Using SIGI and Myers-Briggs to guide career choice

SIGI and Myers-Briggs: Reflections

The SIGI inventory revealed that I would like a career in a leadership position, because I like to direct and be responsible for what is going on. But it also revealed that I like to help others and be creative in devising solutions to problems. For this reason a career in coordinating management is appealing and there are various business classes that I could take that will allow me to work towards the appropriate degree for this. I thought the SIGI inventory was very helpful in allowing me to apply answers to questions in a practical way centered around choosing a professional path. My values and interests in work correlate with the duties required of a coordinating manager and this is something SIGI helps me to realize as I narrow down my choices. Another good part of this was that it helps me to plan for my goals and how to build up contacts so that my network can grow and develop. I already feel ahead of the game after having participated in this inventory.

Likewise, the Myers-Briggs assessment helped me to better understand myself and my own personality according to type and to see how that would also apply and fit in with the career choice that I am now focusing on. According to the Meyers-Briggs Test I am an ESTP -- Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Perception. This means I am extraverted in that I am outgoing and enjoy being part of the overall discourse and involving myself in interactions with people. I am sensitive in that I listen and can hear what people are saying. I have something called Emotional Intelligence (EI) which allows me to be sensing of people's emotions and how to relate to them in a better and more effective way. Good EI skills are very helpful in management roles. I am thinking in that I know how to apply myself to problems to find solutions, which is very good for applying myself to coordinating and getting multiple teams to work together. In a coordinating position, you must be very thoughtful and have an ability to work through complications and complex needs that can contradict when multiple groups are assigned tasks that are dependent upon one another. I am also perceptive, which also would be of great use in a coordinating management career. It means that I am aware of my surroundings and can perceive needs and see what is required in any given situation.