INJF Careers (Good & Bad) & Famous INFJs

May 5th, 2009 | Psychology

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.

INFJ = Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling Judger

Nickname of INFJ: “The Agent for Change”

Main Qualites of INFJ

Curious
Insightful
Values-oriented
Organized
Connection-Oriented

Good INFJ Careers

Customer Service Manager
Project Manager
Recruiter
Human Resources Manager
Team Trainer/Coach
Teacher
Internet Marketing

INFJ Careers To Avoid

Entrepreneur (unless you have a detail-oriented/logical co-founder)
Stockbroker
Promoter
Flight Attendant
Real Estate Broker
Treasurer/Controllor/CFO

Famous INFJs & Fictional INFJs

These Web site were helpful for this article:

KnowYourType, TypeLogic, MyPersonality, and SimilarMinds and Personality Cafe

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Rita

Hello.
I was wondering why 'promoter' is considered a career to avoid for INFJs?

robkelly

Great question, Rita. Some INFJs might find being a promoter challenging due to their introversion (not enjoying the large groups that a promoter often has to deal with), Intuition (promoters are often faced with many details) and judgerness (promoters often have to wing it while judgers want closure!).

That said, an INFJ can be a great people-person strong at recruiting (a key skill needed for Promoting) and if you surround yourself with folks strong n a couple of those other areas, you can do great as a promoter.

Holly Jensen

Why is Real Estate Broker a bad career choice for an INFJ?

robkelly

Thanks for your comment, Holly.

In my experience, real estate brokering would be emotionally draining for INFJs because INFJs will sometimes "Feel" like getting things done now (their J) and might miss out on details (S) that the customer needs.

I believe an INFJ can pull this career off if they surround themselves with a good Sensing Judger (perhaps as an admin assistant) (an ISTJ would be a really good partner for an INFJ Real Estate Broker as they could help you keep an INFJ's emotions in check)

Phil_walker80

I'm not sure if putting Hitler on the list was very tasteful. Surely the list is about seeing the list is about recognising different 'qualities' of the infj in different people. Are we supposed to be acknowledging Hitler for his infj qualities

MT-Jogger

Attempting to hide truth because you find it distasteful, is, well, what Carl Jung would likely call "insane" if we were to translate into English.

While you are at it, why don't you blot out the fact that you are responsible for living in the only country in the world who has ever used nuclear weapons on human beings (babies, children, teens, adults, the elderly and infirm) ... yeah, that would be distasteful - wait, no it wouldn't it would be true!

Being an INFJ, truth and justice is important, so rightfully including INFJ's even those who were mentally ill monsters IS "tasteful" because the truth is never in bad taste although it certainly may leave a bad taste in the mouths of those with their heads buried in the sand. :-)

robkelly

That's a good point, Phil. The reason I included Hitler on the list was that a number of people on the Web were curious about his personality type...and I'm just trying to be informational.

I do not condone Hitler's activities.

Shayla

I'd like to know more about your list of careers for INFJ to avoid. Why do you include internet marketer and entrepreneur?

robkelly

Thanks, Shayla -- you caught at least one error on my part! "Internet Marketer" is supposed to be listed as a "Good Career" for INFJs. I have made the correction.

As for why I listed Entrepreneur as a "Career to Avoid" for INFJs, my experience is that Entrepreneurship requires paying close attention to detail (Sensing) and logic (Thinking) -- if you want to be an entrepreneur, I do believe you can enjoy it if you were to surround yourself with a partner/co-founder (or other senior-level employee) who is detail oriented and logical.

An ISTJ, for example, would compliment you well if you can find one you work well with.

Lyndsey

The fourth on the list, Amelia Poulain... I assume it is a typo of "Amelie Poulain"? I am very curious about this because INFJ is my personality type and Amelie is my favorite movie. :)

robkelly

Hi Lyndsey,

Indeed you are correct: It is a misspelling.

You and Amelie Poulain are both INFJs!

Thanks for pointing it out.

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