Using MBTI Type in

Career Counseling
LARRY GABBARD, MSE MACSA, I NTP

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Resources Available in Bookstore:
Pair Toolkit: Type Occupational Themes
Pair Toolkit: Occupational Themes for MBTI Top 50 Lists
Occupational Lists for Career Counseling Professionals
Enneagram Patterns in MBTI Type Tables
Larry Gabbard
Career Consultant, Trainer, OD Specialist, B.S.M.E. M.E. M.A.
larrygab@comcast.net
MBTI Qualified
Author Occupational Lists for Career Counseling Professionals
Author Enneagram Patterns in MBTI Type Tables
Member APT, RMAPT, NCDA, CCDA
Presenter APTi, RMAPT, CEW, IEA, NCDA,CCDA, AJST
Trainer Forty Plus of Colorado
Researched, correlated MBTI & Enneagram Inventory results
Studied, researched, taught Enneagram for 15 years
Retired AT&T/Bell Laboratories-30 years engineer supervisor
engineering teams and quality specialist
Owner eLCie

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MBTI and Myers-Briggs are registered
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Using MBTI Type in
Career Counseling
MISSION



My MISSION is to encourage everyone to use MBTI results in their career
counseling process

Extends usefulness of MBTI Occupational Lists

Lists grouped by Theme, Temperament, Specific Populations, Enneagram
Number, O*NET Interests, O*NET Job Family or Classification of
Instructional Programs

These groupings confirm or supplement results of student assessment tools

Can easily be used as a stand-alone assessment tool

Clients use O*NET OnLineTM to research occupations


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Training Administration
WHY ARE TOP 50 LISTS SO
IMPORTANT?
In the next few slides we will:

Review MBTI type (your four letters)

Introduce Type Tables

Introduce Occupational Type Tables

Introduce RANKINGS
TOP 50 CONCLUSIONS

MBTI types actively seek employment in
TOP 50 occupations

These are exactly the kinds of occupations
that you should investigate with your
students and clients!
What Could Be Wrong with TOP 50
Lists?
Occupations on TOP 50 Lists have multiple occupational themes

Each TOP 50 list contains: occupations from 3 or more Themes,
Temperaments, Enneagram Numbers or Holland Work Environments

Clients have a Theme most like their working personality and will see
more uninteresting occupations on one of these lists

Bottom Line: Clients and students will see 3 to 4 times as many
occupations from other Themes as from their own Theme

Clients expect only interesting occupations on their list, so lists are
difficult to use
Occupation ISTJ-Rank
Operator or Field Technician in Water Pollution Control 1
Steelworker 2
Police Officer: Manager 3
Manager: Regional Telephone Company Low Level 4
Manager: Top Level in City, County or State Government 5
Manager: Small Business 6
Corrections Sergeant 7
Certified Public Accountant 8
Manager: Public 9
Manager: Retail Store 10
Manager: Federal Executive 11
School Bus Driver 12
School Principal 13
Manager: High Level Corporate Executive 14
Line Corrections Officer 15
Purchasing Agent 16
Computer Professional 17
Dentist 18
Coal Miner 19
Auditor 20
Accountant 21
Electrician 22
Engineer: Mechanical 23
Cleaning Service* 24
Technician: Electrical or Electronic Engineering 25
Naval Technician 26
Teacher: Mathematics 27
Teacher: Trade, Industrial or Technical 28
Manager: Middle Level in City, County or State Government 29
Air Force Officer or Enlistee 30
Protective Service Worker* 31
Factory or Site Supervisor 32
Nursing: Administrator 33
Police Officer: Detective 34
Manager: Financial or Bank Officer 35
Computer Operations, Systems Researcher, or Analyst 36
Administrator: Social Services 37
Craft Worker* 38
Engineer: Electrical or Electronic 39
Operative: Non-Specialized or Factory Worker* 40
Public Service Aide or Community Health Worker 41
Administrator: Educationally Related 42
Scientist: Chemistry 43
Service Worker 44
Personnel or Labor Relations Worker 45
Engineer* 46
Consultant: Management 47
Engineer: Chemical 48
Farmer* 49
Teacher: Coaching 50
ISTJ THEMES
Individual (Green), Director (Red), Thinker (Blue) & All Other (Yellow)
MBTI Occupation ONET Int ISTJ-Rank
Operators & Field Technicians in Water Pollution Control IRCEAS 1
Displaced Steelworker RCEIAS 2
Police Officers: Managers ESRCIA 3
Managers: Regional Telephone Company Low Level Managers ECSRAI 4
Managers: Top Level in City, County and State Government ECSIAR 5
Managers: Small Business 6
Corrections Sergeants RSCEAI 7
Certified Public Accountants CEIRSA 8
Managers: Public 9
Managers: Retail Store ECSAIR 10
Managers: Federal Executive ECSIAR 11
School Bus Drivers RSCEIA 12
School Principals SEIACR 13
Managers: High Level Corporate Executives ECSIRA 14
Line Corrections Officers 15
Purchasing Agents ECRSIA 16
Computer Professionals IRCEAS 17
Dentists IRSEAC 18
Displaced Coal Miner RCEIAS 19
Auditors CEIRSA 20
Accountants CEIRSA 21
Electricians RICEAS 22
Engineers: Mechanical RICEAS 23
CLEANING SERVICES 24
Technicians: Electrical and Electronic Engineering RICEAS 25
Military Personnel at Naval Technical Training Center 26
Teachers: Mathematics ICSRAE 27
Teachers: Trade, Industrial and Technical SAICER 28
Managers: Middle Level in City, County and State Government 29
Air Force Personnel 30
PROTECTIVE SERVICE WORKERS 31
Factory and Site Supervisors ERCSIA 32
Nursing: Administrators ESICAR 33
Police Officers: Detectives in Urban Community ESIRCA 34
Managers: Financial and Bank Officer ECSIAR 35
Computer Operations, Systems Researchers and Analysts ICRESA 36
Administrators: Social Services SEACIR 37
CRAFT WORKERS 38
Engineers: Electrical and Electronic IRCEAS 39
OPERATIVES: NON-SPECIALIZED AND FACTORY 40
Public Service Aides and Community Health Workers SCAERI 41
Administrators: Educationally Related 42
Scientists: Chemistry IRCASE 43
Service Workers (except private household) 44
Personnel and Labor Relations Workers 45
ENGINEERS 46
Consultants: Management CEISRA 47
Engineers: Chemical IRCEAS 48
FARMERS REICSA 49
Teachers: Coaching ERSCAI 50
ISTJ O*NET Interests (Work Environments)
Enterprising (Green), Investigative (Red), Realistic (Blue) & Other (Yellow)
No Background: No Title Match or No O*NET Interests Listed in Database 12.0
Titles from MBTI Atlas of Type Tables
GROUPING IS THE ANSWER!

Occupations on the TOP 50 Lists need to be grouped

Gives clients permission to focus on their grouping and
ignore occupations in other groupings

Self-assessment is required

Ask clients to start with the large groupings and find the
grouping that most resembles their career path, actual or
intended

Lets take a quick look at grouping the TOP 50 for ISTJ by
Theme!
GROUPING HISTORY
TRANSLATING OCCUPATIONAL
TITLES
TRANSLATING THE SEQUEL
OCCUPATIONAL GROUPINGS
Personality-based Occupational Groupings
Type Occupational Themes (Themes)
Working Temperaments
Enneagram Numbers
O*NET Interests (Holland Work
Environments)*
Occupational Classification Groupings
Specific Populations
O*NET Job Families*

Classification of Instructional Programs, CIP**

* MBTI to O*NET Title Translations
** Translations Plus Crosswalk (CIP 2000)

Use
MBTI & General Users
MBTI & General Users
Enneagram Users
Holland Users


MBTI Users
O*NET OnLine Research
Pikes Peak Workforce Center
College Major & Career
Clusters
ISTJ
ANALYSIS
FORM
Seven Dimensions
of Career
Awareness
RANGE
For Theme the responses range from 0 (C, L, O and S) to 10 (I)

So, the sample Range is Max-Min (10-0 = 10)

The Range Estimate of the sample Mean or Average is (Max+Min)/2

In most cases, the Range will contain a 0 value and the Range Average can
be estimated as Max/2

On the previous Analysis Form, the Max value was shown with a red
background and all values >= Max/2 are shown in green. These are the
above average responses

The best groupings (tightest distributions) are those with the fewest colored
boxes (Theme and CIP Code, in this example)


WORKING TEMPERAMENT
ISTP ANALYSIS
FORM
Seven Dimensions of
Career Awareness

SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

While the occupational classification scheme used by the Center for Applications of
Psychological Type (CAPT) was based on the 1977 Dictionary of Occupational Titles,
the Specific Populations are stated to be somewhat arbitrary. They are based on
incorporating the original groupings from the CAPT occupation coding scheme,
clusters of career areas often discussed in CAPT workshops, and the number of the
various kinds of occupation samples available for this edition of the Atlas.
Specific Population Letter
Art and Communication A
Business and Management B
Education E
Health H
Government, Justice and Military J
Counseling and Mental Health M
Religion R
Engineering, Science and Technology S
Industry, Service and Trade T

ESTJ
ANALYSIS
FORM
Seven Dimensions of
Career Awareness


O*NET INTERESTS
A, Artistic

C, Conventional

E, Enterprising

I, Investigative

R, Realistic

S, Social
INTP ANALYSIS
FORM
Seven Dimensions of
Career Awareness


O*NET JOB FAMILIES

SEE HANDOUT
ESTJ ANALYSIS
FORM
Seven Dimensions of
Career Awareness


CLASSIFICATION of
INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

SEE HANDOUT

ISTJ
ANALYSIS
FORM
Seven Dimensions of
Career Awareness


SEVEN DIMENSIONS of CAREER
AWARENESS
1. The client should identify 10 occupations from their
working personality (grouping)

2. Add a couple of interesting occupations from other
groupings

3. Finally, add a couple of client favorites (no more than 15
total)

4. Use the O*NET Summary Report to reduce the list to the
top 5 occupations and choose a college major

5. Use the O*NET Detailed Report to reduce the list to three
occupations, while collecting information for resumes and
cover letters

Thanks for Coming



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Larry & Carolyn Gabbard (719) 593-1853
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If you are interested in using the Seven Dimensions of Career Awareness in a
Beta test with students or in a research project, please see me after this session