Personalities and Careers

Topic: Personality Types and Impact on Potential Careers

Domain: Academic
Title of Lesson: Personality Types and Impact on Potential Careers
Grade Level: Middle School (7th Grade)
ASCA Standards Addressed (Mindsets and Behaviors):
C1.MS.2: Self-confidence in the ability to succeed
C1.MS.4: Understanding that postsecondary education and lifelong learning are
necessary for long-term career success
C2.LS.7: Identify long and short term academic, career, and social/emotional goals
Indiana Standards Addressed:
6-8.1.1: Describe strategies for improving ones confidence
Differentiated Instruction/Cultural Awareness: The counselor will be aware of
potential cultural differences of the student population and how these differences
may impact their goals/academic life/ and career and the ways in which they go
about achieving these goals.
Developmental Asset(s) Addressed:
Responsibility
Personal Power
Planning and Decision Making
Sense of Purpose
Positive View of Personal Future
Learning Objective(s): Students will learn what four letter personality type they
are and what career options best fit their personality.
Collaborative Partners: ISI Counseling Department
Materials Needed: Laptops, Career and Personality Worksheet, pre/post test,
markers/pens/pencils
Activity Summary: Welcome students and pre-test, pass out handout, take
personality test, pair and share, classroom discussion, finding a career activity,
group share, post-test and closing.
Learning Activities (Include introduction to lesson, Activity(ies), resources
required, and Conclusion):
Time needed for lesson: 30 minutes
1. Welcome students and begin by asking students to complete the pre-test. Next,
the counselor will start the mindfulness activity (imagine a bright light moving
through your body).

2. Personality Activity: Counselor will pass out the Personality and Career
worksheet. Students will log onto www.16personalities.com and take the test to
discover their personality. Remind students to avoid picking many neutrals in
order to most accurately get their personality. While students are taking the test,
counselor will draw the diagram with two columns so students can visually see the
two choices for each letter that forms their four-letter personality acronym.
Extroverted
Intuitive
Thinking
Judging
Assertive

Introverted
Observant
Feeling
Prospecting
Turbulent

3. Pair and Share: Counselor will ask students to break into pairs to discuss their
personality types with one another. Students will be asked to explain their
personality to their peer. As students are discussing in pairs, the counselor will
walk around and listen to what the pairs are sharing and answer and explain any
questions about personality types that students may have.
4. Counselor will bring together the class and ask a series of questions.

Did you find it hard to answer some of the questions? If yes, what made it
difficult?
Were some of the questions really easy to answer? What made them easy?

What surprises you about your personality?

What seems to describe you best?

What are some of your strengths according to your personality?
Counselor will explain that we are now going to transition into careers that
compliment your personality type. Counselor will ask students a series of
questions:
Whats the difference between a job and career?
Why is it important to consider personalities while picking a career?
What careers do you think are fitting for your personality?
If you already had a career in mind, think about how your personality and
the needs that job has. Do you think your personality and career are a
match?
How do you think your personality impacts a working environment (i.e.,
working with other people, answering to a superior, etc.)?
5. Finding a Career: Counselor will have students research jobs online that could
be associated with their personality. Counselors should first direct students to
http://www.personalitypage.com/careers.html. Once students have found their
personality and the list of careers, students will have the opportunity to look up the
career that interest them most. Students will follow along with the worksheet and
answer the questions.
6. Counselor will divide students into groups to share their careers and worksheet

answers with one another. The counselor will walk around listening to students as
they describe their interests in careers.
7. Counselor will hand out post-test and dismiss the students.
Evaluation Plan:
The counselor will collect post-tests. Upon reading students answers, the
counselor will decide if another lesson is necessary for students. Additionally, the
counselor will walk around and actively listen and participate when students are
discussing their personality types and potential careers. This will allow the
counselors to identify any areas that need to be covered more in depth in future
lessons or individual meetings with students if needed.
Follow-Up Plan:
Students can schedule follow-up appointments with the counselor if they have any
questions or concerns about how their personality and career relate. Students can
also ask counselors questions about careers and personality type during the
lesson. If the counselor thinks another lesson is needed after looking at the pre
and post tests and listening to students, then another lesson can be created and
given.
References/Resources Used:
http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
http://www.personalitypage.com/careers.html
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

Personality and Career

Log onto www.16personalities.com and take the test.
What is your personality type and what do the letters stand for?

What does it mean? (List some characteristics related to your personality)

Now log onto http://www.personalitypage.com/careers.html. Find your personality type

and click on it. Next, read the jobs that fit your personality type. Choose one that interests
you.
What career did you choose? Why?

You may now google your career of choice. Recommendation: Check out
https://www.onetonline.org. If you use this website, go to the top right hand corner where
it says, Occupation quick search and type in your career choice. A list of similar careers
will appear, pick the one you think is most similar.
What is one thing that interests you most about the career you chose?

Is there a bright outlook for your career? Explain?

What are some characteristics important for the job?

How much will you make (on average) for this job?

List some things you love about this career:

Pre-test:
Whats the difference between a job and career?

Why is it important to consider personalities while picking a career?

I know the four letter personality type I am and what the letters stand for:

I have an understanding of what I want to do for my future career:

Strongly Agree

Agree

Somewhat Agree
Disagree

Disagree

Strongly

I understand how my personality will impact how I work and the types of
relationships I have with my co-workers and others involved with my career.
Strongly Agree

Agree

Somewhat Agree
Disagree

Disagree

Strongly

Post-test:
Whats the difference between a job and career?

Why is it important to consider personalities while picking a career?

I know the four letter personality type I am and what the letters stand for:

I have an understanding of what I want to do for my future career:

Strongly Agree

Agree

Somewhat Agree
Disagree

Disagree

Strongly

I understand how my personality will impact how I work and the types of
relationships I have with my co-workers and others involved with my career.
Strongly Agree

Agree

Somewhat Agree
Disagree

Disagree

Strongly