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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Counseling to Type Strategies - Extroversion (Part 2)


Written by Catherine Rains

In continuation of our last blog, Counseling to Type Strategies - Extroversion (Part 1), here are some suggestions on what you can do to work most effectively with this preference:
Provide opportunity to talk about and experience the options they are considering. Co-op/internships and informational interviewing are a natural choice for career exploration for this preference.  Remember they are not only energized by interaction with people, but also with activity outside of themselves.

 Ask lots of open ended questions to encourage them to talk even more. They usually enjoy question and answer techniques as a way to process the information coming out during the session.

 Continue the discussion where you left off last time.  If your student comes back for a second appointment, there is an expectation that you will know what was discussed last time.  With my poor memory, this meant I kept a file for student appointments, which noted highlights of each discussion.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Counseling to Type Strategies - Extroversion (Part 1)


Written by Catherine Rains 

Before I knew how to use Type for career counseling, I basically used the same counseling strategies with every client.  One student at a time (also known as the  road of hard knocks), I learned that clients responded more positively when I flexed my counseling strategies to meet the type preference of my client, rather than use a “if it works for me (and others like me), it will work for you” approach. For the next few months, we’re going to delve into specific ways to tailor the career counseling experience to the individual preferences of each client. 

Let’s start with students who prefer Extroversion.  What specific thing can you do to work most effectively with this preference?  Let me start with the first two suggestions: 

Provide lots of verbal interaction.  Seems obvious, but this preference is uncomfortable with silence, so I put more energy into keeping the conversation going.  I also count on this session to last longer, or to require a 2nd or 3rd session to finish the discussion that we started.

Allow client to think out loud.  This can appear like the student is scattered sometimes, but hearing their own words, and even having those same words repeated back to them by you, helps them sort out what they really mean.  They can start with one idea, and through thinking out loud, end up with a decision in a very different direction.


Can you list some examples of how to go about this? Stay tuned for more suggestions for Extroversion. 
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Thought of the day from Carl Jung

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

In honor of National Customer Service Week: MBTI Type tips all week!

We would like to extend a huge "THANK YOU" to all of our customers and online friends! We appreciate you (yes, you!) for your loyalty and for all your interactions with us throughout the years.

To show our appreciation, we are posting 16 type tips (1 tip per type) throughout this week on each of our Facebook and Twitter pages. Therefore, if you follow both our MBTI and CPP Education pages, you'll get all 32 type tips!


Type and Career Development booklet, posted on:

Introduction to Type® in College booklet, posted on:
We hope you enjoy these tips!


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