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Part Three Making Plans for Career Success
happy, pleasant, and kind. Such a person is usually popular.
People react in a positive way to someone with a good
personality. Your personality is important to your career in
the following two ways:
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First, understanding your personality helps you choose a
career you will like. For example, a talkative person might
do well in sales. A supportive person might do well in
customer service or health occupations. Your chances for
happiness and success are best when your career is suited
to your personality. See 7-2.
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Secondly, having a pleasant personality helps you get
jobs and do them well. Employers and coworkers react
positively to pleasant personalities. Th ey enjoy working
with such people. Employers avoid hiring people with
poor personalities. People with poor personalities are
usually a sign of future problems.
7-1
Identifying the per-
sonality traits that
describe you can
help you choose a
career that will suit
your personality.
Personality Traits
cooperative dependent unreliable
agreeable talkative tolerant
stubborn loyal critical
self-disciplined honest jealous
friendly dishonest capable
shy pleasant lazy
intelligent enthusiastic moody
thoughtful outgoing nervous
impulsive quiet patient
energetic confi dent kind
ambitious happy religious
generous sad polite
greedy funny respectful
aggressive witty sarcastic
assertive boring helpful
independent dependable selfi sh
Your
Reading
Name two ways in
which your personality
is important to your
career choice.