Next up in our examination of the ISTJ personality type is a look at possible career paths.
Introduction
Many personality types may be comfortable with flexible work as consultants and sole proprietors. Logisticians are much more focused on building long-term, stable careers. Logisticians can do flexible work. In fact, many find themselves thinking about what’s on the other side of those cubical walls. But what they crave is dependability, which you see in their choice of work. You see this perhaps more so than in any other part of their lives.
Have No Other View Than to Promote the Public Good
The most common careers among Logisticians are institutions of respected tradition, authority, security, and established consistency. Careers as military officers, lawyers, judges, police officers, and detectives are all very popular among Logisticians. This makes sense. They not only offer the stability that Logisticians seek, but are in line with their principles and conservatism. These careers establish clear societal roles.
Logisticians, of course, aren’t limited to these organizations. There are many other roles that utilize their reliability, objectivity and sharp eyes. When facts and logic are missing, Logistician personalities swoop in to save the day. They are the accountants, auditors, data analysts, financial managers, business administrators, and even doctors. These people identify, report and correct the issues at hand.
Most of these careers have Logisticians working alone. That is usually their preference. But when teams are necessary, Logisticians define them with clearly outlined roles, responsibilities, and work environments.
Nothing is quite so challenging for Logisticians as ongoing debates about who is responsible for what. This can result in work that’s shoddily assembled – or worse, incomplete.
Logisticians have strong opinions about how things should be done. If things are shuffled too often, people with this personality type can become very vocal in opposition. It’s important for Logisticians to remember that even the most traditional and stable career paths can and need to change as time goes by. It is much better to accept this with grace than to develop reputations of being enemies of new ideas.
Business Discourse Should Be Short and Comprehensive
Logisticians may also struggle with the increasingly open and social requirements of modern work life. Logisticians are somewhat bad at sensing others’ feelings. Their “just the facts” attitude can be downright alienating when it comes to more sensitive personality types. This applies not just to coworkers but to customers as well. Service positions like retail sales and waiting tables, as well as more emotionally demanding careers such as psychiatry, are generally a terrible fit.
The ideal career paths feature a trend. They place facts above feelings and allow Logisticians to uphold the hard standards that are the backbone of society. Rules are the basis for everything people take for granted. The basics of modern life, from social contracts to safety laws to the constitutions and treaties that govern nations are the foundation. People with the Logistician personality type take on roles as the defenders of these ideas, in big ways and small, and are rightfully proud of it.
My Thoughts
- I’m not so sure about “nothing but the public good” as a section heading. That heading works great for people in policy-making roles.
- Working alone? You got it! You read a lot about Virtual Assistants and others who work from home getting cabin fever or craving social interaction. I do get that to a degree, but I’m fine working solo. Introverts usually enjoy that.
Now that we have an idea of what career the ISTJ might pursue, we will next look at the workplace habits the ISTJ will bring to that career.
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