JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in a career as a librarian.
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
It can be boring sometimes because there are so many people and no clear daily job duties (Librarian Assistant - ENFP)
I like the variety and working with people, the flexibility to try new things, the freedom to implement ideas. I dislike some of the routine tasks, talking on the phone. (teen librarian - INFP)
Variety of it; contact with lots of people (librarian)
Rating 5/6
I love variety and challenge dislike it when things become repetetive and mundane (mobile library operator - INFP)
I enjoy the variety and the interaction with people. I dislike the fact that there is never enough time to complete jobs and the constant rush to give service, which I feel may not be as complete as it could be. (School librarian)
Rating 4/6
work shedule too busy (reference librarian - ESFP)
want to travel more, get out and see the world, make a difference, be an advocate for environmental conservation (librarian - INFJ)
Rating 3/6
Lack of interest from management, lack of resources and misunderstanding of what I actually do. (Librarian - ENTP)
Like variety, dislike lack of creativity (Subject Librarian)
routine not innovative enough (substitute librarian)
Rating 2/6
Like the interaction with people and helping people; hate the detailed work (Library Director - INFJ)
noise, relationships with coworkers and supervisor, lack of fairness (Library Technician - ISTJ)
Not nearly enough interaction with people (archivist)
Statistics more important than people. Politics within the job (Asstant library manager)
Rating 1/6
It’s very boring and routine. Rarely do I find the job interesting. (Library Assistant - ENTP)
inability to direct employees, my boss, lack of managerial component, strictly following orders, lack of structure (technical assistant administrative assistant - INFJ)
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