Five Fun Things

Hi Sara – I’m about as introverted as they come, but might I suggest fundraising/development? As a frontline gift officer, you would get to travel (in normal times – right now, it’s a lot of Zoom calls) and meet new people everyday. You’d work with them to identify what they’re passionate about and connect them with a project or issue where their philanthropy could make a difference. The great thing is, development exists in almost any area – healthcare, the arts, animal welfare, education, social justice, etc – so you can pick an organization that is focused on what you love. As an industry, it’s definitely got its flaws (there’s actually a shortage of talent right now because so many people are leaving the field, especially in the non-profit sector) but institutions always need more funding, so there are usually a ton of job openings, and since they’re income-producing positions, they’re usually slow to be cut.

You might want my job–I’m also an ENFJ and love my work. I work in immigration, as an asylum officer–it’s definitely humanitarian work, and puts you in contact with really interesting people ALL THE TIME. While creative isn’t the first word I would use to describe it, you do a lot of research and writing and analyzing which sort of draws on that impulse to create in a non-artistic sense. Lots of former lawyers bc it draws on some of those skills (I am one, too) but you’ll find people with all different backgrounds who just enjoy the process of talking to people about their stories and doing something concrete to help. After all the pandemic chaos we have a temporary hiring freeze, but it’s expected to lift in the spring, so if this sounds interesting set an alert on usajobs.gov. Good luck in this transition!

ENFJ who too did a career change from feel good nonprofit/development work into…Human Resources. If you like helping people, you would LURVE HR in an era of pandemic, general insanity where people are just so so happy to encounter empathy and kindness. I love my job :)

I’m an ENFP / J (only a 3% leaning towards P and I fit into both) I work at a design agency. Started out in Accounts, and now work in Brand Strategy. I love it! It’s the right mix of people, problem solving, selling big ideas, organizing information, research (on fun things like people and trends), and getting to hang out with a bunch of really great creative people!

*high five*

Yes – we’re a rare breed I hear!

My husband is an INTJ — and can I just say I love your personality type?! Haha! I am an ESFJ, and I’m often envious of his approach to life—but, at the same time, perhaps our complementary personalities makes us work as a couple, since we’ve been together over 10 years! A plug for you all to give ESFJ’s a chance as a partner or friend ;) Just be prepared to have to explain the concept of “just because I want to be alone doesn’t mean something is wrong” a few hundred times. :)

Ha! That description was spot on!

This just made me feel so happy this evening

Hiiiii *wave*
Love this so much!