Career Success Center: Temperament

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Temperament

Determining Your Temperament
(Last Update: 10/23/2006)

Your Temperament: THE HELPER

I am in search of the answer to the question, "Who am I?"
I place a high value on the "greater good."
I value cooperative interaction and empathetic relationships.
I develop others' potential.
I am an advocate, satisfied in information-giving roles.
I bring out the best in others.
I build bridges between people and help them to resolve conflicting issues.
I have a talent for explaining what is meant and see similarities across disparate categories.
I know what to say to help others help themselves.
I have an ability to recognize someone's deeper motivations and a talent for expressing that knowledge so he or she also knows it.
I am a facilitator, easing relationships between people.
I create harmony in relationships.
I engage in spiritual practices.
I am a natural giver of sincere compliments.
I am capable of seeing positive aspects that others miss.
I am impressionistic.
I focus on how others will feel in a given situation.
I inspire others to action.
I believe in the goodness in everyone, starting with faith first, skepticism second.
I develop metaphors easily and use language rich with them.

I exhibit the following qualities in my career:
Interpersonal focus
Naturally optimistic
Praise, bringing out the best in others
Patient with complicated people issues

I am drawn to recruiting, training, mediating, advancing, teaching and counseling.
I am excellent in finding quality employees for the right positions and helping them develop over the course of their careers.
I am naturally good at influencing the maturation of others.
I am highly skilled in diplomacy as well as educating and advising.

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Obviously there are more than four types of people. Identifying your temperament is a simple way to integrate all the elements of self that comprise your internal career description. Next, you will learn about your personality traits by exploring how you express your temperament and how you apply your talents. The temperament you selected is an important element in creating your internal career description.

Counselor Feedback: (Last Update: 1/10/2005 6:36:11 PM)

This temperament seems to be in alignment with your values. It adds more clarity to the kinds of activites and environments you prefer. What is your reaction to the soliloquy? Does it accurately describe you? Read the others and let me know what you would add or change. Thanks.