Career Development Self Reflection

Lillian Espina
Ms. Stephan
Career Development
12 September, 2019
Self Reflection
In unit one we took three personality, strength, and career choice tests to better get an
idea of how our personality traits relate to what may be a good career for me to choose as I
consider majors to take in college. The first assessment that I completed was the “Do what you
are” which uses the myers brigg personality types and after finishing the test I received the result
that my personality type was INFJ. Those four letters stand for a different category each that my
personality falls under. The “I” stands for Introvert which means I get my energy from alone
time or more quiet time with thoughtful conversation which is the opposite of extrovert which
gains energy from being social and hanging out with others. The next category is sensing or
intuition, I received “N” intuition, which means that I use my imagination and also focus on
“what could be”. The “F” stands for feeling with the other option being thinking, this means that
Imake decisions with my heart and I like to do meaningful work, I also work to understand
others and am supportive. Lastly the “J” stands for judging or perceiving which relates to how I
deal with the world. Judgers maintain control over projects, work in predictable environments
and like things to be orderly. This four letter combination shows me what kind of environment I
would be suited for and also some of my strengths and blind spots. Some strengths and blind
spots that I believe are very true for me are, Impressing people with your thoughtfulness and
integrity, Developing and following a well laid-out plan, Using your creativity to suggest
alternative approaches, Being an attentive listener, Being able to anticipate what will impress
people. Blind Spots, Being impractical or unrealistic about your expectations, Not
communicating concisely enough, Seeming too independent or inflexible about certain issues,
Making decisions before you collect all the necessary information, Speaking in a style that
doesn't accurately reflect your enthusiasm. The next thing that I learned about being an INFJ that
I thought was eye opening but helpful was my learning style. I already knew that I need time to
read and think before answering and if I answer to fast I usually don’t have my best answer yet. I
also agreed with the fact about needing structure but not to much structure. Lastly, I agree with
the idea that I need a minimum amount of overwhelming details. What did surprise me was the
idea about liking small groups which I kinda get but also sometimes disagree with. Some of the
careers it told me I would be good at were ones that I was already looking at which was cool to
see, some included civil engineering, architecture, architectural engineering, art teacher, music
teacher.
The next test I took was the career interest profiler, this organized my answers to
categories that I might be good at or like a career in. Realistic and social were my two highest,
realistic being working with tools and your hands, but also animals and plants, social being
described as helping people with different tasks and or providing a service to others. My two
lowest were Investigative and Conventional. Investigative means searching for facts and doing
problems mentally, conventional means working with set routines, chains of command, and
working with data. I wasn’t very surprised because through doing mission trips and animal
volunteer work I know I like working with animals and my hands as well as with tools. Lastly, I
took the “strengthsfinder” assessment, my three results were competing, discoverer, and
achieving. They all make sense but the competing one just reflects on my whole life weather it is
a board game, card games, sport, or in the classroom, I am constantly competing with myself and
with others. I also noticed that for achieving to describes me as having more energy and more
goals than other people and loving a sense of accomplishment. All these assessments I took lead
to me discovering more about myself including more about my INFJ personality type, my
strengths and some possible career choices that fit well with these strengths and personality
traits.

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What personality type did Lillian receive on the 'Do what you are' test?

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