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Don't forget about the great resources available to you through IPFW Career Services. You can get help with choosing a major, resume/cover letter writing, job searching, interviewing and more! If you are looking for a part time, full time, internship, work-study or volunteer opportunity check out our JobZone job posting websites at www.ipfw.edu/jobzone to search and apply for open positions. Also, if you have a brief question, stop by our office in Kettler Hall Room 109 during our Drop-in Career Counseling hours from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Monday-Thursday! We are excited to have students back on campus and look forward to serving all of your career needs!

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MBTI Series: INTJ & work-life balance

My apologies for such a long break in writing about MBTI Types.  Maybe you can deduce what type I might be due to my extremely long silence period. ;-)  In continuation of the MBTI posts I'm going to focus on one aspect about each personality, which I think is a way to define that type.  Remember that the MBTI is not about pointing fingers, but about acknowledging your own personal strengths and weaknesses and how those fit with the other 15 types.

INTJ
One thing that INTJs may struggle with is work-life balance.  This is actually a very common problem for many counselors and others in a helping profession because we all want to change the world and "save" everyone.  It can be even more difficult when you add in a perfectionistic personality, too.

One quality of INTJs is the focus on idealism.  This mainly stems from the NT combination in the personality.  You might hear yourself saying or thinking things like, "But it SHOULD be this way!"  INTJs tend to get so rapped up in what things should be that they forget about the positives of what things are.  Now, don't get me wrong I still see value in idealism, but I also think if we can harness it into action, instead of just complaining, that so many good things could result from their idealism.

MBTI Disclaimer
Remember that MBTI celebrates diversity and even if you don't think you're an INTJ, you may still identify with this quality of idealism.

Work-Life Balance

Here is a sample wheel of life with categories which all play a part in work-life balance.  Note that they're divided equally, but in actuality everyone's wheel will look differently. See an example at http://www.dilw.ie/the-wheel-of-life-could-you-be-happier/. The sections included on this wheel are merely suggestions and I want you to note that every section proposed may not relate to you.  I do like how they've sectioned it out into multiple categories, unlike other graphs you may only see broad categories, like leisure which could encompass multiple sections.  Check out this work-life balance calculator from the CNN website which you can tally what your average week looks like.

Put it into Action

Now, here is my concern for INTJs and work-life balance... Due to the idealism factor and also many INTJs thrive to be experts in what they do, they will over commit themselves to different tasks at work, volunteer activities, and other responsibilities.  This over commitment can lead to an unbalance because of their desire to be perfect and be the expert in everything they do, thus creating an even bigger unbalance in their life.

My suggestion for INTJs is to reduce the number of activities in your life and be experts in those, while allowing others to be experts in other fields.  I know it's tempting to overhear someone talking about what they've done and not want to break into "anything you can do I can do better," but please for your health and happiness and challenge you to refrain.

Career Fair Registration on JobZone

Attention Employers:
You may now register for IPFW’s Fall Career Fair via JobZone!

How to register:

Step 1: Login to your JobZone account
(Note: if you do not have a JobZone account, you must create one in order to register for the fair.)
Step 2: Once logged in, you will see a link on your home page entitle “Attend Events”
Step 3: Complete the registration form. Please indicate your method of payment
Step 4: Get prepared to meet IPFW students and alumni on September 22^nd, 2011!

We look forward to seeing you at the fair and thank you for choosing to work with our office to fill your employment needs.

IPFW Peer Educator Program

IPFW Peer Educator Student Position - Apply today!

The IPFW Peer Educator Program is designed to offer IPFW students health and wellness education, awareness, and support that promotes academic success, student retention, positive health attitudes, and health-enhancing behaviors.

Interested in applying? Contact Judy Tillapaugh, tillapau@ipfw.edu

A Poem

You need not see what someone is doing
to know if it is his vocation,

you have only to watch his eyes:
a cook mixing a sauce, a surgeon

making a primary incision,
a clerk completing a bill of lading,

wear the same rapt expression, forgetting
themselves in a function.

How beautiful it is,
that eye-on-the-object look.

—W. H. Auden

The Unconventional Job Search

On my way to work this morning I heard on the radio a story about a man who had recently landed a job by buying billboard space and posting a picture of himself with the phrase “Save me from Emigration.”26-year-old Irishman Feilim Mac An lomaire, had been using traditional job search methods for nearly 10 months with no results. The billboard features a picture of the back Mac An lomaire holding a suitcase and looking across the ocean at pictures of the Statue of Liberty, Sydney Opera House, British Houses of Parliament, and the Toronto CN Tower. Below the picture it simply says “For more information and my C.V. contact: joblesspaddy@gmail.com.”(Associated Press, NPR.org).

The motivation behind this campaign, aside from not having a job, is the unemployment rate in Ireland is near 15% and many young people are leaving the country to pursue job opportunities. Mac An lomaire decided to take a different approach and not leave Ireland but take an unconventional job search approach. Mac An lomaire has a degree in marketing and put his skills to the test by bargaining for ad space and persuaded artist and photographers to give him a deal on their price. The stunt paid off, only two days after the ad was posted Mac An lomaire started receiving job offers and is expected to start his new position at the end of the month (Associated Press, NPR.org).

The story of Mac An lomaire is one of many stories that I’ve heard recently of unique job search strategies. Some similar success stories from Resumark.com include:

· Alec Brownstein, who bought ads on Google for names of top advertising executives. When those people did their customary search of their own names for press hits, they saw Brownstein’s ad along with a link back to his own website with his resume and portfolio of previous projects.

· Robin Stearns launched a website called Hire My Husband to help her spouse find a job.

· Jeff Donaldson, an engineer, used a chain letter method by mailing a well-written letter and a resume to all his contacts, asking them to forward it to anyone they knew who maybe in the position to help. He soon discovered that there were many people willing to forward his letter and he eventually got a contract.

Read more: http://www.resumark.com/blog/andrew/most-unusual-job-search-tactics-that-have-worked/#ixzz1PvCe6MzF

These types of job search strategies are not for everyone and may not always prove to be successful. However, we can learn from these success stories and try to think outside-the-box when job searching. I would not recommend relying solely on these unconventional methods but pairing it with a traditional approach may be beneficial. This type of mentality is important for job seekers to remember in this difficult climate.