Career Personalities
Discover your career personality
Overview
According to UNESCO (2008) as cited by Wagah, Agak and Indoshi (2010) education systems in Africa are too theoretical and academic, ignoring practical aspects that would prepare youth for productive careers. Talents, skills, abilities and interests are hardly tapped or encouraged. Yet, many students graduating from these universities remaining dissatisfied with their careers or changing career paths altogether. (Gitonga, 2012).
Personality is a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations and behaviors in various situations.The participants will be introduced to career personalities to enable them match their aptitude with personality’s .This will make them productive in their chosen career paths.
The career personalities are:
- Realist (doers)
- Investigative (Thinkers)
- Social(helpers)
- Conventional
- Artistic(creative)