DEFINE MY PREFERENCES

PLAN OF ANALYSIS
STEP 1: GATHER INFORMATION
What is your RIASEC code?
My RIASEC code is CSR. Conventional, Social, and Realistic.
What are your preferences according to the dichotomies assessed in the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator?
My MBTI type is ISTJ. Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging.
List the careers you wish to explore that are consistent with the types in your RIASEC
code, your MBTI type, or both.
Careers I wish to explore that are consistent with my RIASEC code and MBTI
type are:
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Budget Analyst
Office Management

Payroll/Timekeeping Clerks
Restaurant Management
Secretary/Administrative Assistant
Social and Human Service Assistant

STEP 2: EVALUATE THE INFORMATION

What did you RIASEC code tell you about your preferences?
My RIASEC code confirmed my preferences for maintaining orderliness and
routines, as well as helping or serving others through personal interaction. It
also told me I prefer activities that involve using machines, tools, and things.
What did your MBTI type tell you about your preferences?
My MBTI type told me I concentrate best in a quiet, solitude environment and
prefer to do most of my work independently but also value participating on a
team as well. I prefer to complete tasks in a logical order, paying careful
attention to detail and working at a steady pace. I prefer predictability over
spontaneity and am more productive when I have structure and schedules.
I like to base my decisions off past experiences, principles and logical
reasoning. My MBTI type also told me I am highly dependable and follow
through on everything to the end.

What further information would be helpful to learn about the careers that reflect
your patterns of interests and personality characteristics?
I found the RIASEC assessment results to be very helpful in learning about the
careers that reflect my patterns of interests and personality characteristics. It
provides a list of suggested occupations based off my code and descriptions of
each occupations duties. It would be helpful to further learn what
qualifications are necessary for each position.

STEP 3: MAKE CONCLUSIONS

Following your analysis, create a list of your top five preferences that you want to
focus on using in your career (such as characteristics of your RIASEC code or MBTI
type).
The top five preferences that I want to focus on using in my career are:
Organization/Orderliness
Planning/Scheduling
Detail Oriented

Dependability
Logical Reasoning

Following your analysis, create a list of the top five career areas or jobs that you
want to explore further based on your assessment of your preferences.
The top five career areas or jobs that I want to explore further based on my
assessment of my preferences are:
Accounting
Bookkeeping
Budget Analyst

Office Management
Secretary/Administrative Assistant