Job Study, Recruitment, and Selection

Abstract

One of the most important skills necessary for achieving success in one’s career is the ability to work effectively together with other people. From personality type standpoint, it means being able to effectively collaborate and communicate with various personality types. According to Carl Jung’s (2012) typology, all people can be characterized using the following three criteria: extraversion – introversion; sensing – intuition; thinking – feeling. Isabel Briggs Myers (2012) added a fourth criterion: judging – perceiving. These four criteria are called dichotomies since each of them represented a continuum between two opposite poles.

Managing Individual Behavior

How does my personality type affect my career and effectiveness at my job? Based on the theory of psychological types introduced by the famous psychologist Carl G. Jung (1971), people can be characterized by their preference of general attitude (extraverted vs. introverted), their preference of one of the two functions of perception (sensing vs. intuition), and their preference of one of the two functions of judging (thinking vs. feeling). Isabel Briggs Myers (1980, 1995), emphasized the importance of the judging-perceiving relationship as a fourth factor influencing personality type.

What did the test reveal about you? The Jung Typology personality test revealed that:

There is a moderate preference of extraversion over introversion. An extravert’s source and direction of energy expression is mainly the external world, maintains affinity for, and sources energy from the outer world.

There is a slight preference of intuition over sensing. A person relies upon their conception about things based on their understanding of the world. Means that a person believes mainly information he or she receives from the internal or imaginative world.

There is a slight preference of thinking over feeling. An individual makes decisions based on logical reasoning, and is less affected by feelings and emotions.

There is a strong preference of judging over perceiving. Jung (1971) called feeling and thinking types rational, because they are characterized by dominance of judging functions that provide reasoning rationale. Rational or judging preference results in thinking, feelings, response and behavior that consciously operate in line with certain rules, principles or norms. People with dominant rational or judging preference perceive the world as an ordered structure that follows a set of rules.

What can you infer from this test about your strengths and weaknesses? We can infer from this test that ENTJ’s often find themselves in occupations that require good analytical and planning skills. ENTJ’s build successful careers in the areas requiring considerable organizational