ESTP Personality Outgoing, Straight-Shooting Doers!
ESTP personalitythe ultimate realist! Enthusiastic and excitable, you are "doers" who live in the world of action. Blunt, straight-forward risk-takers, you are willing to plunge right into things and get their hands dirty. You live in the here-and-now, and place little importance on introspection or theory. You look at the facts of a situation, quickly decide what should be done, execute the action, and move on to the next thing. These are a few of the ESTP factors making up your list of personality traits you can use to find a career fit that is a natural!!
Extraverted with Sensing, Thinking and Perception your career personality profile would include the following natural tendencies among others:
- Breadth of interests
- Reliance upon facts
- Use of logic and analysis
- Adaptability
- Grounding in realism
- Natural active curiosity
- Friendliness
- Flexibility and tolerance
There are more natural traits making up your self personality profile but those above indicate a natural ability for careers that may have some interpersonal conflict, objective and analytical problem solving, and skilled negotiating. In addition careers requiring ongoing practical adaptation to changing environment/circumstances attract because your type are natural trouble-shooters. Your analytical skills are used on the facts of a situation; therefore you are very good at making use of available resources.
The ESTP personality type will move naturally towards careers allowing you to meet and interact spontaneously with many people; offering something different every day, and is fun. Careers that let you use your ability to search for solutions to problems, using first-hand experience and then critically analyzing these solutions to find the best ones. Also, careers that let you respond to unplanned situations, using unconventional approaches, where you can skillfully negotiate satisfactory solutions, you are a natural for; also, careers that involve real people and things, not theories or ideas; where your efforts are directed to producing a tangible product or service, you will enjoy!
Examples of careers often chosen by your type as a career personality profile fit include - Marketing Professional
- Police Detective
- Carpenter
- Small Business Manager
- Police Officer
- Auditor
- Craft Worker
- Farmer
- Warehouse, Freight, Groundskeepers, other Laborers
- Fire Dept. Manager
- Construction Worker
- Public Service Aide/Health Worker
- Transportation and Machine Operator
- Storekeeper
- Restaurant Worker
- Guard
- Law Enforcement, Corrections
- City, County, State Govt. Manager
- Social Service Worker
- Editor or Reporter
- General Business, Self-Employed
- Electronic Technician
- Lifeguard or Recreation Attendant
- Personal Service Worker
- Personnel or Labor Relations
- Credit Investigator
- Corrections or Probation Officer
- Banking
- Salesperson
- Optometrist
- Electrician
- Bank Officer/Manager
- Pharmacist
- Laboratory Technologist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Coal Miner
- Mechanic
- Computer Programmer
- Radiologic Technician
- Insurance Agent, Broker
- Adult Education Teacher
- Mechanical Engineer
- Critical Care Nursing
- Journalist
- Factory Supervisor
- Engineer all kinds
- Purchasing Agent
- Food Service Worker
- General Consultant
- Childcare Worker
Your type is found much less often in careers that require interests or skills in things thoretical or abstract, such as: - Director of Religious Education
- Student Personnel Administrator (college)
- Chemical Engineer
- Surveyor
- Education Consultant
- Electrical Engineer
- Photographer
- Dental Hygiensit
- Food Service Worker
- Chemistry Scientiest
- Cleaning Service Worker
- Research Assistant
- Medical Assistant
- Employment Development Specialist
- Public Health Nursing
- Management Analyst Consultant
- Pre-School Teacher
- Office Manager
- Media Specialist
Now my ESTP friend, make a list of careers that seem interesting to you and research them here. Then move on to other portions of this site and enjoy!
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