 The best careers for the ISFJ personality test for Myers-Briggs, that's what we're talking about today, but before we jump into it, make sure to gently tap the like button in order to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm. On this channel, we talk about personal finance degrees, careers, and other opportunities that will help you to be more successful. We also talk about avoiding some of the common financial traps that people fall for all the time. If that sounds like something that interests you, go ahead, if you haven't already, smash the like button, hit the subscribe button, and ring the notification bell so that you'll always be notified whenever I upload a video. And with that out of the way, let's jump right into it. The ISFJ is the most common personality type. One of my favorite websites is 16 personalities, and they have the ISFJ avatar as a nurse, and I think that makes a lot of sense. Now they call the archetype the defender, so from now on, so I don't have to say ISFJ over and over again, I'm going to call them the defender. So ISFJ basically means that they're introverted, observant, feeling, and judging. Now the introverted is pretty self-explanatory. The second part, observing, basically, they're more interested in the facts of the situation at hand. So they're not really interested in thinking about the past or looking into the future. They're more interested in staying grounded in reality. The third trait, thinking versus feeling, this one is pretty straightforward as well. Some people are a little bit more emotional, whereas some people are more logical, they're kind of in their thoughts. And then the last one is judging. So this basically just means that this personality type would rather plan things out than be spontaneous. So this makes a lot of sense, especially if you think about it almost kind of like a nurse. The being grounded in reality kind of like in the moment sort of thing, which is the observant part, makes a lot of sense for a nurse. They're having to do stuff really fast, and they can't be thinking too much about the past or the future. The feeling part is obvious. If you go into healthcare, it's probably because you want to help people. And the judging part means they're a little bit more organized. They like to plan things out rather than being a little bit more spur of the moment and spontaneous. Now the introverted part, the part most people are interested in, I actually have some footage of an introvert finding out that they have to give a speech at their best friend's wedding and brace yourself. This might be pretty graphic. Just kidding. The very first one on this list is going to be hearing aids specialist. So basically they're going to work with customers who have auditory hearing needs and they're going to help them, you know, test different products and make sure that they get the right one. Now, I know what you're thinking. You don't even have to say it. I know all of you grew up as children thinking when I grow up, I'm going to be a hearing aid specialist. Now that I mentioned this, you're like, yeah, no, but this is actually a really good one, especially for the defender personality type. First of all, they make around $55,000 a year and it's growing at 6.6%, which is faster than average. The big thing about this one is attention to detail is very important when it comes to hearing aids specialists and ISFJs are the masters of attention to detail. Fitting hearing aids into people involves taking accurate ear impressions in order to get the right fit for each person. Very important that you get that right. A lot of the time you're going to be working one on one with patients. So it's not as much of an issue that you're introverted. Most people who are introverts, including myself, it's not as bad when you're working one on one with people. It's a little bit worse when you have to talk to a bunch of different people. An introversion doesn't necessarily mean you're not bad at talking to people. It just means that you lose your energy when you're around a lot of others. Now the coolest thing about this one is you really only need high school degree and then some on-the-job training in order to become a specialist. Like, that's pretty good. Number two on the list is going to be industrial engineer. And industrial engineers, one of my favorite careers out there, I've talked about this one quite a bit. Basically, they create efficient systems that bring together all different types of people who work within a company who are working on a project. They gather to different people, of course. They gather machines, materials, information, all of those different things they put them together in such a way where it's efficient and it works. And this is meant to be done in a way that creates a product or a service usually. Now industrial engineers make around $88,000 a year. There's 295,000 jobs available and it's growing at 10% which is much faster than average. So they are the masters of basically streamlining different processes. Sometimes they'll be creating the process itself from the ground up. Other times they're just going to be improving on a process that already exists. So you can kind of think of this as engineering but also has some business skills as well. They obviously have some very high-level technical knowledge and they kind of have to know a little bit about everything. But at the same time they also have to know the business side of things which is really valuable. I think this is one of those engineering degrees that is good now and it's going to be even better in the future. I do believe this is one that you could say is future-proof. I don't think this one is going to be automated. You won't have to meet up with too many new people with this one. You'll pretty much be working with the same people every single day. So it's okay for an introvert. The level of focus and the level of detail is what makes this one really good for the defender personality type. Number three on the list is going to be the personal financial advisor. Now depending on what type of advisor you are some of them spend a lot more time kind of going out meeting new people trying to get more clients. Others spend a lot more time working on their portfolios working on the marketing and so it's a little bit better for an introvert side of things. I do believe this is one where yes it would help you a little bit if you're an extrovert just because of the fact that you can go out and meet new people and it is kind of a social career. However most of the time you're going to be working either one on one or maybe with one or two people like a husband and a wife on their financial situation. You're going to be helping them with all things related to personal finance such as houses, retirement, investing, saving, 401ks, Roth IRAs, all that stuff. Personal financial advisors make around $87,000 a year. There's 263,000 jobs available and it's growing at 4% which is average. Now this one is especially good for ISFJs the defender personality type because they have such an attention to detail and they also really like to help people and specifically ISFJs like to help people in such a way where they get to see the fruits of their labors. So personal financial advisors are generally going to work with people over many many years so you might have a relationship with somebody over 10 years while they're working towards their financial goals. ISFJs love this because they like working more one-on-one with people if possible and then secondly they like to see people improving and they like to see the fruits of their labors. So they might meet with someone you know they're kind of a mess financially, you help them out, you get everything sorted out, you help them create a budget, you help them invest and save and you know plan for retirement and all that sort of thing. 10 years later they're much closer to reaching their goals and they're very grateful to you for giving them all that good advice. Defenders are also known to be extremely dependable and that's something that people really appreciate especially when it comes to finance. As you guys probably know there is a ton of horrible personal finance advice on the internet, people telling you to day trade even though like 95% of day traders lose money, people telling you to put all of your money in some kind of random cryptocurrency. Most of the financial advice online is absolutely awful and so where the ISFJ really shines is in an industry where there's a lot of really bad advice and there's a lot of really sketchy people they can be somebody that you can trust. The attention to detail also is going to help them monitor their different investment accounts and make sure that they pay attention to the numbers so that they give people the best advice when it comes to investments that are going to give them a good return on their investment. Number four on the list is going to be a computer support specialist. So they're basically going to provide help and different services to organizations when it comes to their computer support needs. Now I know what you're thinking okay wow Shane telling an introvert to get a job that specializes in computers how original. Bear with me here I've got some good points to make to show you why. So first of all computer support specialists make around $54,000 a year there's 880,000 jobs available which is quite a bit and it's growing at 8% which is faster than average and the best thing of all you don't actually have to get a bachelor's degree in order to get into this career. Many jobs only require an associates or sometimes even just post-secondary classes. Now one thing about computer support specialists is when people come to you they generally have a really frustrating problem. Most people are going to try to figure something out before they call the specialist and so by the time they get to you they have an extremely frustrating problem and they're really going to be able to appreciate it if you're able to help them. This is great for the defender personality type because they love helping people especially when they get to help people and see the fruits of their labors. There's a lot of careers out there where you help people quite a bit but unfortunately you don't get to see what the end result is. This is something that would kind of bother an ISFJ they'd probably think about it later on and be like oh I hope that person got the help that they needed. Now on top of that it does help that they're a little bit introverted they're probably only going to be talking to one person at a time it's going to be over the phone a lot of time or maybe over a Skype session and then the strong attention to detail really helps out here as well just because of the fact that you're giving technical support. This is a great one because they love solving problems for other people and helping them out. Number five on the list is going to be health and safety engineers. So basically what these engineers do is they design systems within buildings friends and sometimes or different businesses that will protect people from getting injured or contracting some kind of illness. Now these engineers are going to make around $91,000 a year there's 26,000 jobs available and it's growing at 4% which is about average. Now first of all this is a great career for introverts just because of the fact that they're not going to be dealing with too many people they're more focused on the environment around them and how they can make it as safe as possible. If they do deal with people it's usually going to be people that they know and they're likely not going to have to do too many speeches or anything like that. Most of the time they'll just be talking to people one on one. Now as you can imagine the attention to detail is going to be crucial here. They're making sure that people can reach fire exits on time. They're making sure the different equipment isn't expired. They're going to be making sure that buildings comply with different health and safety regulations. They're basically going to be making sure that the workplace is as safe as possible. Next one on the list is going to be ophthalmologists. So this is going to be a medical doctor that specializes in all of the different treatments whether that be injury illness etc that have to do with the eye. Now BLS does not collect data unfortunately when it comes to different specialties that medical doctors do but basically you can take it to the bank that they're going to be making most likely over $350,000 a year on average. So I thought I'd add one type of doctor here that really fits this particular personality type well. When you look at careers that have a ton of different specialties like medical doctor pretty much doesn't matter what personality type you are you're going to find one of those careers that fits you pretty well. Same goes for accountants, nurses, etc. The difference here is you kind of have to do the research upfront and the reason for that is because once you've chosen a specialty you've gone through the residency and you've specialized in it it's very difficult for you to change careers. This is unlike other careers such as accountants or nurses where it would be relatively easy for you to change specialties if you don't like what you're doing. As a doctor if you discover you hate being an ophthalmologist you'd have to go back and do an entirely different residency which would take anywhere from three to seven years. So it's especially important for you to do your research before getting into this one. So yeah ophthalmologists do work with patients any doctor is going to work with patients some of them do a lot more than others ophthalmologist I would say is kind of in the middle range and generally speaking you will be working with patients one-on-one. When it comes to being a medical doctor attention to detail is very important. The second part the oh the observation that's going to help the doctors have intense focus in the moment in order to help the patient solve their issue. Number seven on the list is going to be a compliance manager or a compliance officer. This is a position where you're going to be an expert on all of the different laws and regulations and whatever industry or career or business you're in and you're going to make sure that that business is compliant with those laws. They make around $72,000 a year there's 317,000 positions available and it's growing at about 0.6% which is a little bit slow. Now the day-to-day tasks of a compliance manager are going to be extremely structured which is going to appeal to the J part of the defender's personality. They like things being structured they like to plan ahead and this is a perfect career for that. The attention to detail also comes in handy here because you're going to have to review all kinds of different things company policy laws regulations making sure that everybody is up to date on their permits. Attention to detail is key here and that's why the ISFJ personality type the defender is really good for this one. Now on top of that when it comes to being an introvert there's not going to be too much human interaction it's mostly just going to be one-on-one with people that you already know. Number eight on the list is going to be aerospace engineering and operations technicians and basically these are people who are going to help out with the testing developing and producing of either equipment that works on aircrafts or the aircraft themselves. These technicians make around $66,000 a year there's 11,000 jobs available and it's growing at 7% which is faster than average and the best thing here is you only need an associate's degree in order to get into it. Now as you can imagine anything that has to do with airplanes attention to detail is key. You don't want somebody who's designing anything that's going to have to do with airplanes to not have a lot of attention to detail. They're going to be testing different equipment they're going to be testing the aircraft to make sure that nothing is broken everything is in order. It's a pretty structured career as well you're not going to have to spend too much time around other people and the people that you do spend time around are going to be ones that you already know. This is a great one for the defender personality type and it's one where you only have to get an associate's degree I thought that I would throw one of those in there. Number nine on the list is going to be an accountant. Now they're going to be people who examine and work on different financial records such as taxes. Accountants and auditors make around $71,000 a year there's 1.4 million jobs available and it's growing at 4% which is as fast as average. Now because of the fact that there's 1.4 million different types of accountants there's so many different careers and jobs that are available to you out there. You've got bookkeepers, you've got tax specialists, account payable specialists, you've got accounting career recruiters. You can also go into careers that are different from accounting. You can work in the finance industry for instance as a financial advisor or you can work as a finance manager or you can work your way up in a company and become a CEO or a high-level executive or you can specialize in a certain industry and become a consultant or you can leave the business altogether start your own business after you've identified a really good opportunity of course and become an entrepreneur. The cool thing about careers where there's a ton of different jobs out there is it really doesn't matter what personality type you are. If you end up hating your job you can just change to a different specialty relatively easily. Number 10 on the list you probably guessed this one just because it's the avatar for the defender on 16 personalities it's going to be a nurse. Now nurses I think everybody knows what they are they educate patients and they also take care of their healthcare needs. Registered nurses which is the most common nursing type are going to make around 73,000 dollars a year. There's a whopping three million jobs available and it's growing at an incredible seven percent which is faster than average especially when you consider that there's already three million jobs available that's crazy. Now this is another example of a career because there's three million nursing jobs available it pretty much doesn't matter what your personality type is you will be able to find a specialty or a job or a company that fits your personality type. This one might be even better than an accountant for the ISFJ personality type just because of the fact that nurses really like to help people and that's what ISFJ is all about they love helping people and then getting to see the fruits of their labors. If you haven't done it already go ahead smash the like button hit the subscribe button ring the notification bell comment down below any thoughts comments criticisms etc that you have on the video and before you go make sure to check out my other videos right here i made them just for you