Professional Identification of a Specialist According to the Factor of His Psychological Type of Personality

Abstract

One of the factors determining the psychological comfort of the social and professional interaction of a specialist is his personality type. Modern psychology of personality considers sixteen basic types to identify a person. An individual personality type of a specialist largely either contributes to or hinders the achievement of the optimal level of his competitiveness in the professional environment. The method developed by the author, “The choice of the priority type of professional activity of a specialist on the factor of the psychological type of his personality” allows us to draw conclusions for each specialist: on the priority influence of the components of the psychological type of his personality on the formation of individual social and professional competitiveness; on the choice of this type of professional activity that would allow optimal use of the capabilities of the psychological type of his personality to increase competitiveness in the professional environment. Practical use of the technique is considered on the example of young specialists of machine-building profile who graduated from a professional college.