300 Job Descriptions for 6 Personality Types

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140+ Best Jobs Lists, Including Jobs with the

Best Pay, Fastest Growth, and Most Openings

Part of JIST’s Best Jobs® Series

Match Your Personality to 50 Best Jobs

Research has proven that matching your personality to a

career brings work satisfaction and success. In this best-

selling book, you discover your personality type and the

50 best jobs that relate to it. This eye-opening approach

to careers pinpoints jobs that you are likely to enjoy or

be good at, that offer work environments that suit you,

and that include co-workers with whom you’re likely to

work well.

Helpful Facts on the Best Jobs for

Your Personality

The authors used the most up-to-date facts from govern-

ment sources. Besides the best jobs lists, the book includes

information-packed descriptions of 300 occupations that

met the best jobs criteria. Among this book’s many help-

ful facts:

! The best Artistic job in terms of pay, growth, and

openings is Multi-Media Artists and Animators. It has

earnings of $54,550, a growth rate of 25.8% through

2016, and 13,182 annual openings.

! The fastest-growing Realistic job is Cardiovascu-

lar Technologists and Technicians—its growth rate

through 2016 is 25.5%.

! The best Investigative job requiring a bachelor’s de-

gree is Computer Software Engineers, Applications,

with average earnings of $83,130, a 44.6% growth rate

through 2016, and 58,690 annual openings.

How This Book Works

Take a look at Part I for information about personality

types and how they relate to your career. Complete a

short assessment to! nd your personality type in Part

II. Browse the 140+ best jobs lists in Part III to! nd

the jobs in your personality type that interest you most.

Then look up their descriptions in Part IV for details

on earnings, growth, job tasks, education requirements,

and much more. Simple.

Who Can Benefit from This Book? Want to! nd a

job that! ts you well? Researching and planning your

future education and career options? Interested in

exploring better-paying or more interesting jobs? This

book is ideal for people making career plans and deci-

sions, as well as for the educators, counselors, and oth-

ers advising them.

About the Authors. Mike Farr has written more than

20 books on career and job search topics and is one

of the most popular authors in the! eld. Laurence

Shatkin has 30 years in the career information! eld,

presents and blogs on career issues, and is the author of

many career books.

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Three Steps to Your Best Job Options

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! Make the best career fit for your personality

type: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social,

Enterprising, or Conventional.

! “Best jobs” lists for each personality type,

organized by earnings, growth, education

level, and much more.

! Useful job descriptions packed with the latest

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“Written in a friendly, conversational tone.... The personality test is simple but thorough in finding the strengths of the
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