So I have to do homework for social services while I am on welfare. The homework is so interesting that I want to upload my answers here on my blog as well. I put the questions in bold and I also included the links of films I was asked to watch. I have to do these assignments weekly so I will upload them weekly.
Take this personality test- https://www.16personalities.com/. Make sure you read ALL of the sections, there is a TON of information about each topic. I took the test three times. The first time, I received an ENFJ-T (Protagonist), The second time, I received an ESFJ-T (Consul), and the third time, I received an ESFJ-A (Consul).
Send me a summary of your CAREER PATH results- what did you think, was it a good match, does it help you make decisions about your employment future? Send me a summary of your WORKPLACE HABITS results- do you agree? Did you learn anything new about yourself? Is it good or bad to know this?
Career Paths | Protagonist (ENFJ) Personality | 16Personalities
Career Paths
Protagonists (ENFJs) find fulfillment in helping other people, and can find ways to serve and uplift others in nearly any work environment.
Earning Their Place
Protagonists are good in people-oriented fields such as human resources, event management, recruiting, or public relations, and feel especially motivated in positions where they can guide others to learn, grow, and become more independent. Protagonists are known for their leadership abilities and can be found in public office and at the helm of all sorts of organizations. Protagonists are people who use their creativity to improve people's lives. They are good at sales, customer service, marketing, advertising, and product development.
Finding the Deeper Issues
People with the Protagonist personality type are focused and driven, and are always up for a good challenge. They feel fulfilled and energized by work that allows them to step back and reflect on the big picture. Protagonists are versatile and insightful, and find ways to use their work to contribute to the greater good.
Workplace Habits | Protagonist (ENFJ) Personality | 16Personalities
Workplace Habits
ENFJs are warm, idealistic, charismatic, creative, and social, and can thrive in many diverse roles.
Protagonist Subordinates
Protagonists are hardworking, reliable, and eager to help, but their strengths can become a double-edged sword. Some managers may take advantage of Protagonists' work ethic by making too many requests or overburdening them with extra work.
Protagonist Colleagues
Protagonists are great collaborators who foster equitable team environments where everyone can feel comfortable expressing their opinions and ideas. However, their tendency to take charge may sometimes ruffle their coworkers' feathers.
Protagonist Managers
As managers, Protagonists make their people feel motivated and inspired. However, their idealism may prevent them from recognizing the real limitations of their employees, and they may give them assignments that they aren't ready for.
Career Paths | Consul (ESFJ) Personality | 16Personalities
Career Paths
Consuls are well-organized and enjoy bringing order and structure to their workplaces. They work best in environments with clear, predictable hierarchies and tasks.
Altruistic Motivations
Consuls are good administrators, who combine practical skills with dependability. They often prefer to be personal accountants, helping people and interacting with them directly.
Consuls are good listeners and enthusiastic team members, and are comfortable with authority, but need human interaction and emotional feedback to be truly satisfied.
Consuls' best careers provide them with the opportunity to feel appreciated and know they've helped someone. This makes religious work and counseling particularly rewarding for Consuls.
Workplace Habits | Consul (ESFJ) Personality | 16Personalities
Workplace Habits
Consuls thrive on social order and harmony, and expect authority to be respected and backed up by rules and standards.
Consul Subordinates
Consuls are patient, efficient, hard-working people who respect the authority of their managers. They thrive in workplaces with structure, safety and guidelines.
Consul Colleagues
Consuls are great at teamwork and seeking friends at work. They are excellent networkers but need to work on a team to avoid feeling tired and unfulfilled. They take pride in their qualities but can become sensitive to criticism and may need coworkers to show appreciation.
Consul Managers
Consuls enjoy managing people and finding ways to unify teams, but have a strong respect for traditional power structures and dislike conflict. They are effective and enjoyable managers as long as expectations are clear and everyone knows their role.
Workplace Summary ENFJ VS ESFJ
In the end, I feel like both of these are me. While ENFJ’s are more charismatic, creative, and idealistic, both ENFJ and ESFJ are warm and sociable. I am a very creative individual and I thrive in it. I got my Associate’s Degree in Multimedia, I have published two books, and I created a board game. I did all of the graphics for both my board game and my books. Protagonists and Consuls are both patent, efficient, and hardworking. Honestly, what I truly think about these two is something I wrote in my book entitled, Caged and Locked: My Personal Experience With Circumstantial Depression.
Don’t try to put me in a box because I won’t fit. Don’t try and assign me a specific color because tomorrow I might be a different color. Don’t try and put me in a specific group, for I am many groups. Don’t try to label me with just one word, for there is not just one word for me. Don’t try and look at me with one eye closed, for you might miss something important. Don’t try and speculate what I feel, for my feelings are as vast as the sea. Don’t try and psychoanalyze me, for I am always changing. Don’t try and tell me what to wear, for I will always redesign the style. Don’t try and assign me one job, for you will soon find me doing multiple jobs. Don’t try and assume you know me because I guarantee you that tomorrow, you won’t even recognize me.
I am a creative. I am every color in a Crayola Ultimate Crayon Bucket times infinity. I am every fish in the sea. I am every flower and tree in the world. I am every type of candy at Halloween. I am every time of ice cream you will ever eat. I am different from everyone you will ever meet. I am unique. I am a nerd, a loner, a prep, a thespian, a drifter, and an emo. I can be empathetic as well as callous. I can be happy and sad.
I am a creative who just wants to be accepted the way I am. Don’t put restrictions on me or tell me what I can and can’t do. I will just strive even harder to reach for the stars because...
I Am A Creative!!!
Send me 5 THINGS you want from your next job or career path- if we pick strategically where we work, we are more likely to stay longer and have better results!
I have created my own company. So five things I want from my own company are as follows: (1) I want to be able to provide equity for as many African American children as possible here in the Pacific Northwest for as long as I can. (2) I want to gain adequate funding in order to help me achieve my goal of a sustainable and equitable diversity and inclusion atmospheric environment for children here in the Pacific Northwest. (3) I want to show statistical results for a rise in African American children and their participation, engagement, and success in STEAM programs and activities here in the Pacific Northwest since the start of my business. (4) Decrease depression and suicidal ideation for African American children by increasing their confidence through providing a various number of cultural events, programs, classes, and after school activities that promotes, uplifts, and inspires children of color. (5) Recruit staff, volunteers, and program coordinators who are also of color so youth can begin to feel empowered by seeing leaders who look like them.
Is there anything holding you back from pursuing the career path you want? What are the steps you need to take- and what are the barriers holding you back from doing it.
Right now, due to my child’s mental health, I am not really able to work outside of my home unless I have a nanny or a babysitter. Babysitters who watch kids older than 12, but who also abide by the child’s IEP and BIP charge at least $50 per hour. As far as my business, the only thing holding me back is the paperwork, which I am working on. I am on an Economic Hardship Plan until my daughter gets seen by the Autism Specialist. She is currently on the waitlist.
Second, I love traveling. I have been to 19 states. Out of all of the states I have been to, the Pacific Northwest has been the hardest for me to get a job. This is the only area I have ended up on Section 8 as well. I live in this area now and so I have to talk about this area. Based off of my experience in social justice, the NAACP here in the Pacific Northwest, and around the African American Community in this area, I am not the only one. Lots of African Americans have the same problem. When you walk into a public school in Pacific Northwest, there is a school picture located at the front of all of the staff members and school personnel at the school. How many school staff and/or personnel staff have you seen at each school that are higher than a service position (cafeteria, janitorial, security, playground, etc) in which they are African American? When you walk into corporate buildings, hotels, political buildings, etc, how many African Americans have you seen immediately at the front desk as Receptionists or Administrative Assistants? I feel like this area sucks the life out of me. Just leave some people say. How do I leave when I have yet been able to make the money to do so? I tried porting my Section 8 out of here to Fulton County but the Housing Authority here in the Pacific Northwest messed up on the transfer and my daughter and I got stuck here.
I have a lot of great skills and I have accomplished a lot, but I don’t have the finances to back it up. I have published 2 books that are available worldwide. One of those books is the very first book ever published in the whole world about Circumstantial Depression. I have created, copyrighted, and trademarked the very first board game that teaches people about Implicit Bias and systemic racism. I do all of my own graphics and contracts. Talent for me is no question. I created the 2020 Census T-Shirts here in the Pacific Northwest. I was blessed with creativity.
Dr. Joy Degruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher and educator, a major keynote speaker, and advocate for social justice. For over two decades, she served as an Assistant Professor at Portland State University's School of Social Work and now serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Joy DeGruy Publications Inc. She asks people how black racism affects the lives of white people as an entire group, not individually. Then she asks the same group of people how white racism affects the lives of black people as an entire group, not individually. She defines racism as not only having prejudice against a certain group of people, but also having the power to do something with that prejudice.
In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), a large number of black people are affected greatly by systemic racism and unequal opportunities. Statistically, Black Workers Still Earn Less than Their White Counterparts ( 1 ). Lots of black people here in the PNW are also not allowed to succeed in jobs outside of service positions (cafeteria, fast food worker, nanny/babysitter, personal care assistant, janitorial/housekeeping, security, CNA, playground, etc). These jobs are going to pay less wages per hour than say accountants, sometimes teachers, politicians, corporate business positions, receptionists and administrators, CEO, CFO, etc.
Watch this ted talk- https://www.ted.com/talks/regina_hartley_why_the_best_hire_might_not_have_the_perfect_resume?language=en. Send me your reflection of the video- hopefully it encourages you! She is a hiring manager who CHOOSES TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH adversity in their life. Why? Because it teaches people to be strong, to fight, to pitch in, and to help others! Skills that LOTS of people are missing if they are a “silver spoon” kind of person.
First of all, she is from Fulton County. Nice! Official terms for two types of candidates: the silver spoon, the scrapper. She is a scrapper and her family never owned a car, a home, a washing machine, or a telephone for most of her childhood. Her father had mental illness and she was raised by a single mother. I had no idea that Steve Jobs had been given up for adoption by his parents, he never finished college, he job hopped quite a bit, went on a sojourn to India for a year, and he had dyslexia. I thought that was very interesting. Her Chinese colleague’s story was really inspiring. Finding people who invest in your success is important. Companies who hire scrappers outperform their peer. This TED Talk was really inspiring. I am definitely a scrapper. I have had to fight my entire life to get where I am. I have learned to accept the “lemons” in my life, especially since sometimes, you can’t make lemonade out of them. A new movie called “They Cloned Tyrone” appeared on Netflix. It was a very interesting movie, but it discusses how people try to get out of the hood but feel stuck and become accepting of their realities. People who are in charge have to want to change. I continue to try and find creative ways to get out of my cage. I do it for me child. She deserves better. I continue to push against all odds. It’s hard, but I don’t give up.
Watch Supernanny: Send me back a summary of what you learned and thought- even if it’s just one thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjKwaedzXg.
Supernanny is very talented, but I am sorry. I spank my kids. I never understand how these parents just let their kids hot them and slap them like that. There is no discipline, no schedule. The parents are pushovers. When you are a stay at home mom, you have to have a structure, discipline, and schedules. The mom’s list of rules sucks. The kids think it’s a game, running around the house. Then the mom is crying. That house is insane. JJ started throwing insults. We had our mouth washed out with soap when kids were mouthing off. There is also no reward system for the kids. I haven’t seen her play games, sing songs, or anything with the kids. Dads are supposed to support the mom, but this dad comes in and doesn’t even try to halfway discipline his own kids. He stated he just wants peace when he comes home. The mom asked Supernanny to come and then she started arguing with her. I am glad she apologized to Supernanny though. The dad and the kids created the Brother Box. The Brother Box was full of ideas that the kids and the dad could do together when the dad gets home from work. Supernanny talks to the mom about going back to school. Supernanny left the parents alone. She then came back and went over the recording of what happened when she left. The parents did good, but their timeout and discipline still needed help. Supernanny brought a reminder board for the timeouts to help the family remember the steps. Supernanny then had dad practice the steps and he was even put to the test. After this, then Supernanny left for good.
Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDxPcQ8GJg. How to get along with boomers. What are 5 new things you learned from the videos?
57% of our waking time is spent at work. 70% of humans are disengaged at work. Because of technology, we have lost our ability to communicate generationally. Boomers (born before 1960) also called builders. Boomers process communication from employers and coworkers in an auditory capacity. This means they are conversation clever. They think in terms of words. They love word-based entertainment. Talking is a boomer’s soother. GenX (1960-1980) also call doers. GenX drivers are money and the fear of losing it. They are independent and entrepreneurial. GenX processes information visually and are not conversation clever. They love their notebooks. GenX soothers are a deck and a whiteboard with markers. Engage them in visual sentence patterning. They provide information on their own and give it to the boss. Millennials (1980-2000) also called the adapters. They are the adapt, adopt, and improve generation. They share everything. They are truly transparent. They love technology. They think in terms of actions. They get fidgety when they are stressed out. To destress millennials, ask for their opinion, give them structure and detail and get them to question why, and lastly do not ask them to work a traditional 9-5 environment. GenZ (2000+) also called brilliant. They fear being alone and travel in packs. GenZ are never without their phones, long conversations stress them, they have a lot of social media. When they are stressed, they reach for their phone. Technology is their soother.
( 1 ) Black Workers Still Earn Less than Their White Counterparts. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/compensation/pages/racial-wage-gaps-persistence-poses-challenge.aspx
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