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Personality

Personality tests, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, help identify your preferences. Using your personality type can be helpful in finding a career field and company culture that is most compatible with your style.

Use the links below to figure out your personality traits. They are not there to categorize you, but merely to give you an understanding of where your tendencies lie such as do you tend towards creating a schedule or doing things on the spur of the moment? There are no wrong answers or bad types.

It is highly recommended that you make an appointment with a career counselor for assistance interpreting your inventory results. These professionals can offer suggestions about how to use this information in your career/job search.

6 Resources found for
Category: Personality

1. California Psychological Inventory (CPI)
   Measures personality attributes used to describe professional and personal styles. It presents results on more than two dozen scales in five areas: 1) Dealing with Others, 2) Self-management, 3) Motivations and thinking style, 4) Personal characteristics,
   www.stthomas.edu/careerdevelopment/assessments/cpi
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2. Job Hunters Bible
   Job Hunter's Bible offers job postings, online resumes, job-hunting advice and counseling, information on occupational and company research, and career networking.
   www.jobhuntersbible.com
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3. Jung Typology inventory: HumanMetrics
   Personality Assessment - Your type formula according to Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typology along with the strengths and preferences.
   www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
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4. Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Temperament Theory
   Keirsey Temperament Sorter - offering assessments, publications, and professional services to more than 140 different countries in more than 20 different languages.
   keirsey.com
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5. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
   The self-report questionnaire is designed to help you identify your personality strengths and unique gifts. The information gained can be used to better understand yourself, career options and preferred work tasks and environments.
   www.stthomas.edu/ careerdevelopment/ assessments/ mbti
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6. Personality Type from Blogthings
   A fun and quick 40 question questionnaire that helps determine your personality type.
   www.blogthings.com/whatsyourpersonalitytypequiz/
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