Research shows that the match between personality and job plays a major role in Job satisfaction and success. One career psychologist, Dr. John Holland has identified six personality types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. In reality, most people would fall within more than one type.
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The Realistic Personality Type:
Likes to work with animals, tools, or machines; generally avoids social activities like teaching, counseling, nursing, and informing others; has good skills in working with tools, machines or animals; values practical things you can see and touch or things you can build or make better; and sees self as practical and realistic. This personality type will do well as a horticulturist, fire fighter, policeman, engineer, sailor, welder, nutritionist, taxi driver, bricklayer, construction manager, carpenter or mechanic.
The Artistic Personality Type:
Likes to do creative activities; generally avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities; has good artistic abilities - in creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art. Values the creative arts and sees self as expressive, original, and independent. One who has such personality can be an editor, writer, cartoonist, illustrator, interior designer, fashion designer, landscape architect, painter, photographer, actress, choreographer, producer, television presenter, music composer or singer.
The Investigative Personality Type:
Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading, selling, or persuading people; has good skills at understanding and solving science and math problems; values science and sees self as precise, scientific, and intellectual. He may choose to be a geophysicist, food scientist, medical doctor, psychologist, actuarist, computer programmer, historian, marketing researcher or sociologist.
The Enterprising Personality Type likes to lead and persuade people, and to sell things and ideas; generally avoids activities that require careful observation and scientific, analytical thinking; is good at leading people and selling things or ideas; values success in politics, leadership, or business;
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The Social Personality Type:
Likes to do things to help people; generally avoids using machines, tools, or animals to achieve a goal; has good skills at teaching, counseling, nursing, or giving information; values helping people and solving social problems; and sees self as helpful, friendly, and trustworthy. This group is suitable as counseling psychologist, school counselor, social worker, nurse, teacher, and coach or fitness trainer.
The Enterprising Personality Type:
Likes to lead and persuade people, and to sell things and ideas; generally avoids activities that require careful observation and scientific, analytical thinking; is good at leading people and selling things or ideas; values success in politics, leadership, or business; and sees self as energetic, ambitious, and sociable. He will enjoy a career as a sales person, hair stylist, fast-foods worker, lawyer, judge, training specialist, engineering manager, accountant or an insurance underwriter
The Conventional Personality Type:
Likes to work with numbers and record; generally avoids ambiguous, unstructured activities; is good at working with written records and numbers in a systematic, orderly way; values success in business and sees self as orderly, and good at following a set plan. To this group belong the freight agent, confidential assistant, cashier, dispatcher, office manager, receptionist, and word processor.
The knowledge of your personality trait will enable you choose a profession that is in consonance with it. This, of course, will make you excel more easily. So, put your knowledge to use.
Chukwuma Ahiakwo is an Engineer with SNEPCO.
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