Saturday, January 02, 2010

Judger or Perceiver


(The caption reads "Walter couldn't pretend any longer:  The oil patch was not for him.  He was a dancer; the ballet was in his blood, and by George, today he would dance!")

I had a client who was very uncomfortable about being unemployed, so she grabbed at the first job that came her way. This developed an unhealthy work pattern. She would grab the first job she found but she also found herself fired within a year. She needed to assess her transferable skills and find a different industry to work in that would appreciate what she had to offer. She couldn’t see this pattern until she stopped long enough to gain some perspective on the big picture. The opposite sometimes exist where people are afraid to apply for a position in case they become stuck in the wrong job. But this can lead to an unemployment limbo or a limbo that has you staying in a job that makes you miserable.

So how do you organize your job search when you are a Judger? Or how does your job search happen when you are a Perceiver? Perceivers have you missed a job opportunity in the past? Judgers is it extra torturous to have no decision about what work you will be doing tomorrow? How have you made a career change in the past?

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