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)

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

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

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

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