"Know Thyself"
Whether you are just starting out, looking for a change, exploring business ideas, or thinking about retirement activities, WHAT'S YOUR TYPE OF CAREER? will show readers how to find work in that perfect career.
Dunning's advice is based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (r) assessment. The first portion of the book uses powerful, but easy-to-use worksheets to guide the reader in determining their personality type. The second and third parts are in-depth, highly-relevant, jargon-free descriptions and explanations of the eight "Ways of Working." They explore the work preferences, strengths, areas for development, learning, teamwork, and leadership styles of each type. They provide practical suggestions for types of work that attract each personality type and guide the reader to match their personality type with the appropriate career path. The eight "Ways of Working" are: Extraverted "Ways of Working" 1. Responders: Act and adapt 2. Explorers: Innovate and initiate 3. Expeditors: Direct and decide 4. Contributors: Communicate and cooperate Introverted "Ways of Working" 5. Assimilators: Specialize and stabilize 6. Visionaries: Interpret and implement 7. Analyzers: Examine and evaluate 8. Enhancers: Care and connect
The process outlined in WHAT'S YOUR TYPE OF CAREER? is very useful to anyone's pursuit of the perfect career. It will help readers manage transitions, enrich career choices, and move into opportunities that will best suit their unique talents by showing how to: * Use natural strengths and skills based on personality type to expand and enhance work * Become more aware of what makes work more fulfilling * Make better career choices to suit motivations and preference * Be better prepared for the changing future by understanding their natural "Way of Working" * Identify areas for growth * Initiate personal growth * Heighten career satisfaction
Beyond the individual level, companies want to ensure that they are using the strengths of their workers. WHAT'S YOUR TYPE OF CAREER? can provide a quick and effective way to do that. If a current HR program does not look at individual differences as strengths and areas for improvement, they can use this tool to improve their process.