Using Personality Type to Guide Career Exploration

For clients with a preference for Sensing:

For clients with a preference for Intuition:

• When generating options, include realistic and practical work choices that are linked to their experiences.

• When generating options, include many options from a broad range of work areas.

• Review and find ideas from existing lists of work options rather than using a brainstorming approach.

• Use brainstorming, imagining, and visioning possibilities; lists of options may be starting points but can seem limiting.

• Focus on realities when generating options; they may need to broaden their options and imagine unfamiliar options.

• Focus on the future when generating options; they may need to narrow their options and be more realistic in their approach.

• When doing research, help them find relevant facts and details about the work.

• When doing research, help them find general information about how the work links to other opportunities.