Jobs for Different Personality Types

When seeking your true love, you had better look for someone with a compatible personality. The same thing is true when choosing your career. Researchers have observed that most people have certain characteristics that can be grouped into a small number of categories. One popular methodology developed by respected career psychologist John Holland, who identifies six general types of people in relation to jobs: realistic, hands-on people, investigative people, artistic people, social people, enterprising people, and conventional people. This system for categorizing personality types obviously isn't perfect. Many people, for instance, are an amalgam of two or three different types. A few people might feel they don't fit into any of these categories. But whatever your attributes and idiosyncrasies, the odds of finding a fulfilling career are greater if you match your job to your personality. It may not be as easy as jumping at the first opportunity that comes along. But most people probably wouldn't marry their first dates, either.