Career guidance based on personality type

July 20, 2010 3:28 AM

I am looking for book recommendations on career guidance using personality type.

I used a book similar to this more than a decade ago and it helped me find out more about myself, and in the end find a job I enjoy.

Planning to get above mentioned book for a friend. However, I would like to request book recommendations that you've read and found useful, hopefully with a basis using personality type (or not).

Thanks!

Regards,
Trinsic

posted by TrinsicWS to Work & Money (4 answers total)

Best answer: You could point them here.

There is also a useful list here and a better one here.

From the last list, two recommended books are:

- Quick Guide to the 16 Personality Types and Career Mastery: Living with Purpose and Working Effectively
- What's Your Type of Career?: Unlock the Secrets of Your Personality to Find Your Perfect Career Path
posted by MuffinMan at 4:23 AM on July 20, 2010

Best answer: Meyers Briggs is the most common one, but my boss gave me a copy of Strengths Finder, that included a code for an online test and other support, where I was given a list of my top 5 strengths and the types of jobs those strengths correlate to.
posted by I am the Walrus at 7:11 AM on July 20, 2010

Best answer: Only tangentially related, but still interesting is Daniel Goldman's Emotional Intelligence.
posted by jander03 at 8:09 AM on July 20, 2010

Response by poster: Cheers all!
Am actually reading Daniel Goldman's book, kinda tough to read tbh even though the stuff in there is quite compelling.

Thanks!

Regards,
Trinsic
posted by TrinsicWS at 9:09 AM on July 22, 2010