Career Development Essay
Career Development
Janele Fletcher
Adult and Family Development/361
September 7, 2011
Charlene Blount
Career Development
In this paper I will assess my personality type while determining how it relates to Holland’s Six Personality Types in addition to Costa’s Three-Dimensional Model of Personality. I will discuss early influences of vocations and developing work ethics. Additionally, this paper gives insight of future career goals, mentoring influences, and long-term career goals.
Personality Types Holland’s Six Personality Types is based on an individual’s ability to ‘fit’ or match specific interests, personality, environmental demands, and characteristics of a given vocation, thus outline success of that vocation. In doing so, individuals fit into one of six personality types, which are investigative, realistic, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Each personality type outlines a specific personality characteristic of an individual (Scaie & Willis, 2002). Based on this theory and model of the six personality types, I would fit the social personality type. However, this personality type would become an ideal reality if I have a degree in human services, which would allow me to work as a social worker to some degree. The social model personality type outlines specific characteristics and interests for working with people. These interests involve responsibility, feminine, humanistic, and religious. Individual’s who have a social personality type have good communication and interpersonal skills but avoid problem solving unless initiated through feelings and interpersonal manipulation of others. Additionally, social personality types work as educators, caseworkers, teachers, therapist, and counselors (Scaie & Willis, 2002). I believe that some of these personality characteristics are questionable. I do not see myself as a manipulator of others, and I use the term (manipulator) loosely however, I have been trained to persuade or
Janele Fletcher
Adult and Family Development/361
September 7, 2011
Charlene Blount
Career Development
In this paper I will assess my personality type while determining how it relates to Holland’s Six Personality Types in addition to Costa’s Three-Dimensional Model of Personality. I will discuss early influences of vocations and developing work ethics. Additionally, this paper gives insight of future career goals, mentoring influences, and long-term career goals.
Personality Types Holland’s Six Personality Types is based on an individual’s ability to ‘fit’ or match specific interests, personality, environmental demands, and characteristics of a given vocation, thus outline success of that vocation. In doing so, individuals fit into one of six personality types, which are investigative, realistic, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Each personality type outlines a specific personality characteristic of an individual (Scaie & Willis, 2002). Based on this theory and model of the six personality types, I would fit the social personality type. However, this personality type would become an ideal reality if I have a degree in human services, which would allow me to work as a social worker to some degree. The social model personality type outlines specific characteristics and interests for working with people. These interests involve responsibility, feminine, humanistic, and religious. Individual’s who have a social personality type have good communication and interpersonal skills but avoid problem solving unless initiated through feelings and interpersonal manipulation of others. Additionally, social personality types work as educators, caseworkers, teachers, therapist, and counselors (Scaie & Willis, 2002). I believe that some of these personality characteristics are questionable. I do not see myself as a manipulator of others, and I use the term (manipulator) loosely however, I have been trained to persuade or
References: Scaie, K. W., & Willis, S. L. (2002). Adult development and aging (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.