Sample Career Portrait Snapshot

Secretary

Style

Work Type:

My work type is ISFP and my style is that of an "observant, loyal helper." I am adaptable, caring, cooperative and loyal. I do not like disagreements. I am not interested in dominating or impressing other people. I like to work in a business situation where people are important and where the people I work with go about their business and enjoy it the way I do. I enjoy secretTimes New Roman work because I can see the results of supporting my boss and working together as team. I work best with a boss who understands me, lets me get my job done and gives me some flexibility in completing my tasks. I also prefer to work in an environment that is reasonably quiet and well-ordered.

Work Environment Interests:

I want to be with people who are interested in interacting with others regularly, concerned and empathetic about me, friendly and talkative about a wide variety of things including subjects outside of work, interested in company activities such as bowling and picnics, and mostly interested in communicating face-to-face. I enjoy working in a suburban or rural environment, in an old and interesting building, in a quiet, low-keyed office, and can have a place where I can use my own pictures and other things.

Career Drivers:

My primary career driver is "social contribution." I enjoy helping and working for others whenever possible. I like to entertain, care for children, and make life easier for a good boss (especially if he or she is important to the company, because I feel like that makes me important to the company). My secondary career driver is "affiliation." I like working in a good company that is successful and well thought of by everyone I know. I like the security of belonging to a "family" and have always looked for jobs where the company considered itself to be family. I donít like companies where people are not treated well; I am loyal and want my bosses to recognize that and take care of me. Except for the job in the architectís office that I quit because it was so disorganized, I have worked a long time in one company.

(People, Data, Physical, Adaptive):

The things I do best are serving others, showing warmth and support, working effectively on a team, taking quality photographs, and operating a computer terminal. I would like to develop more skill on my job in organizing information logically, evaluating data and ideas, influencing others, interviewing for information, and planning work assignments. I have always tried to develop myself by asking my boss to give me more responsibility and training wherever possible.

The personal qualities that are most important to me and that I think make me a good worker include being able to work well in structured environment, being accurate, having integrity, being friendly, and being hardworking. I need to do better at being assertive, analytical, persistent, risk taking, and tough-minded.

My main barriers are difficulty selling myself, feelings of being unsophisticated, lack of assertiveness, overly trusting, and lack of confidence.