Multiple Intelligences Career Chart

This career chart gives a Short List of some common careers or occupations associated with the 8 Multiple Intelligences we have been talking about. You will notice some of these careers are listed under more than one intelligence. That's because almost every career uses a blend of several intelligences.

YOUR GOAL:
To match your Primary Intelligence to a job that uses more of that intelligence than other intelligences.

• Read through the lists under each intelligence
• Check the ones that you believe you could enjoy doing
• Total the number checked in each column
• The columns with the highest totals are Primary Intelligences you use.

FOR EXAMPLE:
George has a strong Interpersonal Intelligence. He will bring that to any line of work that he's interested in. Some types of work, however, will use this intelligence more than others. Those are the careers George needs to focus on.

The list below is intended as a guide, to give you an idea of the kinds of jobs or careers, you can expect to find under each kind of intelligence. Once you get the idea, you can easily recognize which jobs are dominant in which intelligence. It's really a matter of using one's Common Sense, when looking at work types.

By now, you should now have an idea of which intelligences you tend to use in your everyday life. Trust your own inner guidance, and use this Career Chart as a General Guide.

Does That Job Fit Your Intelligences . . .

Now that you have had a chance to look at the kinds of work, that people who favor these intelligences tend to be attracted to, you might like to learn how to do your own Quick Job Analysis on those that appeal to you.

These Links Point the Way Through
Steps 1, 2, 3 & 4

Links to Step 1 -
The 5 Career Tests on This Site

1. Discovering Your Work Style Preferences

• Your Work Style Preferences Overview
• Work Style Preferences Inventory
• Work Style Preferences Descriptions

2. Choosing Your Work Values

• Your Work Values Overview
• The Work Values Inventory
• Sam's Story
• Karen's Story

3. Identifying Your Personality Style

• Your Personality Type - An Overview
• The Personality Test
• FAQS On Personality Type

4. Pinpointing What Motivates You

• Your Central Motivators - An Overview
• Your Central Motivations Quiz
• Central Motivations Descriptions

5. Making Your Multiple Intelligences Work For You

• Multiple Intelligences - An Overview
• Multiple Intelligences Inventory
• Multiple Intelligences Descriptions
• 60 Ways to Boost Your Intelligences
• The Quick Job Analysis Guide
• Career Chart

Links to Step 2 - Career Exploration

Getting Started - Opening the Door to Exploring New Careers

• Step 2 - An Overview

9 Frequently Asked Questions on Job Searching

• Get the Answers Here

How to Do Job Research - Your Search Tool Links

• Familiarize Yourself With the Major Occupational Groups


Links to Step 3 - Getting into the Nitty Gritty

How to Do Job Searching

• Step 3 - An Overview

Paper Research

• Help For Doing Paper Researching

Online Research

• Help For Doing PC Researching

People Research Links

• Help For Doing People Researching
• How to Prepare for the Information Interview
• 20 Interview Questions for Informational Interviews
• Sample Phone Scripts for Information Interviews
• Writing the Interview Thank You Letter

Participation Research Links

• Help For Doing Participation Researching
• Open Houses in the Workplace &at Schools
• Job Shadowing
• 21 Sample Job Shadows in the Workplace
• Temping & Volunteering as Participation Research
• 50 Basic Questions Checklist For Job Researching

Links to Step 4 - Taking Care of Your Career

Ways to Make Yourself More Valuable to Employers

• Managing Your Career
• Taking Care of Your Career
• Arriving in Your New Career