Grab some paper and a pencil and answer the following questions: (You could also print this page, then answer the questions.)

3. Your Personality:

The way you take in information and interact with people can be very important characteristics to consider when looking for the right major and career path.
This link takes you to a site to learn about your personality "Type." The four letter code you will get to describe your personality type is a widely used system in all kinds of career settings.

Are you Introverted or Extroverted, Intuitive or Sensing, Thinking or Feeling, Judging or Perceiving? Go to Keirsey to find out!

Another useful thing to find out about your personality is what characteristics do you have that match a widely used system for identifying types of jobs you would fit into. The Holland coding system gives you three letters which represent such categories as Realistic, Social, Investigative, Artistic, etc. Many of the available indexes of jobs and careers will include these codes.

To find out which codes are a good match for you, go to Holland.

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