JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in a research 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 like the challenge and the consequence of my success. (Flavorist - ENFJ)
I like the ability to think creatively. I don’t like the need to fit into the bureaucratic solutions of government. (Analysis of public policy and outcomes - ENFP)
Rating 5/6
Like: pursuing researches, reading, writing, studying in depth my favourite subjects. dislike: frequent examinations. (PhD student - ESFJ)
I like the variety I dislike the lack of control (deputy head of research - INFP)
I like the variety & I dislike the lack of control (deputy head of research - INFP)
I like the freedom to explore scientific unkown I dislike the unclear reward and career path, limited future vision (Scientist)
Rating 4/6
Like: Learn new things everyday Dislike Routine (Financial Analyst - ENFP)
lack of recognition & too heavy workload/poor work-life balance (associate director market research - INFP)
Like having resources to investigate, analyse information. Dislike working alone. (Research Analyst - ISFP)
Like analysis of data and reporting findinds Dislike people tyring to make the data fit their requirements (Sensory Scientist - ISFP)
different thinking style than organizational culture (director of research)
limits in what can be done due to limits constraints within the organization (Food Technologist)
Like independence, subject matter, mental challenege, new ideas. Dislike IT and statistics content, excess detail and paperwork, pressure to publish, delays. (PhD student)
Rating 3/6
The slow pace of the job and no clear implication for the future (Medical researcher - ENTP)
I like the fact that m job gives me a lot of freedom and space for personal growth. It is not a very structured job and except for occasional deadlines, I mostly work at my own pace. But what I find lacking is the “human” aspect. My job does not have an immediate impact on people and I would like to be in a job where I help people everyday and make a difference in their lives. (biomedical scientist - INFP)
I dislike the pressure to publish I dislike the rigidity of the academic world I dislike that there is no room for creativity, intuition, feelings I like the freedom I like the intellectual challenges and the fact that quality of arguments matter a lot (lecturer at university - INFP)
boring (researcher - INFP)
No creativity No recognition of skills (Economidy - INTP)
Like variety of challenge Dislike the lack of peer interaction (Principal Scientist)
I like finding things out for people and getting good feedback. I like finding quicker and more efficient ways of doing things. I dislike not being able to find things I’m asked to find. I dislike doing things repeatedly that don’t further my knowledge. I don’t like doing things that don’t add value. (research/knowledge management)
Rating 2/6
I like learning capital market concepts, getting to practice my french by reading french financial documents. I hate sitting at my desk for hours and hours, not having to talk with people, the routine acceptance of common practice. (Financial Research Analyst - INTJ)
I like a lot of the research activities I undertake. I dislike that I am unable to provide leadership and vision in the organization and that I operate in an organization that does not value people or the achievement of meaningful objectives. (Social Researcher - INTJ)
I like finding new connections and using my insights to understand systems and solve problems. I dislike the professional isolation of my current position- I don’t have enough people to discuss ideas with. (Research Engineer - INTP)
Not interacting with people. Woking on PC all day. Quiet office. I enjoy working in ‘health’ sector and i work in food and drink not helping people. (market researcher - ISFJ)
Lack of management (Researcher - ISTJ)
being materialistic is the thing i hate. (engineer)
ignorant and apathetic management. Long hours. Company expects much from employees but is slow to reward. Trapped at a desk all day. I have 12 people who just give me random orders, sometimes I can juggle them effectively other times I cannot, when I cannot even gets angry. (financial analyst)
I dislike that criativity is a basic demand to achieve success, is also bad that the work is quite solitary and it also doesn’t fit me that ambition is very important for this work (PhD student)
I like property and researching. I like client relationships and marketing. I dislike the weekend work. I dislike hasseling people. (Property Specialist)
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