Social
Personality
Type
Individuals who are a social personality type are dedicated leaders, humanistic, responsible and supportive. They use feelings, words and ideas to work with people rather than physical activity to do things. They enjoy closeness, sharing, groups, unstructured activity and being in charge.Β
These individuals are friendly and skilled with words and solve problems by feeling. A social personality type enjoys informing, helping, training, developing and curing people in their work. Their empathy and sensitivity to emotional cues helps them solve people problems, sometimes before others are aware of them. These individuals can pull people together and generate positive energy for a good cause.Β
People and their concerns are the focus of a social personality type. These individuals are sensitive to people's moods and feelings, and make friends easily. They sometimes focus on people concerns to the exclusion of all else. A social personality type may appear impractical, especially to the realistic types.
Possible Occupations
Their occupation will frequently involve working with, communicating with and/or teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. Some of the occupational areas that fit a social personality type are:
Social/Artistic
Helping people, being serviceable, combined with creativity, creating and designing.
Typical occupations
Arts teacher secondary school
Architecture teacher
Art academy teacher
Recreation program worker
TV presenter
Museum employee
Museum guide
Social/Conventional
Helping people, being serviceable, combined with organizing, arranging, accuracy and reliability.
Typical occupations
Facility Manager
Check-out operator
Legal advisor
Human resources officer
Early childhood educator
Secretary
Primary school teacher
Executive secretary
Community health worker
Secondary school teacher
Physician assistant
Social/Enterprising
Helping people, being serviceable, combined with being entrepreneurial and influential.
Typical occupations
Employment agent
Mediator
Travel agency clerk
Management consultant
PR and communications advisor
Charge nurse
Executive secretary
Social/Investigative
Helping people, being serviceable, combined with research, solving and specializing.
Typical occupations
General practitioner
Veterinary technician
Post secondary education teacher
Psychologist
Speech therapist
Intensive care, recovery nurse
Dietician
Education advisor
Agricultural advisor
Social/Realistic
Helping people, being serviceable, combined with working outdoors, animals, operating machinery, working with your hands, traveling, tackling work.
Typical occupations
Physiotherapist
Masseur, masseuse
Veterinary practitioner
Gynaecologist
Hospital nurse
Midwifery professional
Agricultural advisor
Nursery school teacher
Personal carer in private homes
Nursing aid
Personal carer in an institution for the handicapped
Personal carer in an institution for the elderly
Check-out operator
Agricultural advisor
Waiting staff
Beauty therapist
Flight attendant
Swimming instructor
Horse riding instructor