JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in an administration 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
Learning how to communicate with other people (Debtors clerk - ENFP)
Love the variety of what I do--working with people, creating a vision, managing ideas. (Vice-Principal - ESFJ)
New Challenges Low Financial Background (Business Development and Administration - ESTJ)
I like the unperdictability of the day. I like making a difficult experience for the clients easier. (funeral arranger - INFP)
Love working with/helping people Dislike irrational people (Elementary School Principal - ISTJ)
I like everything about my job....it keeps me moving, trying new things, new employees, training, learning everday, sharing and receiving knowledge from coleagues. (Executive Administrative Assistant)
I like working as a team (Manager)
My location and condition of the office i work in (Operations Clerk)
Designing programs that help children master important skills needed to be good learners and be successful in life, socially, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually (Preschool Director)
I love being able to go to work knowing that I am responsible for certain tasks. (Volunteer Admininistrative Assistant)
Rating 5/6
people (information officer - ENFJ)
I like freedom and a possibility to be innovative. I dislike the strong need to control by my boss. (senior advisor - ENFJ)
Encouraging working dynamics, team ethics (Business Administration Manager - ENFP)
I like interacting with so many people and having an obvious role in office morale: I’m a bit like the cheerleader of the office. My role is clearly defined and I don’t take the work home with me for the most part- the only negative is that some tasks are menial and I can’t leave my desk unattended at any time, so need to ask for back up for any breaks whatsoever… (Receptionist - ENFP)
Acheiving the financial goals set for branch (Service Coordinator - ENFP)
No two days ever the same - new challenges (Office Manager - ENTP)
Always having to strech my resorces (overseeing the processing of work on the computer - ESFJ)
Variety, lack of team work (Administrative Assistant (Projects) - ESFP)
very busy position, on reception desk, managing time and attendance for site, assisting accounts payable dept. helping as and when needed with adhoc admin dutoes (receptionist/administrator - ESFP)
I enjoy helping people and getting my work done but not getting enough interesting work to do is a down factor. (Senior Commercial Administrator - ESTJ)
It’s not making a lasting difference in the world (department coordinator - INFP)
I like that I get to be involved in creating and evaluating processes. That I don’t supervise others but am involved in high level decision making. (Project Director & Nursing QM - INFP)
helping others creating new programs (president - INTP)
people (Office Administrator - ISFJ)
So many things to remember and do. This si sboth good and bad (Office Manager - ISFJ)
Lack of a new challenge (Administrator - ISTJ)
Poor management and the lack of sense of urgency from others. (Program Administrator of Website Incentive Programs - ISTJ)
I like the variety of work and interaction with a wide range of people. I don’t dislike but find difficult to manage the grey areas of lines of responsibility of everyone within the team. (Academic Programmes Administrator - ISTP)
The girls that gossip and bitch all day. But my work it self is fullfilling. only sometimes borring (Admin & Client service)
I dislike answering phones and filing. I like meeting with customers. (Administrative Program Assistant)
I like to deal with people from different backgrounds. Maybe what could bother me would be some aspects corning rules. Most of times rules are not practical. (coordinator assistant)
glued to my desk all day (ethics official providing advice and guidance to FDA employees)
like: drafting, analysing and being able to work independently, making a difference/ improving society, working on a team, explaining and understanding how things work, advising others etc dislike: sometimes having to follow rules/ values I don’t agree with, being required to think logically and using details to a large extent, feeling like my work doesn’t make any difference. (Legal and Policy Officer)
Rating 4/6
I have a BS and I am working as an Admin (Admin - ENFJ)
I like working with people and staying busy. I don’t like dealing with difficult people who complain. (Admin Asst. - ENFJ)
I like the people it is interesting, although sometimes it does not stretch me enough (Administrator - ENFJ)
Like - Dealing with people Dislike - data, repititiveness (Group Leader - ENFJ)
not enough work to do - it gets boring - the people are nice though (Admin Assistant - ENFP)
policies (administration assistant - ENFP)
Freedom to work independently (Administrative Liaison - ENFP)
Acheiving the financial goals set for branch (Service Coordinator - ENFP)
Would be boring without the innovative elements (Administrator - ENTP)
I like the opportunity to own the processes and make changes where I see fit. I dislike the mundane and cumbersome amount of administration. (contracts administrator - ENTP)
The gossiping and bitching of the girls. my job is quite fulfilling but sometimes borring. (admin & client service - ESFJ)
People think that I am beneath them, Im here to serve (Admin Assistant - ESFJ)
like: systematic workload dislike: don’t help anyone or have any impact same routine every day (lease officer - ESFJ)
Like the variety my job offers me, the daily challenges and the opportunity to develop. Dont like the call centre roll i carry out in the morning. (Assistant - ESFP)
Dislike: Large amout of customer service Like: Environment and independency (Assistant Director of Financial Aid - ESTJ)
I like the diversity of responsiblities that I have but don’t like the narrowness of the healthcare finance industry. (Marketing, Special Projects and Policy Analyst - INFP)
Like the people. Dont like the management, can get really boring for me, needs more stimulation, dont feel i can be myself. (Personal Assistant - INFP)
Hands get tied by management and rules. (Program Coordinator - INFP)
I love Records Management. I dislike that governmental CEO’s and Directors do not place importance on information management. (Records Management, Records Manager - INFP)
the routine (Training Clerk - INFP)
Pace of job (Risk Manager - INTJ)
monatony (Administrator for Directorate - ISFJ)
Likes - checking, reviewing , reporting budget spend to date. Ensuring budget and documentation is up to date and in line with procedure Dislikes - chasing people for sign offs, approvals, information (Budget Support Administrator - ISFJ)
done it too long (Data Analyst - ISFJ)
long processes (ministries co-ordinator - ISFP)
The pressure (Debt Collector - ISTP)
dislike repetitive work like working with creative poeople not too much much direction opportunities to use my initiative (Admin Officer for IT Dept)
I love that I get to do the bulk of my work using a computer. I dislike having to do the same things over and over again. (Administrative Assistant)
I like when I see youngsters have recieved help. I don’t like colleagues looking down on me as I’m new and I don’t like it when youngsters are aggressive towards me. (Administrative Assistant working with young people)
See the side of people who comes not very honest when they are under work budget stress. I enjoy the aspect that the strategy or suggestion we provided often get implemented and resulted in positive and favorable improvement (Budget and cost operational analyst at financial administration)
I enjoy looking at medical information and assessing the claims, but don’t enjoy customer confrontation regarding negative claims decisions (Claims Assessor)
dislike restraints on how i do things like interacting with different situations (computer technician)
LIKE: -unpredictability -Freedom to test my ideas creatively - Attending conferences/workshops/etc. to: 1. Learn new information 2. Network with other professionals (but not small talk! Prefer talking about jobs/industry- to learn from their & experience & demonstrate competency) -Being able to help people from a systematic & detached viewpoint- enabling others to help people one-on-one DISLIKE: -routine/repetitive tasks -talking on the phone (Which I actually do pretty rarely in this position- but I still hate it!) -amount of conformity required (uniforms, work hours, etc) (Deputy Director- Social Services)
Like personal projects and feeling like I’m helping students. Would prefer to work more independtly and creatively. Not a lot of room for creativity or flexibility. Lots of procedure/paper work. (Disability Specialist)
i like the flexible working hours, working with good people, learning new skills. i dislike the lack of organisation, clarification of roles and allocation of tasks. (finance officer)
I get to work with a great group of people and learn new skills. I also get to interact with people. (Gym Receptionist)
not challenging enough, too much tedium, being under utilized and wasting away at a desk when I could be influencing positive changes in the department. (insurance sales/administration)
i like that i get on with everybody, but am bored of the same thing day in day out (manufacturing liason officer)
always pushed for time (payroll administrator)
Not enough stimulation but some interesting work when I can get it! (Policy Officer supporting senior officers)
Like: Freedom, interact with all level Dislike : Routine, bored (Purchasing and administration)
dislike - threat of redundancy due to trading difficulties (Quality Assurance Coordinator)
being stuck at the desk unable to move around freely (receptionist)
repetitious (receptionist)
I enjoy organising people and getting tasks completed. I dislike not having enough responsibility and support when I need it. (Sales Support)
Lack of status Too much day-to-day similarity (Secretary)
Rating 3/6
Lots of introverted tasks, don’t really work with others, (Support Manager in HR - ENFJ)
I dislike the admin stuffs. (Training Assistant - ENFP)
Salary; Do not feel that I am helping others (utliization coordinator - ENFP)
No room for growth, no experience necessary, & I know all I need to know to get the job done correctly. No more challenge. (Office manager - ENTJ)
Not enough continous duties to obtain acknowledgment for job done. (marketing - ENTP)
Tedious Tasks Unclear Direction (Administrative Assistant - ESFJ)
Boring (Administrator - ESFJ)
not being able to experience new skills or grow to a professional level (Administrative assistant - ESFP)
Variety or lack of (Learning and development administrator - ESFP)
I dislike tedium I dislike stagnation I enjoy learning and implimenting new things I enjoy work with meaning I enjoy helping people I enjoy organizing I enjoy systemizing (Office Manager - ESTJ)
stuck (admin - INFJ)
the constant flow of work from all directions the fact there is no real conclusion to any particular job the responsibility to so many individuals at once (departmental secretary - INFJ)
I like constant learning and development. I dislike the many meetings and reorganizations. (Education Officer - INFJ)
the repetition of it; the lack of time for writing on my own; (medical transcriptionist/writer - INFJ)
It is not exciting enough for me, it is boring. I need art and colour in my life. (admin assistant - INFP)
same tasks, little variation (data entry - INFP)
too impersonal, uncreative, dispassionate, private, and intolerant to different ways of thinking (project analyst - INFP)
I dislike having immature and underperforming people on my team - but they seem to sense this and know when to quit! (Administration Manager - INTP)
interpersonal conflict (receptionist data entry clerk - ISFJ)
That people are interested in keeping the staus quo, even to the detriment of the company, their own jobs and even to the detriment of the relationships they are building with their collegues, clients. It worries me more that at times they do not realize what the final impact will or could be on their families. (Vice President - ISFJ)
no focus or structure; no clear objectives; must deal with things as they arise rather than planning (administrator/assistant - ISTJ)
I like the variety of tasks. I dislike the number of interruptions. (Administrator - ISTP)
I love the people I work with and chatting with customers on the phone - getting their queries solved. Hate, carrying others who take all the credit. Dislike being behind a desk all day. (Admin Officer)
i find it quite boring and not very stimulating (adminisatator)
i do not like the siiting down and doing nothing, it makes you feel more tired and less likely to egt up and go and do things for yourself, (administration assistant)
no challenge (Administrator)
Not challenging or busy enough and no scope for promotion (administrator)
Likes: Hours are fairly flexible Dislikes: Boring and sedentary (Billing and IT Dept Help Desk Supervisor)
its not challenging and does not give me job satisfaction as i am doing the same thing everyday. (call centre staff)
Like: Hours Dislike: It’s boring (Chiropractic Assistant)
I like looking at the Organization at a whole and working at developing practical solutions to solving the organization’s problems. I dislike the routine paperwork that has to be completed, much of which is unnecessary and serves no real purpose. (Compliance Officer)
lack of challenge (Coordinator)
Some of my colleagues, lack of development (Customer Administrator)
Fast paced, Constant learning, High Stress, Repetitious, Room for Advancement (Customer Service Representative)
negative, entitled subordinates. (Director of Nursing)
Dislike repetition Can be a bit boring as in office on my own and get demotivated Enjoy tying to make everything match up (Finance Administrator)
like - independant dislike - boring, not enough responsibilty (marketing assistant)
Not enough responsibility, autonomy (Medical receptionist)
lack of change (office work)
Can be boring, repeatative and not very challenging (Quality Assurance Specialist)
love meeting people don’t like early morning shifts freedom to cominuicate with people. (reception)
Interaction with people, organisation (Registrar)
Like working with others, but dislike the lack of pay in position (Secretary)
Little support on assigned tasks. Always expected to do more for less pay than others. No appreciation for new ideas or implementing new processes. I enjoy working with other people who can share in future goal building. (Secretary)
the boredom (secretary)
very little autonomy; repetitve (secretary)
I dislike the lack of communication and lack of help and constantly shifting priorities that leave no time to focus on improving processes. I like the interactions with coworkers and meeting tons of people. (Technical Coordinator)
Rating 2/6
Dislike routine, repetitive, menial tasks, unchallenging. Like interaction with people. (Administrator - ENFJ)
I like the people. I dislike the tedious work, sitting at a desk, the office (adminstrations assistant - ENFJ)
Lack of money to make improvements. (Food Service Director - ENFJ)
the boredom (secretary - ENFJ)
Bored I’m overqualified No autonomy (Receptionist - ENFP)
Dislike not having my own work to do. Dislike doing all the little ad-hoc tasks Like having my own workspace (Administrative Assistant - ESTJ)
the people (admin support - INFJ)
Dislike… same thing everyday (Reporting Admin - INFJ)
Isolation (Senior Project Officer - INFJ)
It’s extremely quiet at the moment, the amount of work that I have to do probably takes up about 20 mins out of my 8 hour day - this is a dislike, as I feel bored and not much use to anyone. Admin is just a job, I feel I can make use of my skills elsewhere, the only problem is that I don’t know what I’d be suitable for. (To screen calls, pass on messages, data entry, letter typing, interacting with clients - INFJ)
dull inconsistent direction lack of creativity (Adminstrative Assistant - Property Development - INFP)
Do like working with people, mundane, uncreative work (Customer service advisor - INFP)
It’s boring and unimportant (Data Entry - INFP)
I dislike the high level of politics involved with my position. I administer economic development programs that are the result of legislation passed by politicians with very little to no knowledge of economics. I have to implement programs that I feel are poorly designed and do not address long-term concerns. They seem more like short-term political games. I am passionate about economic development, but the politics makes it so that I cannot make the kind of difference that I feel could and needs to be made. (Economic Development/Technology Commercialization Program Administration - INFP)
Dislike: lack of planning by management, lack of structure, heavy workload, too many details to track well, being all things to all people, lack of interesting/meaningful/satisfying work. Like: Coordinating things to work more smoothly, improving communication in office, creating good power point presentations, working toward a mission I believe in. (office manager& admin asst - INFP)
it is boring (planner - INFP)
Secretarial work is boring with little in the way of intellectual challenge or creativity. It is a dull, menial job. (Secretary - INFP)
I dislike someone critiquing everything I do; that there is not much innovation and it lacks importance. (Event Coordinator - INTJ)
Too much clerical work- not enough managerial work (Quality assurance - INTJ)
I don’t like the amount of stress and long hours I put in with no recognition. I like interacting with college aged students and the different administrators. I love to plan events and coordinate things. (residence hall coordinator - INTJ)
too tedious. boring. i enjoy the occasional analytical work. ( - INTJ)
Office based, little patient contact, very few satisfactions (Hospital equipment expert - ISFJ)
it is a new job which is just evolving but has no sense of direction, lack of background information. Don’t know what’s expected . (NHS Specialty School Coordinator - ISFJ)
I hate my job. I’m too controlled. (Claims Representative - ISFP)
Boring, uninspired, not helping people, not worth while. Medium stress, easy hours, minimal responsibility. (Communications and Marketing Admininstration Assistant - ISFP)
Boring (Marketing Support - ISFP)
to be nice all the time ,need all the time give the same informations to others,repetetive tasks, no thinking invloved (receptionist - ISFP)
would like to manage (CUSTOMER SERVICE REP - ISTJ)
Like: - Planning - Ensuring things happen - Working by myself Dislike - Lack of control - Lack of authority - Having to support and not own anything (Customer Services Administator - ISTP)
boring. Not enough to do (Administrative Assistant)
I dislike waiting for instruction and being an assistant. (administrative assistant)
Difficulty in implementing new ideas. (Administrator)
ruthless momey making (administrator)
Client interaction, being part of a team (bookings consultant)
I am bored with an office job and would like to interact with people. (Business Development Co-ordinator)
Boredom. Undemanding repetitive tasks. Hassle with computers. Fiddly detail that is hard to learn & makes work difficult, (clerk)
I like interacting with people and variety of work. I dislike being stuck at a desk all the time and administration driven (co ordinator)
I don’t like working on my own, entering data on a computer, I don’t like sitting on a computer all day (company secretary)
Admin work and not what i studied (marketing) (contract advisor)
boring autonomous too sporadic little directions or goals (coordinator)
i just hate it. same thing every day. boring staring at screens. no need to use brain! (customer service advisor)
Hugw workload (Data Analyst)
too stressful, too much accountability and too much remembering. the rules constantly change and i can’t keep up. (DDevelopment Associate)
I like the person contact with a variety of people. (Departmental Administrator)
It’s not challenging enough and I miss working in a team environment. (Grants Administrator)
I dislike all the customer contact I prefer to work uninterupted (Human Resources)
I dislike the blame when things go wrong. I dislike the inflexability of Insurers. I dislike when clients are dissatisfied. I like clients to feel the value of the product they have bought. (Insurance Broker)
I finding new information and putting it together. I dislike doing repetitive computor work - too little stimulation (Learning material designer)
I hate just doing paperwork. I like talking to people. I hate unorganized things but I don’t like doing the organizing. (Office)
The routine of it all.That it is always based in the same place.Constantly working with computers.Have to follow rules.No further training (Office administrator and account management.)
dislike not learning new things. no advancement. (operations)
I dislike the people. I dislike the way business is conducted on a whole. (Pricing Manager)
Uncreative, a lot of perfunctory tasks (Procurement officer)
I doslike working so alone and without intellectual challenges (publications officer)
Boring, office work, corporate (Receptionist)
Dislike boredom, repetition and beuracracy Likes stability, no micro managers (receptionist)
Not challenging (Secretary)
Not rewarding or challenging. Don’t feel appreciated. Poor company to work for. (Technical Claims Handler - Motor Claims)
mundane, repetitive, no growth potential ()
Rating 1/6
Dislike-narky tax payers, aloof colleagues (Assistant Officer, telephone operator with the Government - ENFP)
paperwork!! detail, repetitive tasks that need to be perfect everytime, processes. i hate it!! (clinical reasearch assistant - ENFP)
dislike - no room for inovation, all routine, can’t champion a cause / have responsibility for an area, little personal interaction, no challenges, I am not valued, no thinking on my feet or solving problems (training administrator - ESFJ)
I do not like having to refer to my team leader for everything I do, the lack of intelectual challenge, and creativity, I do not like the routine and having to deal with general administrative tasks (Administrative officer - INFJ)
I dislike being a peon, and having to take care of everyone else, and get no credit! (coordinator - INFJ)
Nothing on the administration side, find the work tedious and boring! (Data input/ Marketing - INFJ)
I dislike the routine, nowhere to progress to. Everyday is the same. I dislike being shut in an office. I like most of the people i work with. (administration assistant - INFP)
Like that there are no micro managers. There’s some automony Dislike the boredom and repetition (receptionist - INFP)
I like being left to work on my own. I hate being told what to do, I don’t mind being asked. (SECRETARY - INFP)
monotony, no use of mental powers (admin assistant - INTJ)
The people and the lack of work (Admin - ISFJ)
Everything (Admin Asistant)
Being told what to do, lack of meaning and involvement, lack of creativity, lack of personal influence on outcomes, lack of challenge. (Administrative Assistant)
I hate how repetitive and mundane it is, and that it gives me absolutely no intellectual or creative stimulation. (Administrator)
I like working as part of a team, the routine and sometimes the people. I dislike the boredom of not using my brain, having no specific responsibility, unobtainable goals, constant stress of work , mundaneness, bad office lighting, fak people, no chance to use my imagination and show what I am good at, no way to be promoted as the department is too small. (administrator)
I don’t like that it’s tedious, repeditive, monotonous, uncreative. I like that I work by myself. I don’t like that I have to constantly report to other people. (Administrator / Book keeper)
fiddly detail. repetitive. no emotion involved. stuffy offices. no humour or creativity involved. basic work that doesn’t motivate me. (Administrator in a planning office)
I hate my job. I’m too controlled. (Claims Representative)
I hate it. Not creative enough. Not effective. (clerk)
dislike working with client, customers and other associates so much and being in front of computer all day. Like having minimal supervision (customer service)
menial, boring, lack of progression (data administrator)
Does not benefit anyone or anything other than my managers bank balance. (Finance Administrator)
Routine. (legal assistant)
I dislike everything (master data administrator)
I do not like being in a sales environment. I don’t like how fake many salespeople are; they come up with tactics or “stories” to sell anything to anyone. I am not challenged on a daily basis. It’s often boring and repetitive. I don’t have a lot of client interaction and cannot develop relationships. I don’t like dealing with coworkers who are money-driven and only want to get things done to get their commission. I do like that some of my coworkers are fun people, but they are mostly in other departments at my company (marketing, promotions, programming, traffic, production). I wish I had more responsibility (not sales related) and more challenges. (National Radio Ad Sales Coordinator)
I dislike pretty much everything about this job. There are some great people though. (Program Administrator)
the negative input from customers and being unable to make a decision myself. (property manager)
the boss has got a really violent temper (sales support)
Routine/Operational work Lack of progression (Tax administrator)
Dislike - customer contact; computers; mundane paper shuffling; working in a team; working in an office Like - nothing ()
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