ENJF Careers (Good & Bad) & Famous ENFJs

Note: If you want to read about all personality types, please go to The 16 Personality Types. If you want to learn your personality type, please go to take the Personality Type Test or one of these more sophisticated Myers Briggs Career Personality Tests.

ENFJ = Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling Judger

Nickname of the ENFJ = “The Sage or Mentor”

Main Qualities of an ENFJ

  • Empathetic
  • Responsive
  • Leadership-Oriented
  • Outgoing
  • Sensitive

Loved by an Idealist: ENFJ shirt

Good ENFJ Careers:

  • Recruiter
  • Journalist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Sales Manager
  • Event Planner
  • Strategic Planner
  • Customer Service Manager
  • Politicians
  • Actors (Movie & TV)
  • Athletes
  • Teachers/Coaches

ENFJs Who Spent Their Careers As Politicians:

  • Barack Obama (U.S. President)
  • Abraham Lincoln (U.S. President)
  • Ronald Reagan (U.S. President)
  • David, King of Israel
  • Ross Perot
  • Francois Mitterand
  • Dr. Martin Luther King
  • Ralph Nader

ENFJs Who Spent Their Careers As Actors:

  • Ben Affleck (Movie Star)
  • Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean)
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Seinfeld”)
  • Ben Stiller (The Royal Tenenbaums)
  • Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”)
  • John Cusack (High Fidelity)
  • Randy Quaid (Bye Bye, Love; Independence Day)
  • Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive)
  • Kirstie Alley (“Cheers,” Look Who’s Talking movies)
  • Sean Connery
  • Matthew McConaughey (The Wedding Planner)
  • Gene Hackman (Superman, Antz)
  • Dennis Hopper (Speed)
  • Brenda Vaccaro

ENFJs Who Spent Their Careers As TV Personalities:

  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Bob Saget America’s Funniest Home Videos, Full House
  • Diane Sawyer (Good Morning America)
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • Andy Griffith
  • James Garner

ENFJs Who Spent Their Careers As Athletes:

  • Michael Jordan, NBA basketball player
  • Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts quarterback
  • Pete Sampras, Tennis Champion

ENFJs Who Spent Their Careers As Teachers/Coaches:

  • John Wooden
  • Craig T. Nelson (Coach)

Other Famous & Fictional ENFJ People

  • William Cullen Bryant, poet
  • Abraham Maslow, psychologist and proponent of self-actualization
  • Elizabeth DoleWilliam Aramony, former president of United Way
  • Brenda Vaccaro
  • Lisa Simpson
  • Padme Amidala (Star Wars)
  • Pocahantes

ENFJ Careers To Avoid

  • Software Developer
  • Systems Analyst
  • Securities Analyst
  • Purchasing Agent
  • Computer Repair Person
  • Banker
  • Pharmaceutical Sales
  • Firefighter

These Web site were helpful for this article:

KnowYourType, TypeLogic, MyPersonality and SimilarMinds

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If you are enjoying the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types, you may also enjoy The 9 Enneagram Personality Types.

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  • robkelly
    I was wondering what John Wooden's personality type is (he died yesterday and it reminded me that despite the fact that I've written three articles about him, I did not have his type listed).

    I combed the Web to find his type and my best guess is that he's an ENFJ -- So I added it here.

    Certainly makes sense that John Wooden would be a "mentor" or "sage" (the ENFJ nicknames)

    If anyone thinks John Wooden is another personality type, I'm all ears!
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