Wednesday, 29 September 2010

What I have in common with Obama and Oprah

In my eternal quest to find the perfect job, I stumbled upon a website which allows you to do a free Myers Briggs Typology personality test. I remember coming across these while doing my psychology undergrad but due to my wariness towards anything too Orwellian and quantitative I never really took these tests seriously. In my early twenties I liked to think I was too unique to fit into any category but I have discovered that they are uncannily accurate. I come out everytime as an ENFJ - one of 16 personality types and I am in the Idealist group and more specifically I am a Teacher - placing me in the same category as Obama and Oprah! Funny because I really like both of them personality wise!

The best career options for ENFJ's are to be in education, counseling or psychology so it seems the last few years of trawling through my law degree have all been in vain - ha I knew it! This test confirms what I have believed for a long time: that I need to work in a field where I can interact with and help people in some way while also working with information to keep my curious mind afloat and prevent a boredom-coma. The hunt continues...