Using MBTI® Type in Career Counseling

LARRY GABBARD, MSE MACSA, INTP

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•Pair Toolkit: Type Occupational Themes•Pair Toolkit: Occupational Themes for MBTI Top 50 Lists•Occupational Lists for Career Counseling Professionals•Enneagram Patterns in MBTI Type Tables

Larry Gabbard Career Consultant, Trainer, OD Specialist, B.S.M.E. M.E. M.A.

larrygab@comcast.net• MBTI® Qualified• Author Occupational Lists for Career Counseling Professionals• Author Enneagram Patterns in MBTI® Type Tables• Member APT, RMAPT, NCDA, CCDA• Presenter APTi, RMAPT, CEW, IEA, NCDA,CCDA, AJST • Trainer Forty Plus of Colorado• Researched, correlated MBTI® & Enneagram Inventory results• Studied, researched, taught Enneagram for 15 years• Retired AT&T/Bell Laboratories-30 years engineer supervisor

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Using MBTI® Type in Career Counseling

MISSIONMy MISSION is to encourage everyone to use MBTI results in their career counseling process

Extends usefulness of MBTI Occupational Lists

Lists grouped by Theme, Temperament, Specific Populations, Enneagram Number, O*NET Interests, O*NET Job Family or Classification of Instructional Programs

These groupings confirm or supplement results of student assessment tools

Can easily be used as a stand-alone assessment tool 

Clients use O*NET OnLineTM to research occupations

O*NETTM is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

WHY ARE TOP 50 LISTS SO IMPORTANT?

In the next few slides we will: • Review MBTI type (your four letters) • Introduce Type Tables • Introduce Occupational Type Tables

• Introduce RANKINGS

TOP 50 CONCLUSIONS 

• MBTI types actively seek employment in TOP 50 occupations

• These are exactly the kinds of occupations that you should investigate with your students and clients!

What Could Be Wrong with TOP 50 Lists?

• Occupations on TOP 50 Lists have multiple occupational themes • Each TOP 50 list contains: occupations from 3 or more Themes,

Temperaments, Enneagram Numbers or Holland Work Environments • Clients have a Theme most like their working personality and will see

more uninteresting occupations on one of these lists  • Bottom Line: Clients and students will see 3 to 4 times as many

occupations from other Themes as from their own Theme • Clients expect only interesting occupations on their list, so lists are

difficult to use

Occupation ISTJ-RankOperator or Field Technician in Water Pollution Control 1Steelworker 2Police Officer: Manager 3Manager: Regional Telephone Company Low Level 4Manager: Top Level in City, County or State Government 5Manager: Small Business 6Corrections Sergeant 7Certified Public Accountant 8Manager: Public 9Manager: Retail Store 10Manager: Federal Executive 11School Bus Driver 12School Principal 13Manager: High Level Corporate Executive 14Line Corrections Officer 15Purchasing Agent 16Computer Professional 17Dentist 18Coal Miner 19Auditor 20Accountant 21Electrician 22Engineer: Mechanical 23Cleaning Service* 24Technician: Electrical or Electronic Engineering 25Naval Technician 26Teacher: Mathematics 27Teacher: Trade, Industrial or Technical 28Manager: Middle Level in City, County or State Government 29Air Force Officer or Enlistee 30Protective Service Worker* 31Factory or Site Supervisor 32Nursing: Administrator 33Police Officer: Detective 34Manager: Financial or Bank Officer 35Computer Operations, Systems Researcher, or Analyst 36Administrator: Social Services 37Craft Worker* 38Engineer: Electrical or Electronic 39Operative: Non-Specialized or Factory Worker* 40Public Service Aide or Community Health Worker 41Administrator: Educationally Related 42Scientist: Chemistry 43Service Worker 44Personnel or Labor Relations Worker 45Engineer* 46Consultant: Management 47Engineer: Chemical 48Farmer* 49Teacher: Coaching 50

ISTJ THEMES Individual (Green), Director (Red), Thinker (Blue) & All Other (Yellow)

MBTI Occupation ONET Int ISTJ-RankOperators & Field Technicians in Water Pollution Control IRCEAS 1Displaced Steelworker RCEIAS 2Police Officers: Managers ESRCIA 3Managers: Regional Telephone Company Low Level Managers ECSRAI 4Managers: Top Level in City, County and State Government ECSIAR 5Managers: Small Business 6Corrections Sergeants RSCEAI 7Certified Public Accountants CEIRSA 8Managers: Public 9Managers: Retail Store ECSAIR 10Managers: Federal Executive ECSIAR 11School Bus Drivers RSCEIA 12School Principals SEIACR 13Managers: High Level Corporate Executives ECSIRA 14Line Corrections Officers 15Purchasing Agents ECRSIA 16Computer Professionals IRCEAS 17Dentists IRSEAC 18Displaced Coal Miner RCEIAS 19Auditors CEIRSA 20Accountants CEIRSA 21Electricians RICEAS 22Engineers: Mechanical RICEAS 23CLEANING SERVICES 24Technicians: Electrical and Electronic Engineering RICEAS 25Military Personnel at Naval Technical Training Center 26Teachers: Mathematics ICSRAE 27Teachers: Trade, Industrial and Technical SAICER 28Managers: Middle Level in City, County and State Government 29Air Force Personnel 30PROTECTIVE SERVICE WORKERS 31Factory and Site Supervisors ERCSIA 32Nursing: Administrators ESICAR 33Police Officers: Detectives in Urban Community ESIRCA 34Managers: Financial and Bank Officer ECSIAR 35Computer Operations, Systems Researchers and Analysts ICRESA 36Administrators: Social Services SEACIR 37CRAFT WORKERS 38Engineers: Electrical and Electronic IRCEAS 39OPERATIVES: NON-SPECIALIZED AND FACTORY 40Public Service Aides and Community Health Workers SCAERI 41Administrators: Educationally Related 42Scientists: Chemistry IRCASE 43Service Workers (except private household) 44Personnel and Labor Relations Workers 45ENGINEERS 46Consultants: Management CEISRA 47Engineers: Chemical IRCEAS 48FARMERS REICSA 49Teachers: Coaching ERSCAI 50

ISTJ O*NET Interests (Work Environments) Enterprising (Green), Investigative (Red), Realistic (Blue) & Other (Yellow)

No Background: No Title Match or No O*NET Interests Listed in Database 12.0 Titles from MBTI Atlas of Type Tables

GROUPING IS THE ANSWER! 

• Occupations on the TOP 50 Lists need to be grouped • Gives clients permission to focus on their grouping and

ignore occupations in other groupings • Self-assessment is required

• Ask clients to start with the large groupings and find the grouping that most resembles their career path, actual or intended

 • Let’s take a quick look at grouping the TOP 50 for ISTJ by

Theme!

GROUPING HISTORY

TRANSLATING OCCUPATIONAL TITLES

TRANSLATING “THE SEQUEL”

OCCUPATIONAL GROUPINGS

Personality-based Occupational Groupings Type Occupational Themes (Themes) “Working” Temperaments Enneagram Numbers O*NET Interests (Holland Work

Environments)* Occupational Classification Groupings Specific Populations  O*NET Job Families*

Classification of Instructional Programs, CIP**

* MBTI to O*NET Title Translations

** Translations Plus Crosswalk (CIP 2000)

Use MBTI & General Users MBTI & General Users Enneagram Users Holland Users

MBTI Users O*NET OnLine Research Pikes Peak Workforce Center College Major & Career

Clusters

ISTJ ANALYSIS

FORM

Seven Dimensions of Career

Awareness©

RANGE

For Theme the responses range from 0 (C, L, O and S) to 10 (I) So, the sample Range is Max-Min (10-0 = 10)

The Range Estimate of the sample Mean or Average is (Max+Min)/2 In most cases, the Range will contain a 0 value and the Range Average can

be estimated as Max/2 On the previous Analysis Form, the Max value was shown with a red

background and all values >= Max/2 are shown in green. These are the above average responses

 The best groupings (tightest distributions) are those with the fewest colored

boxes (Theme and CIP Code, in this example)

 

“WORKING” TEMPERAMENT

ISTP ANALYSIS FORM

Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness©

SPECIFIC POPULATIONS 

While the occupational classification scheme used by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) was based on the 1977 Dictionary of Occupational Titles, the Specific Populations are stated to be “somewhat arbitrary.” They are based on “incorporating the original groupings from the CAPT occupation coding scheme, clusters of career areas often discussed in CAPT workshops, and the number of the various kinds of occupation samples available for this edition of the Atlas.”

Specific Population LetterArt and Communication ABusiness and Management BEducation EHealth HGovernment, Justice and Military JCounseling and Mental Health MReligion REngineering, Science and Technology SIndustry, Service and Trade T

 

ESTJ ANALYSIS

FORM

Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness©

O*NET INTERESTS

• A, Artistic

• C, Conventional

• E, Enterprising

• I, Investigative

• R, Realistic

• S, Social

INTP ANALYSIS FORM

Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness©

O*NET JOB FAMILIES 

SEE HANDOUT

ESTJ ANALYSIS FORM

Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness©

CLASSIFICATION of INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

 

SEE HANDOUT

ISTJ ANALYSIS

FORM

Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness©

SEVEN DIMENSIONS of CAREER AWARENESS™

1. The client should identify 10 occupations from their working personality (grouping)

2. Add a couple of interesting occupations from other groupings

3. Finally, add a couple of client favorites (no more than 15 total)

4. Use the O*NET Summary Report to reduce the list to the top 5 occupations and choose a college major

5. Use the O*NET Detailed Report to reduce the list to three occupations, while collecting information for resumes and cover letters

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If you are interested in using the Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness in a Beta test with students or in a research project, please see me after this session