6B2 - Undertake research to identify and evaluate their personal and professional skills and the career or progression opportunities available to them.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (personality test):
RESULT: Advocate (INFJ-T).
"Quiet and mystical, yet very inspiring and tireless idealists".
"As Diplomats, they have an inborn sense of idealism and morality, but what sets them apart is the accompanying judging (J) trait - INFJ's are not idle dreamers, but people capable of taking concrete steps to realise their goals and make a lasting positive impact".
STRENGTHS:
- Creative - combining a vivid imagination with a strong sense of compassion, INFJ's use their creativity to resolve not technical challenges, but human ones. People with the INFJ personality type enjoy finding the perfect solution for someone they care about, and this strength makes them excellent counsellors and advisers.
- Insightful - seeing through dishonesty and disingenuous motives, INFJ's step past manipulation and sales tactics and into a more honest discussion. INFJ's see how people and events are connected, and are able to use that insight to get to the heart of the matter.
- Inspiring and convincing - INFJ's have a fluid, inspirational writing style that appeals to the inner idealist in their audience. INFJ's can even be astonishingly good orators, speaking with warmth and passion, if they are proud of what they are speaking for.
- Decisive - their creativity, insight and inspiration are able to have a real impact on the world, as they are able to follow through on their ideas with conviction, willpower, and the planning necessary to see complex projects through to the end. They just don't see the way things ought to be, they act on those insights.
- Determined and passionate - when they come to believe that something is important, they pursue that goal with conviction and energy.
- Altruistic - INFJ' have strong beliefs and take the actions that they do not because they are trying to advance themselves, but because they are trying to advance an idea that they truly believe will make the world a better place.
- Perfectionist - (could also be a weakness).
What jobs could work well for this personality type?
- Illustrator, blogger, magazine editor, set designer, printmaker.
Contacting professionals:
- Email, telephone, send a written letter, send something physical (package), invite them to an event or exhibition (end of year show), have people review emails before sending.
- Have a clear ask and make your email easy to respond to - clear and confident.
- If no reply, follow up (weeks time).
- Event production.
- Magazine editor.
- Image re-toucher.
- Video artist/artist.
- Media planner/buyer (broadcasting).
- Brand strategist.
- Graphic designer (freelance).
- Junior designer (in an agency).
- In house designer - a designer who works with one specific brand.
- Junior designer in an advertising agency.
- Freelance in an agency - a contracted freelancer for a set amount of time.
- Creative director.
- Marketing (brand/freelance/consultancy).
- Teacher/lecturer.
- Social media manager.
- Studio founder.
- App design/UX/UI designer.
- Illustrator.
- Typographer.
- Product designer.
- Blogger/social media personality.
- Set designer (TV/film/theatre).
- Content strategist.
- Art director.
- Advertising creative (ideas based).
- Packaging designer.
- Pre-press technician.
- Front end web designer.
- Motion design.
- Exhibition design.
- Interior design.
- Printmaker (run a print service).
- Account director - first point of contact for clients.
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