Saturday, November 22, 2008

Work Personality Types

There are six types of work personalities, namely the Doer,Thinker, Helper, Persuader, & the Organizer.

DOER- The type of person with athletic or mechanical ability & prefers to work with objects, machine tools, plants or animals and prefers to be outdoors. This person likes to the things and excels in work details & mechanical areas. He makes things with his own hands or with tools, and likes physical activities.

Types of Work: Bookkeeper, cashier, construction contractor, encoder, flight attendant, medical assistant, pilot, statistician.

THINKER- The type of person who likes to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems. He figures things out and is fascinated on how things work. He also questions and is generally curious and a logical type.

Types of work: Accountant, biologist, chemist, computer programmer historian, legal assistant, optometrist, pharmacist, police detective, professor, researcher, surgeon.

CREATOR- The type of person with artistic, innovative, or intuitionist's abilities & who likes to work in unstructured situations using his imaginations or creativity. He enjoys developing new ideas or reinventing old ones and have a very vivid imagination. He belongs to a group of innovators, explorers, and pathfinders.

Types of Work: Architect, composer, copywriter, cosmetology, disk jockey, editor, graphic artist, interior designer, marketing supervisor, newscaster, model, singer, writer.

HELPER- A type of person who likes to work with people by informing, enlightening, helping, and developing, and curing them. He is a natural caregiver and likes to help other people. he excels in service and he follows his emotions and aims of making a difference in others.

Types of work: college/university faculty, dietitian, doctor, guidance counselor, human services workers, medical technician, nurse, physical therapist, police officer, clergyman, school teacher, social worker, telecommunicator.

PERSUADER- The type of person who likes to work with people by influencing, persuading, performing or leading them for organizational goals or foe economic gain. He likes to study and analyze situations and tries to sway the opinions of others. he has a deep sense of self confidence, and grows restless with routine and structured jobs.

Types of work: advertiser, announcer, broker, insurance agents, public relations specialist, purchasing agent, radio, commentator, sales representative, school principal, stock broker, talk show host, TV producer.

ORGANIZER- He likes to work with data, has clerical, or numerical ability, prefers to carry things out in detail and follows through other's instructions. He likes to have everything go with plans. He is good at coordination.

Types of work: archivist, finance manager, health services manager, hostess, hotel manager, human resources manager, librarian, records clerk, social director, stock clerk, travel agent, urban planner.

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