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Who Am I?
Michelle R Miklinski
Liberty University
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Career Instrument Results
1. What were your scores/results from the Interest Profiler and Work Locator instruments?
The Interest Profiler indicated that my primary personality type is Artistic with a total score of 12,
whereas my secondary personality type is Social with a score equivalent of 8. The Work Values
Worksheet indicated Achievement as the highest work value with Relationships being the next.
2. Vocational Personality Types:
Artistic: One who prefers ambiguous and free activities that entail the manipulation of physical,
verbal, or human materials to create art forms. Some characteristics include: complicated, imaginative,
introspective, disorderly, impractical, intuitive, emotional, impulsive, nonconforming, expressive,
independent, open, idealistic, and original (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2009, p. 64).
Social: “The social personality type prefers activities that entail the manipulation of others to inform,
train, develop, cure, or enlighten. They have an aversion to activities involving materials, tools, or
machines but are proud of the acquisition of human relations competencies such as, interpersonal and
educational. Social jobs would include teacher, counselor, clinical psychologist, psychiatric case worker,
or speech therapist. They are often described as; convincing, idealistic, social, cooperative, kind,
sympathetic, friendly, patient, tactful, generous, responsible, understanding, helpful, and warm (Niles &
Harris-Bowlsbey, 2009, p. 65).
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According to the Work Importance Locator, if Achievement is your highest work value, one
should look for jobs that allow you to utilize your unique abilities in an environment that will satisfy your
need to see the results of your efforts. These jobs should include an atmosphere where you are able to get
a sense of your accomplishments for personal affirmation and validation. As one who also has a work
value that includes Relationships, looking for jobs where your co-workers are friendly, you are able to be
of service to others, and allows for integrity to shine, these traits will ensure a peaceful, loving, and moral
environment (“Work Locator”).
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Personal Reactions:
I believe the results of the Interest Profiler and Work Locator are accurate. I have always considered
myself an artistic being; lover of music, creative activity, and freedom of fantasy. When anxious, sad, or
in need of relaxation I always turn to music or drama; music is the essence of my soul. Musical theater is
a favorite of mine and I have always wanted to incorporate it into my life as much as possible. I resonate
with the characteristics described by Holland, especially being complicated, imaginative, introspective,
intuitive, emotional, expressive, and open (Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, 2009).
My career aspirations have always been on the social side; I was surprised that “artistic” was valued
higher than social but then again introspection has always surpassed the relational exterior of my being. I
would definitely say that interpersonal and educational skills have been my favorite. Social jobs like
teacher, counselor, clinical psychologist, and case worker have been past occupations for me as well as
future endeavors.
Value wise, achievement is a necessity of mine, verbal affirmation, a job well done, and the feelings
of accomplishment feed my confidence. Relationships are important to fill the social aspect of my
personality and being a giver, an educator, and having a compassion for the well being of our kids,
relationship skills are imperative in reaching them, gaining their confidence, and respect.
I feel the assessments used are beneficial in gaining perspective and clarity and only serve to validate
a lot of the thoughts and feelings we already inherently have about ourselves.
External Influences:
I do not feel that age, gender, race, or disabling conditions influenced the results of the assessment.
There were no subjective items that could contaminate the thought process; all questions were benign and
representative of universal experiences that do not typically label a person subjecting them to stereotypes.
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Individual participants could very well be tired or have feelings of being rushed but again the
simplicity of the questions lend themselves the ability to prevent prejudice or manipulation. I found the
questions to be pure and can only elicit one true response. The only way the results could possibly be
errant is by the purposeful manipulation or lack of motivation to successfully extract an accurate picture
by the participant.
Conclusions
I believe the results of the personality indicator and work value assessment are harmoniously working
together to manifest an accurate picture of an environment that can meet the majority of one’s needs.
Artistic Achievement and Social Relationships form an inherent bond and if the occupations that are
suggested are truly representative of the personalities and the values expressed then I feel confident that
research of these occupations will be fortuitous. I have already concluded that based on the results
indicated and occupations related to these indicators the assessment has successfully shown its validity.
Within the zones of these values I have recognized several occupations that I have either already
experienced, have considered as vocational goals, or looking toward the future to pursue. I feel
comfortable about my decisions and future aspirations and have gained additional knowledge as to what
values I need to express in future work environments to ensure a successful and satisfying experience.
As mentioned earlier, artistic endeavors and social environments have peppered my life-long
experiences and through this study I am eager to see how I can incorporate both into a life-long dream of
helping and healing people.
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References
Interest Profiler. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.onetonline.org
Niles, S. G., & Harris-Bowlsbey, J. (2009). Career development interventions in the
21st century. (3rd Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Work Locator. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.onetonline.org