - employed, self-employed, interim or portfolio lifestyle
• Moving you career to an unfamiliar sector
Insights gained can also help improve your communications with others when networking or applying for jobs
We use the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as an excellent instrument to pull out all those ‘am I or aren’t I’, or ‘can I or can’t I’ type issues.