ISTJ CAREERS

While many personality types may be comfortable with flexible work as consultants and sole proprietors, ISTJs
are much more focused on building long-term, stable careers. That's not to say that ISTJs can't do that sort of
work many find themselves thinking about what's on the other side of those cubical walls but what they
crave is dependability, and that is reflected in their choice of work perhaps more so than in any other part of
their lives.

Have No Other View Than to Promote the Public Good

The facts support this, as the most common careers among people with the ISTJ personality type revolve
around institutions of respected tradition, authority, security, and established consistency. Careers as military
officers, lawyers, judges, police officers and detectives are all very popular among ISTJs. This makes sense, as
they not only offer the stability that ISTJs seek, but are in line with their principles and conservatism,
establishing clear societal roles.
ISTJs of course aren't limited to these organizations there are many other roles that utilize their reliability,
objectivity and sharp eyes. When facts and logic are out of place, ISTJ personalities swoop in as the
accountants, auditors, data analysts, financial managers, business administrators and even doctors that
identify, report and correct the issues at hand.
Most of these careers have ISTJs working alone, which is usually their preference, but when teams are
necessary, they are best defined by clearly outlined roles, responsibilities and work environments.

Nothing is quite so challenging for ISTJs as ongoing debates about who is responsible for what,
resulting in work that's shoddily assembled or worse, incomplete.

ISTJs have strong opinions about how things should be done, and if things are shuffled too often, people with
this personality type can become surprisingly vocal about their opposition. It's important for ISTJs to remember
that even the most traditional and stable career paths can and need to change as time goes by. It is much
better to accept this with grace than to develop reputations of being enemies of new ideas.

Business Discourse Should Be Short and Comprehensive

ISTJs may also struggle with the increasingly open and social requirements of modern work life. Being
somewhat bad at sensing others feelings, ISTJs' "just the facts" attitude can be downright alienating when it
comes to more sensitive personality types. This applies not just to coworkers but to customers as well service
positions like retail sales and waiting tables, as well as more emotionally demanding careers such as psychiatry
are, generally speaking, a terrible fit.

The ideal career paths feature a trend: they place facts above feelings and allow ISTJs to uphold the hard
standards that are the backbone of society. Rules are the basis for everything people take for granted about
modern life, from the social contract that smooths relationships, to the laws that protect peoples' most basic
safety, to the constitutions and treaties that govern nations. People with the ISTJ personality type take on roles
as the defenders of these ideas, in big ways and small, and are rightfully proud of it.
7. WORKPLACE HABITS (/ISTJS-AT-WORK)
5. PARENTHOOD (/ISTJ-PARENTS)

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LiviaDeMWorksatPueriCantoresSverige
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LikeReplyMay18,20157:00pm

PaulCostaBoston
I'veseenFreudlistedasanISTJ.Isthereanyonebetterinpsychiatrythanthat?Gladitsays"generally
speaking"aterriblefit.AsanINTJI'mfollowinginFreud'sfootsteps.Accountancydidn'tcutit.Always
exceptionstotherules.
LikeReplyMar23,20158:16pm

PaulCostaBoston
MeanttosayasanISTJmyself...
LikeReplyMar23,20158:22pm

NathanHowellGeorgiaTech
WORKPLACE HABITS
PARENTHOOD
WouldacareerasaveterinarianbeagoodmatchforanISTJ?MymomhasalwaystoldmethatIshould

bealawyer,butIjustdon'tknowaboutthat.

(/istj-parents)

bealawyer,butIjustdon'tknowaboutthat.
(/istjs-at-work)
LikeReplyNov24,201411:42pm

MitchellAplikowskiNotyetincollege
It'sadoctorkindofcareer,whichisarecommendedkindofcareerforanISTJ,sogoforit!I
myselfamanISTJandwouldlovetobeaGastroenterologistorRadiologist!
LikeReplyJan25,20152:07am

JonathanSmithColumbia,CarolinadeSud
BeinganISTJandalsobeingADHDCisbrutal.WheretheISTJseekscomfortintheroutine,theADHD
personseestherutandcrieseverytimetheypassGo.
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3Oct5,20145:24pm

MatthewPopeNewcastleuponTyne
Therearenorutsonlystruts.Determinismshapestheuniversesequentiallywithintheframework
ofmathematics.
LikeReplyMay19,20152:53pm

AliceReeveYoobeeSchoolofDesign
ThisiswhereISTJfallsflatforme,becauseI'mgoodatartandmusic(andsometimeswriting),butthey
areprettyemotionallydriven"norules"things,whichistheISTJ'sweakness.That'swhyIhavetrouble
decidingonmylifepath.
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17Sep7,20149:53am

ThomasA.RussellSr.JCTC
Dependingonthespecificarea,writingandarthavealotofstylerules.Wordstructureand
grammer,andlightandcontrast.
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6Nov19,20145:24am

AbbyFisherTutuDesigneratGraceCouture
IamverymuchISTJ,butIalsohaveartistictalents.Ichosecostumedesignoverfashiondesign
becauseIneedhistoryandrulesinordertocreate.WhenIpaint,IcannotstrayfromtherulesI
haveinmyownmindaboutwhatiscorrect,evenifthoseruleswereneverstatedbyanyoneelse.
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2Jan25,20156:01am

AlviMana
I'malsoconsideredveryartistic(Ipaint)andhaveatalentfordecorating.But,I'malinguist(I
speak3languages)andhavetaught2ofthemand,therefore,Iliketoadheretogrammarrules.
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