Personality

Beauty attracts the eye but personality captures the heart.

Knowing yourself is important yet difficult especially when you are young and new to the work world. Thanks to psychologists who have spent years doing research on personality, getting a portrait of one's personality can be relatively easier by taking a personality test.

Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is one of the recommended tool to start with. It produces 16 personality types on the basis of four dichotomies. You might notice that the MBTI measures individual preference, not their ability, the use of the MBTI as a predictor of job success is not encouraged. Hence, I would recommend you to use it as a tool to explore your preferred job.

If you are still in the campus, you may get your campus counselor to complete the MBTI assessment. Alternatively, you may access the Open Extended Jungian Type Scales (OEJS), a free and open source measure of the four dichotomies which yields an equivalent result to the MBTI.

I would also encourage you to try on other personality test as well so that you will be able to capture a much more comprehensive understanding of your personality, since different personality test takes a different perspective to understand individuals.

 

Open Extended Jungian Type Scales

This system of personality types was proposed by Carl Jung (1921) and later refined by C. Myers and I. M. Briggs.

It has become an extremely widely used personality theory in self-help, business management, counselling and spiritual development contexts. The system produces 16 personality types on the basis of four dichotomies.

The OEJS is a free and open source measure of the four dichotomies which yields an equivalent result to the usual MBTI test.

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Interested in personality? Read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality