10 Best College Majors for Your Personality

Three Steps to Your Best College Major Options Best College for Your PersonalityEdition Part of JIST’s Best Jobs® Series 55+ Major Descriptions for 6 Personality Types c 90+ Best Majors Lists, Including Majors Leading to Jobs with the Best Pay and Fastest Growth c Choose the best major for your personality type: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional. c Best majors lists for each personality type, organized by potential pay, growth, and more. c Descriptions of majors and related jobs packed with details on course sequence, pay, openings, work tasks, and skills needed. Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. Also in JIST’s Best Jobs® Series c Best Jobs for the 21st Century c 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates c 300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree c 200 Best Jobs Through Apprenticeships c 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality c 40 Best Fields for Your Career c 225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers c 250 Best-Paying Jobs c 150 Best Jobs for Your Skills c 150 Best Jobs Through Military Training c 150 Best Jobs for a Better World c 200 Best Jobs for Introverts c 150 Best Low-Stress Jobs 10 Best College Majors for Your Personality, Second Edition © 2011 by JIST Publishing Published by JIST Works, an imprint of JIST Publishing 7321 Shadeland Station, Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46256-3923 Phone: 800-648-JIST E-mail: info@jist.com Fax: 877-454-7839 Web site: www.jist.com Some Other Books by the Author Best Jobs for the 21st Century 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates 300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree 200 Best Jobs Th rough Apprenticeships 50 Best Jobs for Your Personality 40 Best Fields for Your Career 225 Best Jobs for Baby Boomers 250 Best-Paying Jobs 150 Best Jobs for a Better World 200 Best Jobs for Introverts Quantity discounts are available for JIST products. 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ISBN 978-1-59357-863-3 This Is a Big Book, But It Is Very Easy to Use Psychologists often use the concept of personality as a convenient way of summarizing many characteristics of a person. It can be especially useful when you’re making decisions about your education and your career. What kind of personality do you have? Forget about common labels such as “happy-go-lucky,” “dependable,” “even-tempered,” “friendly,” or “funny.” These might help you get a date on Saturday night, but they’re not much help in choosing a college major. That’s where this book can help. Learn about the personality types that many psychologists and guidance practitioners use to describe people, college majors, and careers. Take a quick assessment to help you clarify your dominant personality type. Then dig into a gold mine of facts about the college majors that are the best fit for your personality type—and that are the best for other reasons, such as their potential for income and job openings. Lists of “best majors” will suggest promising majors that you may never have considered. Turn to the descriptive profiles of the majors to learn what courses to expect, what specializations you may choose from, and what jobs may be open to you when you graduate. Get detailed facts about these jobs, based on the latest government data. You’re probably expecting college to improve your earning potential. So why not find a major that suits your personality and has outstanding economic potential? This book can show you the way. Some Things You Can Do with This Book c Explore and select a college major that relates to a career objective that suits your personality. c Learn about college majors that previously were unfamiliar to you. c Understand what majors are good preparation for a career you already have in mind. c Learn key facts about jobs that may be a good fit for your personality. These are a few of the many ways you can use this book. I hope you find it as interesting to browse as I did to put together. I have tried to make it easy to use and as interesting as possible. When you are done with this book, pass it along or tell someone else about it. I wish you well in your education, in your career, and in your life. Credits and Acknowledgments: While the author created this book, it is based on the work of many others. The occupational information is based on data obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Census Bureau. These sources provide the most authoritative occupational information available. The noneconomic job-related information is from the O*NET database, which was developed by researchers and developers under the direction of the U.S. Department of Labor. They, in turn, were assisted by thousands of employers who provided details on the nature of work in the many thousands of job samplings used in the database’s development. We used the most recent version of the O*NET database, release 15. We appreciate and thank the staff of the U.S. Department of Labor for their efforts and expertise in providing such a rich source of data. The taxonomy of college majors (the Classification of Instructional Programs) is from the U.S. Department of Education. iv 10 Best College Majors for Your Personality © JIST Works ... - tailieumienphi.vn