About the TypeFinder for Career Planning
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TypeFinder® for Career Planning
Cost: From $9/test
Time to take: 15-20 minutes
Individual report: 10+ pages, available online or as a PDF
What is the TypeFinder for Career Planning?
The TypeFinder for Career Planning is a validated, updated assessment of the 16 personality types created in the 1960's by Isabel Myers and Katharine Briggs. Based on four major personality preferences that address an individual's way of managing energy, making decisions, and relating to others, and tailored specifically for the career planning process, the TypeFinder for Career Planning can provide insight and guidance through any stage of the career planning process.
What does the TypeFinder for Career Planning measure?
The TypeFinder assesses the four preference pairs developed by Isabel Briggs Myers, via independently validated scales based on research conducted with a diverse global sample. These preference pairs reference key components of thought and behavior and provide insight into many aspects of work style.
- Extraversion vs. Introversion. This measure of energy style describes whether a person is energized by the outside world of activity and other people, or the internal world of thought and feeling.
- Sensing vs. Intuition. This measure of cognitive style describes whether a person focuses on facts and details, or theory and big-picture understanding.
- Thinking vs. Feeling. This measure of values style describes whether a person prioritizes concerns of logic and rationality, or person-centered concerns like empathy and harmony.
- Judging vs. Perceiving. This measure of task management style describes whether a person tends to be more structured and planned, or spontaneous and flexible.
Additionally, the TypeFinder for Career Planning includes a brief but comprehensive career interests assessment based on the trusted Holland Code model. The interests assessment helps to refine and personalize the career suggestions and advice provided in the results.
What’s covered in the results for the TypeFinder for Career Planning?
The TypeFinder for Career Planning report is designed to introduce the basic concepts of personality type developed by Myers and Briggs, as well as to explain clearly how these concepts can help inform the career planning process. In addition to basic sections on the four preferences and the personality type as a whole, the TypeFinder for for Career Planning report includes detailed sections on key topics of interest, including specific career suggestions, profile of work style, and personalized advice for the job search process.
What are the applications and uses of the TypeFinder for for Career Planning?
The TypeFinder for for Career Planning is used as a career coaching tool, as its versatile, strengths-focused model provides key insights and relevant guidance for choosing a career that suits a person's natural talents and motivations.
Is the TypeFinder for Career Planning valid and reliable?
The TypeFinder for Career Planning has been extensively researched and validated using a large global sample. The assessment has been shown to have excellent reliability according to standard psychometric measures, as well as real-world correlations with key career outcomes.