Career Paths

Entertainers have a unique quality that makes them exceptional in some

careers, and miserable in others – they mirror the mood around them. When

people with the Entertainer personality type are at a party or concert, they

reflect that mood, giving them that “party people” image. When their friends

are sad, they mirror that with sympathy and empathy. And when there is a

crisis, Entertainers adapt as well, matching the intensity of the situation.

Trying to Find Yourself...

As a result, just about any career that focuses on working with others is a

good fit, and is even essential for Entertainers to be happy and productive.

Entertainer personalities are natural event planners, sales representatives, trip

planners, and tour guides, as each of these creates a sense of excitement,

stimulation, and novelty between them and their customers.

Entertainers balance their emotional sensitivity with a strong sense of

independence and resourcefulness, making each experience unique.

Entertainers genuinely enjoy spending time with others and getting to know

them, and have a knack for making people happy, even in the most frustrating

situations. A good challenge is always appreciated by Entertainer

personalities, and they make wonderful and inspiring counselors, social

workers, personal coaches, and consultants who improve employee or

customer satisfaction.

With their ability to respond with resourcefulness and passion when their help

is badly needed, Entertainers make brilliant medical professionals, especially

as EMTs, paramedics, and nurses. They quickly pick up information about

others, helping them get straight to the heart of the issue when dealing with

the sick or injured. Entertainers thrive on intense emotion, and there’s hardly a

better place for it.

Not everybody has the energy for that though, or wants the responsibility of

life and death – some Entertainers prefer to make people happy and excited

by creating beauty instead. People with this personality type have plenty of

creative energy, and many build fulfilling careers in music, fashion,

photography, and interior design. With the best aesthetic sense of any

personality type, Entertainers are renowned for their sense of style.

...Isn’t Always Easy

However, jobs that eliminate human contact and focus on impartial, data-

driven decisions are torturous to Entertainers. Some Entertainer personalities

do well enough by blowing off steam with friends after work, but for the most

part, careers like technical writing or data analysis are poor fits. Add
Entertainers’ loathing for schedules, structures, and repetition, and nine-to-five

administrative work is quickly sent to the “nope” bin.

Regardless of where their diverse passions lie, Entertainers need freedom,

novelty, and above all, human contact. People with the Entertainer personality

type need to know that they aren’t just appreciated, though that is very

important, but liked. When Entertainers come in to work, they want to see a

touch of chaos, and to navigate it with a crack team of capable friends who

are all too happy to take action by their sides.

Career Paths
“Can’t I fly helicopters AND be an oceanographer who writes songs and

cooks?” It’s a big world out there – perhaps even a little too big. Campaigners

are fascinated by new ideas, both in terms of developments in fields they are

already familiar with, and when new subjects come along. The trick for people

with the Campaigner personality type is to take advantage of this quality, this

wonder with the magnificent breadth and detail in the world, and to use it to

propel themselves further and deeper than others are willing or able to go.

If there’s a challenge Campaigners face when selecting a career, it isn’t that

they lack talent or options or drive, it’s that there are so many things out there

that are just cool.

The Opening of a Door Can Be a Wonderfully

Joyous Moment
Chief among Campaigners’ talents is their people skills, a quality that is even

more valuable now than ever. Even in traditional Analyst strongholds like

engineering, systems analysis and the sciences, Campaigners’ ability to

network and match the communication styles of their audience means that

even as they explore new challenges on their own, they will be able to work

with others, explore others’ perspectives and glean new insights into their

projects. Much of modern progress stems from incorporating other studies into
typically disassociated fields, and no one is better equipped to merge broad

interests than talented, energetic and future-minded Campaigners.

And while Thinking types may be better at applying logic to systems and

machines, people with the Campaigner personality type are able to apply that

same logic to human interactions and networks, using their exceptional social

perception to find out what makes people tick. This lends Campaigners a solid

foothold in any human science or service, from psychology, counseling and

teaching to politics, diplomacy and detective work. All of these fields have

another important similarity: they are in constant development, shifting,

presenting new angles and new approaches. It’s simply not possible to be

good in these fields and content with the way things are, and this is where

Campaigners truly shine.

Too Many Bosses, Too Few Workers

Where Campaigners do not shine is in systems of strict regimentation and

hierarchy, such as military service. Campaigners thrive on the ability to

question the status quo and explore the alternatives, and if this is a quality that

is not just unappreciated but actually frowned upon, this will not only make

them unhappy, but it may even threaten their emotional stability. Repetition,

predictability, boredom… while some Sentinel types may appreciate

predictability and clear hierarchies, these are not selling points for

Campaigners. People with the Campaigner personality type need to feel like
they’re pushing boundaries and exploring ideas, and should focus on interests

and careers that encourage that.

Many more career options satisfy these needs, and not just the scientific ones

– writing, journalism, acting and TV reporting all give Campaigners a chance

to explore something new every day and stir the pot a little while they’re at it. It

may come to pass though, that the best way forward for Campaigner

personalities is to establish themselves as entrepreneurs and consultants,

blazing their own trails and taking on whatever project is most fascinating. So

long as they get to use their people skills, identify and achieve their own goals

and inspire their colleagues and followers, Campaigners will be happy.