Becoming an MBTI Certified Practitioner
written by agammy
I wanted to take a second to share a story written by a good friend and colleague of mine, Jennifer Overbo (the product marketing manager of the MBTI.) This last fall, she and I attended an MBTI Certification Training program, to meet some of our customers, get up-close-and-personal with the program, and learn what I could be doing to better support the recently certified. After our program, she wrote this awesome story about our experience on the MBTI blog - check it out here.
Personally, I thought that getting MBTI Certified was such an invaluable experience, and it was even better because of the awesome people I took the course with. If you are educationally eligbile for the MBTI, and are considering Certification, I would highly recommend it. If you want to find out more, check out this video one of the participants from our program helped make. Or, you could always email me at icon@cpp.com to learn more.
Walt Mates
January 17th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Greetings from the Bluegrass,
What kind of career opportunities exist once one becomes MBTI certified? I am 53 (iNFj) and have never worked in human resources or in career counseling, but for the last 20 years have done a lot of reading in personality theory. I think of MBTI certification as a first step down my own new career avenue. I hope I am not putting the cart before the horse, especially at my age.
Thanks,
Walt Mates
Mike Shur
January 25th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
HI Walt –
What a great question! The beginning of the MBTI learning journey is a very heady time. New paths become open, new possibilities present themselves, new people come into your life. I became MBTI certified when I became the MBTI product manager for CPP (I am Jennifer Overbo’s predecessor). Not only did the certification help me in my job on a daily basis, but it introduced me to people who knew and loved the MBTI as much as I have come to.
MBTI product manager is one job opportunity! LOL You mention two other good areas as a trainer or coach in human resources or as a career counselor for a company or for individuals. Many colleges have a career counseling group as part of their psychological services or student services departments. I work with many independent consultants who work with large organizations and with individuals to bring them the benefits of self-awareness and understanding of others.
The real question is: what DO you want to do with your MBTI certification? Where is your passion; where is your calling? Follow your insights, feelings, passions and ideas, and the MBTI will be an asset for your own personal journey of growth.
Enjoy the trip!
All the best,
Mike