When it comes to finding the 'ideal' job, determining your personality profile can go a long way in helping you to find exactly what is 'ideal'. Not sure what your personality preferences are? Book in for a session with a career consultant – it will be one of the most enjoyable and useful interactions of your professional life. For those who know their profile - here is the next Infographic in our series on MBTI personality profiles. If you are an ENTP you may enjoy finding out just what it is that makes you tick and what careers you are best suited to.

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ENTP:
scan the environment
They see patterns &
"LIFE'S ENTREPRENEURS"
for opportunities & possibilities.ENTPs
connections not obvious to others & at times
into the future.seem able to see
THEIR CORE
Understand how systems
work & are
in manoeuvring within them to
achieve their ends.
enterprising & resourceful
devising creative responses
Are stimulated by difficulties,
quickly
& plunging into activity, trusting
their ability to improvise.
& are not afraid to try & fail
& try again, perhaps thousands of
times.
Show boldness in the face of
challenge
One of the rarer types
general
population
of the
4%
3% 2% women
men
Least likely of all types
to suffer heart disease &
hypertension
On personality trait
scales, scored as
Enterprising, Friendly,
Resourceful, Headstrong
& Independent
Among types most
dissatisfied with their
work, despite being
among the types with
highest income
Overrepresented among
those with Type A
behaviour
Commonly found in careers in...
science, management, technology & the arts
STATISTICS
Creative,
imaginative &
clever
Theoretical,
conceptual &
curious
Analytical,
logical,
rational &
objective
Assertive &
questioning
Open-minded &
unconventional
ENTPs ARE LIKELY TO BE...
ACKNOWLEDGES & ENCOURAGES THEIR CREATIVITY,
competency & ability to improvise.
LETS THEM EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS
filled with fun, action & excitement.
LETS THEM MEET & HAVE CONSTANT INTERACTION WITH MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
especially those they respect.
CAN BE DONE IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING, HIGH-ENERGY ENVIRONMENT
with significant interaction with others.
IS DONE IN A CASUAL & UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY HAVE A HIGH
degree of freedom, time off & the opportunity to operate in a spontaneous way.
CAREER SATISFACTION
means doing work that:
WORK-RELATED STRENGTHS
other people, seeing how to
MOTIVATE them & assuming
leadership
by creating COMPLEX & global
solutions
Are enthusiastic innovators
who are enterprising, RESOURCEFUL,
active & energetic
Can improvise on the fly
& come up with creative solutions
rapidly, deal well with fast-paced &
frequent change & enjoy challenges
1. Generate conceptual possibilities
& then ANALYSE them
strategically
2.
3.
4.
5.
THE FINAL WORD...
"Don't tell an ENTP that we
can't fly a rocket to Mars,
build a 200-story
skyscraper, or
communicate over two-way
wrist radios. That will be an
invitation for the ENTP to
prove you wrong."
Otto Kroeger
Type Talk at Work
Are adept at ‘reading’
Respond to challenging problems
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SOURCES:
https://www.truity.com/personality-type/ENTP
Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron & Kelly Tieger. Do What You Are
Isabel Briggs-Myers, Mary H. McCaulley, Naomi L. Quenk, and Allen L. Hammer. MBTI Manual