JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in an academic career.
Key: darker areas indicate high demand, lighter ones less demand. That is, if your personality type is a darker area, then this career matches your personality.
Below you will find comments by people in this career. They were asked to rate their job (out of 6) and what they liked or did not like about their job. Their comments are sorted by the rating they assigned. The actual job title they gave is in brackets with, if provided, the personality type they declared.
Rating 6/6
I love my job because it allows me to help others make decisions regarding their learnig potential. (Assistant Center Dean - ENTJ)
new ideas, being part of learning, creating materials, developing new ways of doing things (lecturer - INFP)
satisfaction when people’s confidence grows (lecturer - ISTJ)
I like discovering I dislike going against my personal and conscience values (Biomedical phd)
I like interacting with students. I dislike the staffs who always complaining about others to the principal or chairman in order to expose themselves as they are perfect. (Lecturer)
boredom (Student/ Team leader)
Rating 5/6
independence, exploration, investigation (professor - ENFP)
variety, have to think on my feet, use my brain constantly (archaeologist - ESTP)
I like working with the children I wish it was full time (teacher assistant - ESTP)
Not enough money (researcher - INTP)
love the people, love the freedom. dislike the arrogance of some faculty and low pay. (educational administrator - ISFJ)
I like interaction and creativity. I dislike implementing new initiatives which are imposed by central government. (Headteacher)
Administration (junior lecturer)
Sociable (Student)
I like studying different things I’ve never studied before, and disike being expected to actually concentrate on a single subject major. (University student)
Rating 4/6
Not doing useful work. (postdoc - INFJ)
tired of sitting around and not doing anything about things i see in the world that i disagree with / creating inspiration for people out of the good things i see in the world. (Student - INFP)
like- independence dislike- lack of clear goals (graduate student - INTJ)
like interations with children (after school instructor - INTP)
I like discussing chemical and physical phenomena or problems in general. In addition, I enjoy solving problems and increasing my understanding of complex situations. I rather dislike the fact that the know-how in the world is not really accessible in a straightforward manner. Also, people that do not listen are a pain. (PhD student - ISTP)
lack of tangible benefits to mankind (neuroscience research assistant)
sometimes like, sometime dislike (student)
i would like to be a leader or marketing manager! (university stundent)
Rating 3/6
politics (professor - ESTJ)
lack of productivity in effecting actual change (student - INFJ)
too analytical, too isolated freedom to work on tasks (research assistant - INFP)
Dislike the long hours every day of the week with too much grading and teaching preparation and too little research. Like the teaching, field/subject, independence, and short time at work / in office (mostly work at home). (Professor - ISTJ)
Dislike paperwork Like helping others (Lecturer)
no comment (school)
it is needed to succeed later, get a job etc. (student)
The hours. (Student)
I really like working at the back office of a company or a bank and doing stuffs that are connected with paper works and numbers. (university student)
Rating 2/6
authority, strict rules (student - ENFP)
too abstract/impersonal too detail oriented (Student(science) - ENFP)
I dislike the lack of structure, isolation, the lack of anything concrete or tangible about my work, the lack of measurable successes. I like being able to work out my own theories and ideas and responsible for them. (Phd research student - ENTJ)
Feel like it limits my freedom (Assistant Professor - INFP)
The structure of the department is inefficient and dysfunctional. (adjunct design professor - INTP)
working alone (web site editor - ISFJ)
Lonely Repetitive Not enough expression (Student - ISFP)
Impersonal superiors. (Consultant - ISTJ)
most everything. I like the day of the event, and the day after. (Organize Event - ISTJ)
I spend too much time alone; I miss social interaction and team work (Research Associate)
Studying ;P (Student)
uni-dimensional, no time to do other things, localised, no travelling, nothing interesting or exciting about it. (student)
unsure what direction I should take, as a career. (student)
Rating 1/6
I like not working on holidays, nights & weekends. I dislike babying adults (Academic Counselor)
I am in a supportive role (secretary)
I have little motivation to study. I wish I could have my qualifications without a lot of time spent on meaningless tasks. I want to move on and succeed. (Studeny)
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