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Work Personality Types Self-Assessment
Directions According to John Kiersey’s Temperament Theory, each person
possesses one of four dominant temperaments. Knowing your temperament
type can help you select a satisfying career. Try to match your interests and
abilities to the descriptions in the chart below.
ARTISAN GUARDIAN
• You enjoy working with any and all kinds of • You enjoy occupations that involve gath-
equipment, implements, machines, and in- ering, storing, recording, measuring, and
struments, from bulldozers to paintbrushes. distributing data or people.
• You enjoy crafts of many kinds—athletic, • You are talented at arranging, scheduling,
culinary, literary, martial, mechanical, rhe- establishing order, and creating organiza-
torical, theatrical, political, or industrial. tions.
• You can identify with other artisans such • You can identify with other guardians such
as Amelia Earhart, Steven Spielberg, Bob as George Washington, Colin Powell,
Dylan, Lance Armstrong, Frida Kahlo, J.K. Mother Teresa, John McCain, Harry Tru-
Rowling, Yao Ming, and Maya Angelou. man, and Martha Stewart.
IDEALIST RATIONAL
• You are enthusiastic, have insight into • You are interested in complexity and are
people, and are good at influencing others good at understanding it.
and helping them reach their full potential. • You are interested in complex machines,
• You are talented at teaching, counseling, such as airplanes, or in complex biological
interviewing, and tutoring people. organisms, such as humans, plants, and
• You can identify with other idealists such as animals.
Oprah Winfrey, Mohandas Gandhi, Eleanor • You can identify with other rationals such
Roosevelt, César Chávez, the Dalai Lama, as Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Neil
Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. deGrasse Tyson, Maya Lin, and Bill Gates.
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1. Which of these temperament types best describes you?
● Artisan—You may enjoy a career as an artist, musician, actor, chef, craftsperson,
photographer, designer, decorator, publicist, or mechanic.
● Guardian—You may enjoy a career as businessperson, librarian, doctor, nurse,
military or police officer, accountant, salesperson, coach, or social worker.
● Idealist—You may enjoy a career as a teacher, recruiter, counselor, caretaker,
diplomat, human resource worker, humanities professor, or charity worker.
● Rational—You may enjoy a career as a scientist, architect, engineer, computer
programmer, military strategist, inventor, or executive.
2. List three career areas to explore that are likely to fit your temperament type.
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