MONIQUE COX

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TEMPERAMENT & CAREERS

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“There is much to be gained by appreciating differences, and much

to be lost by ignoring them or condemning them. But the first step
toward seeing others as distinct from yourself is to become better
acquainted with your own traits of character.”

- David Keirsey
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Contents
This report is designed to help you
understand yourself and how your
temperament shapes your career.

Understanding You and Your Career 5

Temperament and Talent Relationship
The Guardian (Logistical) Role at Work

Learn About Your Temperament in the Workplace 18

Being a Protector
7 Things About You
7 Things to Be Aware Of
7 Things You’re Good At

Choosing the Best Occupation 22

Your Ideal Work Environment
Tips to Help You Find the Right Workplace
Typical Jobs for Your Guardian Protector Personality

Learn About Guardian Leaders 32

Famous Guardian Protectors

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Understanding You and

Your Career

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ABOUT YOUR TEMPERAMENT

Guardian Protector ISFJ

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Your particular personality type, the Guardian Protector

(ISFJ), makes up just about 12-13% of the total population,
which is a good thing, as Protectors often are the hard-
working unsung heroes who get the background jobs done
that keep things working on an even keel.

40-45% of the population are Guardians

There are four types of Guardians (SJs): Supervisors, Inspectors, Providers,
and Protectors. These four personality types share several core characteristics.

Supervisor Inspector Provider Protector

ESTJ ISTJ ESFJ ISFJ

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OBJECTIVE
Temperament and Careers

In a world filled with unique individuals, when it comes to personality there are
only four different temperaments and sixteen types of people. Understanding
these personality types and mastering your own can be the keys to achieving
your goals.

This report is designed to help you understand how the needs and preferences
of your temperament shape your career development process. It includes a
list of occupations that match the typical work style shared by people of your
temperament.

Artisan Guardian Idealist Rational

Promoter Supervisor Teacher Fieldmarshal

ESTP ESTJ ENFJ ENTJ

Crafter Inspector Counselor Mastermind

ISTP ISTJ INFJ INTJ

Performer Provider Champion Inventor

ESFP ESFJ ENFP ENTP

Composer Protector Healer Architect

ISFP ISFJ INFP INTP

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AN OVERVIEW
Temperament and Careers

GUARDIAN

45% All Guardians share

the following core
characteristics

Guardians
Guardians pride themselves on
1 being dependable, helpful, and
hard working.

Guardians tend to be both helpful and dutiful, with a

strong work ethic that can take them far. However, grand
rewards aren’t necessarily very important to Guardians. Guardians make loyal mates,
Instead, they tend to be humble types who are happy to 2 responsible parents, and
stabilizing leaders.
simply receive gratitude for a job well done. Guardians
are typically more cautious and deliberate than many
people are; this is not a temperament that jumps into
any personal or professional situation half-cocked. Their Guardians tend to be dutiful,
grounded approach to life can make Guardians loyal 3 cautious, humble, and focused on
credentials and traditions.
mates, responsible parents, and stabilizing leaders.
Indeed, this group can serve as the very cornerstone
of society. They tend to be concerned citizens who are
willing to join together with others around them. Perhaps Guardians are concerned citizens
this is because Guardians typically value the camaraderie 4 who trust authority, join groups,
seek security, prize gratitude, and
and security inherent in belonging to groups. As law-
dream of meting out justice.
abiding individuals who place trust in authority, Guardians
will often go out of their way to seek out justice.

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AN OVERVIEW

OTHER
Temperament and Careers

TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments

Artisan Guardian Idealist Rational

Optimistic Factual Imaginative Ingenious

Daring Cautious Romantic Calm
Adaptable Respectable Authentic Innovative
Excited Dependable Intuitive Logical
Impulsive Law-Abiding Relational Curious
Enticing Concerned Kindhearted Independent
Playful Steady Empathetic Pragmatic
Tactical Logistical Diplomatic Strategic

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AN OVERVIEW
Temperament and Careers
30%
ARTISANS
are the temperament with a natural
ability to excel in any of the arts—not
only the fine arts such as painting
and sculpting, or the performing arts
such as music, theater, and dance,
but also the athletic, military, political,
mechanical, and industrial arts, as well
as the “art of the deal” in business.
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TEMPERAMENTS
15%
IDEALISTS
as a temperament, are passionately
concerned with personal growth
and development. Idealists strive to
discover who they are and how they
can become their best possible self—
always this quest for self-knowledge
and self-improvement drives their
imagination. They want to help others
make the journey as well. Idealists
are naturally drawn to working with
people, and whether in education
or counseling, in social services or
personnel work, in journalism or the
ministry, they are gifted at helping
others find their way in life, often
inspiring them to grow as individuals
and fulfill their potentials.
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10%
RATIONALS
are the problem solving temperament,
particularly if the problem has to do
with the many complex systems
that make up the world around us.
Rationals might tackle problems in
organic systems such as plants and
animals, in mechanical systems such
as railroads and computers, or in social
systems such as families, companies
and governments. Whatever systems
fire their curiosity, Rationals will
analyze them to understand how they
work, so they can then figure out how
to make them work better.
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AN OVERVIEW
Temperament and Talent Relationship

Temperament
What is the and Intelligent Roles
Relationship
Between Artisan
TACTICAL
Temperament
and Talent? Guardian

LOGISTICAL
The four temperament styles match up Idealist
consistently with four general types of
intelligent roles: Tactical, Logistical,
DIPLOMATIC
Diplomatic, and Strategic. The four
connections between temperament and Rational
intelligent roles are as follows: STRATEGIC

Relative Strengths of
Intelligent Roles in Guardians

An individual’s innate type of intelligent role is

determined by temperament; however, the degree of
skill in that role is determined by practice. Leaders
who study temperament and talent can achieve higher
results and productivity by recognizing and developing
Logistics

the natural talents of their team members. The best

Diplomacy
Tactics

policy for a leader of any temperament is to look for

Strategy

the best intelligence and talent match and put it to

work where it is most effective.

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AN OVERVIEW
Temperament and Talent Relationship

Artisan
TACTICAL
Artisans are best when they can use their tactical skills that enable them to look at resources
available in the moment and make the most of them. They are unusually skilled in being able to
react quickly in emergencies. Artisans are most comfortable working in the moment without an
excess of constraints or red tape. Tacticians are valuable since they can quickly react to changes in
circumstances.

Guardian

LOGISTICAL
Guardians are at their best when they can use their logistical skills to ensure that the proper
equipment is in the proper place at the proper time. They are most comfortable when following
step-by-step procedures and fulfilling their place within the hierarchy. Guardians and their logistical
skills are valuable since if supplies are not available when needed or if critical procedures are not
followed, any company can run into difficulty.

Idealist

DIPLOMATIC
Idealists do their best work when they can use their diplomatic skills to communicate with others.
They are particularly gifted in helping others perceive how valuable they are and how their gifts
can best be applied within a company’s workforce. With their ability to envision future possibilities
for people, they encourage all to learn new skills. They act as the oil that keeps teams working
harmoniously and efficiently together.

Rational

STRATEGIC
Rationals use their strategic skills in envisioning and setting long-term goals and milestones for
meeting objectives. For Rationals, everything is part of a system. Making things work is a matter of
understanding the strategic impact of each part of the system and manipulating them accordingly.
The rarest of all gifts, the ability to think in the long-term and create new possibilities is particularly
valuable in business.

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Guardian
How Your Temperament
Shapes Your Career
As a Guardian, you enjoy working as a valued member of a team, whether you are leading
it or following a credible leader. You like to work with people who carry their weight.
Intellectual or aesthetic stimulation is not of primary importance to you, and you are
willing to wait until after work hours to pursue your fun. You appreciate having clear-cut
responsibilities and being recognized for your dedication and achievements.

You prefer structure and routine; more creative environments may feel to you like free-
for-alls. You may be struggling more than other temperaments with the way that the new
economy does not offer clear career paths or employment security. Your natural traits are
those that employers have traditionally valued and that successful companies still respect.
You are responsible and loyal to an organization once you’ve signed on. Your natural
attention to the cohesion of community life or corporate culture in your company, agency,
team, or troop is critical to the organization’s ability to realize its mission.

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THE GUARDIAN ROLE AT WORK

talent for management

Guardian
Aptitudes
ability to direct
and oversee others

People who share a temperament often share

aptitudes: those things that a person can do well
good organizational skills
without much training, enjoys doing, and will usually
volunteer to do when the opportunity arises.

structured

devoted to their institution

Management Organizational Skills

Guardians reported that their
talent for management was among
their most valuable contributions
to their work places. Guardians are
willing and inclined to direct and
oversee other people’s behavior
when such direction and oversight
benefit the whole group.
Guardians also claimed good
organizational skills. They like
structure and will devote time
and energy to creating workable
systems for themselves and for the
institutions they work for.

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respect for authority

Guardian
Favorite Activities
can easily play role of
supervisor

While skills and abilities are important, people perform best

enjoy counseling and
and are most satisfied when engaged in activities they enjoy.
correcting others
Guardians enjoy doing what it takes to maintain the social
cohesion of the work place. They are willing not only to
conform but also to take on responsibility for enforcing norms can set standards and
of procedure as well as hierarchy. expectations

guide others to achieve

success in their jobs

Supervision
Telling other people what to do is a
critical part of many jobs, especially
in industry and in the military.
Guardians are comfortable with this
role and are comfortable accepting
direction from people in positions
of authority. Though authority may
seem harsh, it is usually benevolent
in motivation, exercised for the long-
term benefit of the group, and, by
extension, the individual. Guardians
enjoy supervising situations.
Counseling
Guardians also enjoy counseling,
correcting, and guiding individuals
to help them achieve success in
their jobs. For them, the focus of
counseling is behavioral rather
than therapeutic. Many Guardians
believe that therapeutic benefits
are the byproduct of fulfilling
expectations successfully.

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belonging

Guardian
Values
reputation & respect

Acceptance into, and affiliation with, a well-regarded traditions

entity is important to Guardians. They take pride
in taking responsibility for something larger than structure & guidelines
themselves, particularly something that has stood the
test of time and has proven its worth. Guardians’ need
for belonging requires an environment where others
also emphasize their place within the whole over (or as
integral to) their self-interest or individuality.
value teamwork

Affiliation Cooperation
Guardians appreciate being Teamwork is also important to
part of a respected group as Guardians. They are reassured by
much as being respected as being on the same page as their
individuals. They are attracted to co-workers. While some other
an organization by its reputation; temperaments find roles stifling,
being part of a respectable Guardians feel freed up when they
or prestigious company is as know what their parameters are,
important as holding a as well as what to expect from
respectable position. their co-workers.

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security & stability

Guardian
Rewards
seek
predictability
Guardians are concerned about their credibility. They like
concerned about credibility
to have meaningful standards against which to measure
progress and accomplishments. Training offers reassurance
that they can continue to develop in a useful direction.
desire to be rewarded
In exchange for their dependability and self-sacrifice,
Guardians expect predictability on the part of their
for hard work
employer. Hard work, they believe, should be rewarded
with security.

desire to learn and to

be trained

Training
Concerned about their credibility,
Guardians like their companies to
sponsor training programs to help
them know the right way to do
things. The learning curve is not a
comfortable place for them, and
they appreciate the support of
skilled trainers.
Stability
With less need for variety and
more for predictability, Guardians
choose stable companies and those
that provide established services
and products over start-ups or
companies focused on research
and development.

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Learn About Your

Temperament in the Workplace

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BEING A PROTECTOR
About You
DEDICATED
You seem to have an extraordinary sense of loyalty and
responsibility. In fact, it appears that your fulfillment often
depends on the degree to which you can shield others
from the world’s dangers.
SELF-SACRIFICING
Wanting to be of service to others, Protectors can find
great satisfaction in assisting the downtrodden. In your
own life you may find that you can deal with others’
disabilities or neediness better than almost anyone else
around you. Although you are very caring, you’re not typ-
ically one to be outgoing and talkative. As a result, your
shyness is sometimes misjudged as stiffness or even as
being cold. This perception couldn’t be further from the
truth. Protectors like you are warm-hearted and sympa-
thetic. In fact, you’re one who will happily give of yourself
if you encounter someone in need.
THOROUGH
Your reserve really ought to be seen by others as an
expression of your sincerity and sense of purpose. The
most diligent of all the types, Protectors are often willing
to work long, hard hours doing all the thankless jobs that
others manage to avoid.
STABILIZING
You’re probably quite happy working alone, regardless
of the task. This can be especially true when you’re in po-
sitions of authority; you’re the kind to try to do everything
yourself rather than delegate. Getting a job done right
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is important to you, but that doesn’t mean that you’re
overly willing to walk over others in the process. You
will ordinarily conduct your professional and personal
affairs as humanely as possible.
RESPECTFUL
Protectors almost always prefer to rely on time-hon-
ored products and procedures rather than spending time
speculating or experimenting. As a result, at work you’re
probably not very happy in situations where the rules
are constantly changing or where long-established ways
of doing things aren’t respected. Tradition is important
to you, whether in your work life, your family life, or in
your vision of society at large. Your type often finds a
kind of stability in the social rankings conferred by birth,
titles, offices, and credentials. This traditional nature can
also make you a wonderful keeper of your family history,
property, and heirlooms.
PRESERVING
The thriftiest of the sixteen types, Protectors like you
seem to know the value of a dollar. As a result, you
can abhor the squandering or misuse of money. Putting
something aside for a rainy day is something near and
dear to your heart. In your efforts to be financially sta-
ble, there are times when you may overwork yourself
to the extreme. Try to be mindful that it’s all right to
take a break from time to time. Give yourself the credit
and kudos that you’re due, as others who are less hard
working will rarely be able to appreciate the true value
of your dedication and contributions.
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7 Things About You

GUARDIAN PROTECTOR ISFJ

Guardian Protectors are Apt to: 7 Things to Be Aware of:

Feel an obligation to get the work done You are apt to become stressed about
1 1 other people’s misbehavior.
and do chores no one else wants to do.

Want a sense of belonging and securi- You may have difficulty asserting your-
2 ty, for without it you get anxious and 2 self when necessary.
worried.
Have a hard time receiving criticism
If you don’t get enough quiet time, you
3 because it is almost like you have let 3 have a tendency to get run down or sick.
the other person down.

Be more often seen as supporting oth-

4 You tend to take rejection and criticism
ers rather than taking the visible lead. 4 personally.

Be dedicated to helping others—family,

5 friends, co-workers, and bosses. 5 You easily become set in your ways.

Prefer having some degree of indepen-

You avoid asking for help in your job
6 dence and need times of privacy in the 6
workplace. search, as well as on the job.

Take longer than some other types in

You become unsettled in variable and
7 completing a job because of your need 7 competitive environments.
for thoroughness.

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BEING A PROTECTOR
7 Things About You

7 Things
You’re Good At
Colleagues and customers appreciate
1 your unassuming kindness.

2 You follow instructions well.

The most diligent of all
the types, Protectors are
3
You genuinely care about the people often willing to work long,
you work with and your customers.
hard hours doing all the
thankless jobs that others
You enjoy lending support and
4 assistance to others.
manage to avoid.

You are meticulous about following

5 procedures.

6 You are usually very efficient.

You are attuned to people’s personal

7 needs and how to accommodate them.

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Choosing the
Best Occupation

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Protectors
and Choosing the Best
Occupation

Establishing and following a familiar daily routine is

critical to your well-being. In your ideal job environment,
you and your co-workers are on the same page. Though
you prefer to stay in the background, tending to your own
work, you feel unsettled and vaguely ashamed when other
people are derelict in their duties.

Like other Guardians, you are wired to seek belonging

within a group or community. As a result, in the workplace
you’ll typically make attempts to stabilize both relation-
ships and institutions through responsible, conventional
behavior. You thrive as a conservator who establishes,
nurtures, and maintains traditional social and business
structures.

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BEING A PROTECTOR
Choosing the Best Occupation

Your Ideal
Work Environment
Takes place in a personal environment
1 where people are loyal to one another
and dedicated to their work.

2
Provides a hierarchy of social and work Getting a job done right is
roles.
important to them, but that
doesn’t mean that they’re
Provides you clear benchmarks and
3 overly willing to walk over
expectations.
others in the process. They
will ordinarily conduct their
Allows for some downtime for solitary
4 work. professional and personal
affairs as humanely as
Does not require you to make frequent possible.
5 group presentations.

Makes use of your ability to concentrate

6 on and attend to detail.

7 Lets you settle into a daily routine.

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Choosing the Best Occupation

3 Tips to Help
You Find the
Right Workplace
Seek out a relatively structured environment where people
1 work well together.
Look for stable institutional support, clear benchmarks to strive toward, and a system for
recognizing your efforts and accomplishments. Take assessment—will you, for instance,
get the training you need to move where you want in the company? You will probably be
stressed by workplaces where workers don’t take their responsibilities seriously or where
managers don’t ensure that people know what’s expected of them and make sure they get
it done. You hold yourself and others to a high standards—you put your individual needs
aside in deference to the company’s bottom line requirements, as well as its duties toward
its customers and society at large.

Look for environments where there’s enough of a sense of

2 order that you feel comfortable, supported, and productive.
As a Guardian, you don’t tend to question rules of conduct or procedure that others may
question out of expediency, curiosity, boredom, or emotion. You will fit in best where the
corporate culture is relatively well defined and stable.

Don’t let your need for comfort and security stand between
3 you and opportunities to learn new skills, contribute in ways
you may not have imagined, or take advantage of positive
changes in your company or field.
Your natural talent for imparting order to a system or situation leads to the most often cited
Guardian weakness—resistance to change and intolerance of people who don’t conform.

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Choosing the Best Occupation

Provided below is a non-exhaustive list of occupations you may wish to consider. While all personality
types are represented across the spectrum of careers, particular types of work tend to attract particular
types of people. Your personality type influences:

• 􏰀Whether or not you are suited for the inherent demands of the work.
• 􏰀Whether or not you and your colleagues are likely to be on a similar wavelength.
• 􏰀Whether or not you enjoy the culture and lifestyle that goes along with the career.
If you are embarking on your first career or considering a career transition, start with this list. You will
see the career/job title, a brief description taken from the O-NET (Occupational Information Network)
database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, and a link for more information (if available) from
the O-NET website. Here you can explore many aspects of the job title, including related jobs, interests,
values, activities, and skills.
After reading the career/job descriptions, you might find it useful to browse some actual job listings at
CareerBuilder.com. While some of the careers listed below require more education and experience than
others, viewing the job listings provides an indication of the current market demand for these positions.

Antique Dealer Nurse Practitioner Lab Technician

Buy and sell antique merchandise, such
as furniture, appliances, or apparel in a
retail establishment.
Assess patient health problems and Perform routine medical laboratory
needs, develop and implement nursing tests for the diagnosis, treatment,
care plans, and maintain medical and prevention of disease. May work
records. Administer nursing care to under the supervision of a medical
ill, convalescent, or disabled patients. technologist.
Advise patients on health maintenance
and disease prevention or provide case
management. Licensing or registration
required.

O-NET Career Builder O-NET Career Builder

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Physician: General Practice Veterinarian Event Planner

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent
diseases and injuries that commonly
occur in the general population.
Diagnose and treat diseases and Coordinate activities of staff and
dysfunctions of animals. May engage in convention personnel to make
a particular function, such as research arrangements for group meetings and
and development, consultation, conventions.
administration, technical writing,
sale or production of commercial
products, or rendering of technical
services to commercial firms or other
organizations. Includes veterinarians
who inspect livestock.

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Dentist Dental Hygienist Teacher: K-12

Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries,
and malformations of teeth and gums
and related oral structures. May treat
diseases of nerve, pulp, and other
dental tissues affecting vitality of teeth.
Clean teeth and examine oral areas,
head, and neck for signs of oral disease.
May educate patients on oral hygiene,
take and develop X-rays, or apply
fluoride or sealants.
Teach pupils at the elementary level in
public or private schools basic academic,
social, and other formative skills.

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Social Worker Secretary Lawyer: Family Law

Provide social services and assistance to Perform routine clerical and Represent clients in criminal and civil
improve the social and psychological administrative functions such as litigation and other legal proceedings,
functioning of children and their families drafting correspondence, scheduling draw up legal documents, and manage
and to maximize the family well-being and appointments, organizing and or advise clients on legal transactions.
the academic functioning of children. May maintaining paper and electronic files, May specialize in a single area or may
assist single parents, arrange adoptions,
or providing information to callers. practice broadly in many areas of law.
and find foster homes for abandoned or
abused children. In schools, they address
such problems as teenage pregnancy,
misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise
teachers on how to deal with problem
children.

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Librarian Clergy Child Care Worker

Administer libraries and perform related li- Conduct religious worship and perform Attend to children at schools,
brary services. Work in a variety of settings, other spiritual functions associated businesses, private households, and
including public libraries, schools, colleges with beliefs and practices of a religious child care institutions. Perform a variety
and universities, museums, corporations, faith or denomination. Provide spiritual of tasks, such as dressing, feeding,
government agencies, law firms, non-profit and moral guidance and assistance to bathing, and overseeing play.
organizations, and healthcare providers.
members.
Tasks may include selecting, acquiring,
cataloging, classifying, circulating, and
maintaining library materials and furnish-
ing reference, bibliographical, and readers’
advisory services.

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Animal Trainer Flight Attendant Personal and Home Care Aide

Train animals for riding, harness,
security, performance, obedience,
or assisting persons with disabilities.
Accustom animals to human voice
and contact and condition animals to
respond to commands. Train animals
according to prescribed standards for
show or competition. May train animals
to carry pack loads or work as part of
pack team.
Provide personal services to ensure the
safety and comfort of airline passengers
during flight. Greet passengers, verify
tickets, explain use of safety equipment,
and serve food or beverages.
Assist elderly or disabled adults with daily
living activities at the person’s home
or in a daytime non-residential facility.
Duties performed at a place of residence
may include keeping house (making
beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and
preparing meals. May provide meals and
supervised activities at non-residential
care facilities. May advise families, the
elderly, and disabled on such things as
nutrition, cleanliness, and household
utilities.

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Curator: Art/Artifacts Appraiser Craftsperson

Administer affairs of museum and Appraise various assets to determine Create or reproduce hand-made objects
conduct research programs. Direct their fair value. for sale and exhibition using a variety of
instructional, research, and public techniques, such as welding, weaving,
service activities of institution. pottery, and needlecraft.

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Navigating the Job Market
While your Keirsey Career Temperament Report does contain a list of careers often selected by people of your
personality type, these lists are not exhaustive. Personality is not the only factor in career choice. To identify your best
options, consider the big picture—how your job fits into your whole life.

1. What will my lifestyle be like if I choose this 3. Will I be doing work

position or this occupation? that matters to me?

Where do you want to live? (What country or region? Do you have a What classes fascinated or
preference for the city over the country or the suburbs? Do you want absorbed you in high school or
to live on a boat or in a log cabin?) college?

How much money do you need to make? What would you do if money
How long a commute are you willing to endure? were no object?
How will you structure your career to accommodate future study,
travel, children, early retirement, or other goals? What do you naturally do well?
How many hours per week are you willing to spend on the job?
What community or creative work may limit the time or energy avail- What local, societal, or world
able to devote to your job? issues interest you?

What have been your most

satisfying life experiences?
2. Will I be comfortable with the culture that
surrounds this line of work? What life experiences have
disappointed you?
Identifying your highest priority values is an important step in
evaluating any career move. You will be most satisfied working with
companies and colleagues who respect and support, if not share, your
values. Choose your top values, starting with the following list of ten:

Achievement - mastering goals

Aesthetics - working with beautiful things, being surrounded by beauty
Affiliation - working with people like you
Authority - managing or directing other people’s work
Creativity - ability to innovate, to try new approaches
Ethics/Morals - being free to work in congruence with your own judgments
High Pay - commanding a large salary
Independence - being free from other people’s direction and control
Recognition - becoming known for your expertise
Status - having a high prestige job

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Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT IS
TEMPERAMENT?
WHAT DOES IT
HAVE TO DO WITH
MY CAREER?
Temperament theory describes distinct
patterns of approaching the world. Just
as young children show a preference for
using the right or left hand from a very
early age, people seem to display one of
the four temperaments: Artisan, Guard-
ian, Rational, or Idealist. Unless you are
blocked or deflected from doing so, you
develop a unique personality that ex-
presses that temperament.
You will be most satisfied with your
work if you choose an occupation that
permits you to be yourself—one that en-
courages and rewards your natural pref-
erences.
As an example, most people of the
Rational temperament like to work in a
self-directed manner. They prefer taking
orders only from people who have earned
their authority having demonstrated their
own expertise. People of the Guardian
temperament, by contrast, are comfort-
able nestled within a hierarchy, where
they have a named role between their
superiors and subordinates.
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Can My Temperament Tell Me What
Career to Pursue or Whether or Not I
Should Take a Particular Job?
Temperament alone cannot
determine your career choices.
First, temperament is more likely to
influence your choice of role and function
Some people value status or need
money and will sacrifice their temper-
within a career field than to dictate the amental preferences to acquire those
path itself. For example, a Rational who things:
chooses a career in the business world
Lucy is a Guardian with experi-
is more likely to be an engineer than a
ence in non-profit administration and
stockbroker. However, a Rational reared
corporate management. Her style of
in a family with a long tradition of work
work was goal-driven, organized, and
in the arts may be drawn more to one in
by the book. She left the work force
motion picture sciences than to a business
for several years to care full-time for
career.
her ailing grandmother. Throughout
Second, temperament is one of many that process she felt trampled by the
filters that contribute to your ultimate kinds of rules and regulations that
choice of work. Some people will sacri- had previously made her feel secure.
fice fit out a sense of duty to a particular Now she finds that she is passionate
cause: about advocating for change in the
medical health system and making it
Ralph is a Guardian who has been
user-friendly for people who are be-
working for fifteen years as a school-
ing treated poorly. Despite her pre-
teacher. He feels a sense of duty toward
vious satisfaction with the Guardian
the younger generation and is proud of
approach, she is exploring work from
his commitment to the public school sys-
an Idealist perspective, writing and
tem. He appreciates the stability of his
speaking to educate patients, care-
career and chose it, in part, because he
takers, practitioners, and the general
knew that “there will always be job open-
public about changing the paradigm
ings for good teachers.” Now he is the
of the health care system.
father of four children, two of whom are
approaching their college years. So Ralph
is investigating a career that a friend sug-
gested—using his teaching skills as a cor-
TEMPERAMENT TIPS
porate training consultant. The idea of
going out on his own is a little scary for • Your temperament is
fundamental to your optimal
Ralph, but he’s attracted to the possibility
ways of learning and working.
of earning a lot more money while con-
tinuing to teach and, as his own boss, • Trying to force yourself to
become what you’re not is
keeping his summers off to vacation with
likely to lead to dissatisfaction
his wife and kids. in your career and possibly to
poor performance as well.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What Motivates
People of
Different
Temperament?
Artisans
Artisans (SPs) are wired
to seize freedom and
spontaneity. They hunger
for the liberty to act on
their impulses, to play, and
to create. Artisans thrive
in “action” occupations—
those that involve
precision, endurance,
strength, boldness, and
timing.
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Guardians
Guardians (SJs) are wired
to seek belonging to a
group or community. They
stabilize relationships
and institutions through
responsible, conventional,
and traditional behavior.
They thrive as conservators
who establish, nurture,
and maintain social
structures.
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Idealists
Idealists (NFs) are wired
to pursue personal
growth, authenticity,
and integrity. They yearn
to develop themselves
fully as individuals and to
facilitate growth in others.
Idealists thrive when they
can turn their attention to
personal concerns of their
co-workers, clients, and
customers and their own
personal growth.
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Rationals
Rationals (NTs) are wired to
acquire competence and
intelligence. They strive to
learn, know, predict, and
control the resources and
ideas in their environment.
They thrive in intellectually
stimulating, innovative
work environments where
they are recognized for
their expertise.
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Keirsey 160 Guardian Protector

Famous Leaders The Serving Leader

SONIA HELEN ROSA MOTHER CLARA

GANDHI BAMBER PARKS TERESA BARTON

1946-Present 1925-2014 1913-2005 1910-1997 1821-1912

“The people’s verdict
tells us that above all
else they crave for
honest and capable
governance and
decency in public
life. We must not
disappoint them.”
“There may be ways “Each person must “If we pray, we will “I may be compelled
in which we can live their life as a believe; If we believe, to face danger, but
work for change. model for others.” we will love; If we never fear it, and
We don’t have to do love, we will serve.” while our soldiers can
dramatic things or stand and fight, I can
devote our entire stand and feed and
lives to it. We can nurse them.”
lead normal lives but
at the same time try
hard not to be
bystanders.”

J.W. POPE ROBERT F. GEORGE H.W. GEORGE

MARRIOTT, JR. BENEDICT XVI KENNEDY BUSH VI

1932-Present 1927-Present 1925-1968 1924-Present 1895-1952

“If I see smiling faces
and well-scrubbed
surfaces behind the
scenes, I know that
the rest of the hotel
more than likely is
doing just fine.”
“Find the Lord, find “The purpose of life is “From now on, “The highest of
the saints of the to contribute in some any definition of a distinctions is service
times, but also find way to making things successful life must to others.”
the not canonized, better.” include serving
simple persons who others.”
are really in the heart
of the Church.”

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