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What Can I Do with My Personality Type?
INFP Careers and Majors

(Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving)

 

Focused on making the world a better place, the INFP personality is both idealist and perfectionist. INFPs possess strong value systems, are future-oriented, creative, and highly religious or philosophical individuals. Driven to meet the needs of others, INFPs tend to choose creative or human service oriented careers that allow them to use their instinctive sense of empathy and remarkable communication skills. INFPs represent 1% of the population. The following list represents some careers that may appeal to INFPs.

 

Actor
Architect
Artist
Bilingual Education Professor 
Career Counselor
Child Life Specialist
Clinical Psychologist
Coach
College Professor
Composer 
Curator
Customer Relations Manager
Desktop Publisher
Dietitian/Nutritionist  
Editor   
Fashion Designer
Film Editor 
Health Technician 
Home Health Social Worker 
Human Resources Specialist
Industrial Organization Psychologist 
Interior Designer
Journalist
Labor Relations Specialist
Legal Mediator
Librarian 
Minister/Priest
Missionary
Musician
Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist
Psychologist
Public Health Educator
Religious Worker
Set Designer
Social Worker
Special Education Teacher
Speech-Language Pathologist
Translator/Interpreter

Ball State Majors for the INFP Personality

Apparel Design 
Architecture
Art
Athletic Training
Biology
Business Administration
Child Life Specialist 
Counseling Psychology 
Dietetics
Education 
English 
Family Studies 
Family and Consumer Sciences 
Fashion Merchandising
Graphic Arts Management
History
Human Resource Management
Interior Design 
Journalism
Landscape Architecture 
Legal Studies
Medical Technology
Modern Languages
Music
Nursing
Philosophy
Pre-Law
Psychology
Religious Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Speech-Language Pathology
Theatre

 

For more information on personality types visit these sites:

 

Betty C. Jung’s Personality Page – Jobs and Careers: http://www.bettycjung.net/Personality.htm
Columbia State MBTI Types: http://web.columbiastate.edu/careerservices/MBTI%20Types/INFP.htm
Connecting Personality Types with Careers and Jobs: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/doigov/www.doi.gov/octc/typescar.html
DiscoverYourPersonality.com: http://www.discoveryourpersonality.com/infp.html
PersonalityPage.com: http://www.personalitypage.com/info.html
TypeLogic.com: http://www.typelogic.com/
Wayne State College Personality Page: http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/infp/

 

Print resources on personality types available in the Career Center , Lucina Hall 220:

Do What You Are
Please Understand Me II
50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

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