In The MBTI Report
Exploration of Career and Personal ideals
Before I entered college, there was only one career path that was carved out for me by my parents and consequently for myself. Being a doctor in any chosen field was my parents’ dream. When I came to Georgia State University and started taking my major biology classes, I began discerning what medical school and being a doctor truly entailed. My outlook on my parents’ chosen profession for me changed and I started concentrating on finding what I was really passionate about. Through research in the career center, volunteer work and various stressful conversations with friends, I came to the conclusion that my path is in Nutrition/ Dietetics. Coming into Career Development and Life Planning class, I wanted to learn more about my chosen field and myself by gaining new insight through the MBTI and CISS assessments and learning about career theories. The areas that I learned most about so far consist of self exploration and career development.
Self exploration is a major component in finding a happy fit in one’s career. Knowing your personality, expectations, interests, and skills is imperative to facilitate an awareness of what careers someone is passionate about and the careers …show more content…
INFJ is a person who is introverted, relies on intuition, feeling to take in information and make decisions and deals with the world through judgment. Being an INFJ for the most part fits who I am and how I see the world. I am quite and observant in most situations, I do tend to focus on the big picture and I like to be logical in my decisions for the most part. According to the MBTI summary, being an INFJ is congruent with my career goals. The report states that I like to help people grow and develop and my preferred work environment has somewhat of humanitarianism involved which I agree with because I do want to work with third world countries by developing their nutrition and health
Before I entered college, there was only one career path that was carved out for me by my parents and consequently for myself. Being a doctor in any chosen field was my parents’ dream. When I came to Georgia State University and started taking my major biology classes, I began discerning what medical school and being a doctor truly entailed. My outlook on my parents’ chosen profession for me changed and I started concentrating on finding what I was really passionate about. Through research in the career center, volunteer work and various stressful conversations with friends, I came to the conclusion that my path is in Nutrition/ Dietetics. Coming into Career Development and Life Planning class, I wanted to learn more about my chosen field and myself by gaining new insight through the MBTI and CISS assessments and learning about career theories. The areas that I learned most about so far consist of self exploration and career development.
Self exploration is a major component in finding a happy fit in one’s career. Knowing your personality, expectations, interests, and skills is imperative to facilitate an awareness of what careers someone is passionate about and the careers …show more content…
INFJ is a person who is introverted, relies on intuition, feeling to take in information and make decisions and deals with the world through judgment. Being an INFJ for the most part fits who I am and how I see the world. I am quite and observant in most situations, I do tend to focus on the big picture and I like to be logical in my decisions for the most part. According to the MBTI summary, being an INFJ is congruent with my career goals. The report states that I like to help people grow and develop and my preferred work environment has somewhat of humanitarianism involved which I agree with because I do want to work with third world countries by developing their nutrition and health