Unemployment rate for INTJs

**childofprodigy** · 09-02-2010, 05:18 PM

So.....................Are you currently employed?

Options:

1. Gainfully Employed
You have a job. You're not just using it to meet ends meet while looking for another one.

2. Underemployed
You have a job. But it's not really your desired job. You're just doing it to meet ends meet while you're looking for another one.

3. Unemployed
You don't have a job and is looking for one.

4. Not in labor force due to normal circumstances
You're either in school or retired or have too much money that you don't need to have a job. If the economy wasn't in the recession, you still won't be in the labor force either.

5. Not in labor force due to unemployment
You tried to find a job, but can't find any. Now you're discouraged and gave up looking for work. Or you graduated from college but can't find any job, so you decided to go to grad school not because you actually want to go to grad school but just to pass time.

**Warrior** · 09-02-2010, 05:22 PM

Gainfully employed. Might be switching to a better job in the near future.

**PRBori** · 09-02-2010, 07:41 PM

1. Gainfully Employed
You have a job. You're not just using it to meet ends meet while looking for another one.

**Smacknrat** · 09-02-2010, 07:44 PM

Prior to 6 months ago I was unemployed / independently contracting for a year... However, for the last 6 months I've been 1. Gainfully Employed

**Vulkan** · 09-02-2010, 07:51 PM

Unemployed, was laid off mid-July, been searching since.

**TrailBlazer** · 09-02-2010, 08:30 PM

Full time, good job security, employment for at least another 7 years

**Brittle** · 09-02-2010, 10:16 PM

Hmm... not too sure how to answer that one.

I quit my woeful job last week and this week have been in the process of setting up my own business. At the moment I'm waiting for my website to be completed before I can start chasing up clients, so I've been doing some background work (writing articles, developing word games, attending seminars, etc) to implement once I'm ready to go.

Semi-self-employed?

**Inek** · 09-03-2010, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by Brittle
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Hmm... not too sure how to answer that one.

I quit my woeful job last week and this week have been in the process of setting up my own business. At the moment I'm waiting for my website to be completed before I can start chasing up clients, so I've been doing some background work (writing articles, developing word games, attending seminars, etc) to implement once I'm ready to go.

Semi-self-employed?

I am in a very similar situation. I quit my job a little under a year ago and I am in the process of creating a freelance business and independent fashion label/blog.

**Night Runner** · 09-03-2010, 05:40 AM

I voted "Gainfully employed," though it's a bit of an overlap with "Underemployed" in that I'm okay with this job, and it does much more than just make ends meet, but at the same time I'm working hard on retiring early. It's not really the same thing as getting another job, though...

**Silence** · 09-03-2010, 08:08 AM

Gainfully employed.

altoid · 09-03-2010, 08:19 AM

Grad student/slave laborer.

**Fox** · 09-03-2010, 09:09 AM

Fully Underemployed at job that sucks but comes with good benefits and decent salary. Every few weeks I go from working full time to part hours because there isn't enough work to go around. Instead of living like most people who make my yearly salary do I live like a person of lesser means because I don't know how things can go. Any extra money I take in goes to savings.

**Blackwark** · 09-04-2010, 12:18 PM

No job at the moment. Looking, but I live in a very small town, and there's not many real jobs to even apply for. Even if I got a job, I'd be underemployed and be part-time.
When I get my nursing degree, I'm outta here.

**masterpeach** · 09-04-2010, 12:36 PM

I quit my job two weeks ago. I hope with the next one I will be "gainfully employed" then.

**eagleseven** · 09-04-2010, 02:58 PM

Underemployed...doing gruntwork for decent pay, just enough to keep my head above water while I finish school.

Will be gainfully employed this time next year, at a hospital.

**joannesdogs** · 09-04-2010, 04:04 PM

Underemployed for 14 years, with odd short periods of unemployed
gainfully employed for last 10 years.
It seemed that my desire to work was greater than my need for mental stimulation, until I learn't the job then my desire for aleviating the boredom steered my to another job. Is this a typical INTJ characteristic?

**khadi** · 09-04-2010, 05:07 PM

I am a "seasonal" employee but my contract keeps getting extended. Which suits me, in truth. I would have balked at "sign away the next year of your life", but weeks or months at a time is doable.

**Haildancer** · 09-04-2010, 05:28 PM

I'm purposefully unemployed. I quit my comfy, get-by, good-enough job, at which I was receiving a comfortable salary in order to work my ass off to go to medical school.

I've never been happier.

**Ray9** · 09-04-2010, 06:44 PM

Employed at the same job for 23 years. Work 60-hour-weeks because the company won't hire until the economy stabilizes. They did, however, call some back that they laid off a year and a half ago.

**Booko** · 09-04-2010, 07:03 PM

Underemployed due to health limitations.

**tooboku** · 09-04-2010, 07:19 PM

1. Gainfully Employed
I'm still in school actually but I'm currently on a work term which I split into two placements. The first of which just terminated but the employer and I have a certain understanding and want to establish an ongoing relationship. I've just completed my training for the second placement. My direct supervisor will be out of the country for two weeks starting when I begin on Tuesday. I'm better at masking my INTJ tendencies than he is. Thus, although he probably doesn't know MBTI too well, he probably views me closer to someone who fits the profile of an ENTP. He probably thinks I'm a cocky SOB that can't back it up. Bwahahaha. Challenge accepted.

**Paul Siraisi** · 09-04-2010, 08:52 PM

Hm. Unemployment in this forum is almost 14% as of right now.

US number is 9.6%.

**Synamon** · 09-04-2010, 09:23 PM

	Originally Posted by Paul Siraisi To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Hm. Unemployment in this forum is almost 14% as of right now. US number is 9.6%.

There is plenty of
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built in. People with jobs don't tend to click on threads with 'Unemployment' in the title.

The forum demographics skew young, with more than half the forum under the age of 25. The 18-24 age group has a much
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than the US national average.

**Paul Siraisi** · 09-05-2010, 04:14 AM

	Originally Posted by Synamon To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	There is plenty of To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. built in. People with jobs don't tend to click on threads with 'Unemployment' in the title.

I did. Don't know why I wouldn't. It's just another topic.

	Originally Posted by Synamon To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	The forum demographics skew young, with more than half the forum under the age of 25. The 18-24 age group has a much To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. than the US national average.

There's a category for that in the poll.

On the other hand, this morning, the number has gone from 14% to 13%, which points to the sample size still being way too small, which I should have thought of right away (I do have a good knowledge of statistics).

**Synamon** · 09-05-2010, 08:22 AM

	Originally Posted by Paul Siraisi To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I did. Don't know why I wouldn't. It's just another topic.

Even though it caught your interest that doesn't dispute the fact that it will appeal significantly more to those who are unemployed.

	Originally Posted by Paul Siraisi To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	IThere's a category for that in the poll.

Which brings up another source of bias, the categories chosen for the poll and the wording used.

	Originally Posted by Paul Siraisi To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	On the other hand, this morning, the number has gone from 14% to 13%, which points to the sample size still being way too small, which I should have thought of right away (I do have a good knowledge of statistics).

Yes, sample size is a problem.

Plus there is additional self-selection bias since many who do click on the thread don't vote (about half so far). Polls on forums are one of the least reliable forms of statistical data.

View Poll Results: Are you currently employed?
Gainfully employed	35	41.18%
Underemployed	20	23.53%
Unemployed	11	12.94%
Not in labor force due to normal circumstances	17	20.00%
Not in labor force due to unemployment	2	2.35%
Voters: 85. You may not vote on this poll

09-02-2010, 05:18 PM	#1
childofprodigy Member [28%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,132	So.....................Are you currently employed? Options: 1. Gainfully Employed You have a job. You're not just using it to meet ends meet while looking for another one. 2. Underemployed You have a job. But it's not really your desired job. You're just doing it to meet ends meet while you're looking for another one. 3. Unemployed You don't have a job and is looking for one. 4. Not in labor force due to normal circumstances You're either in school or retired or have too much money that you don't need to have a job. If the economy wasn't in the recession, you still won't be in the labor force either. 5. Not in labor force due to unemployment You tried to find a job, but can't find any. Now you're discouraged and gave up looking for work. Or you graduated from college but can't find any job, so you decided to go to grad school not because you actually want to go to grad school but just to pass time.
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09-02-2010, 05:22 PM	#2
Warrior Core Member [228%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,140	Gainfully employed. Might be switching to a better job in the near future.
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09-02-2010, 07:41 PM	#3
PRBori Core Member [109%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,370	1. Gainfully Employed You have a job. You're not just using it to meet ends meet while looking for another one.
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09-02-2010, 07:44 PM	#4
Smacknrat Member [15%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 608	Prior to 6 months ago I was unemployed / independently contracting for a year... However, for the last 6 months I've been 1. Gainfully Employed
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09-02-2010, 07:51 PM	#5
Vulkan Member [17%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 683	Unemployed, was laid off mid-July, been searching since.
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09-02-2010, 08:30 PM	#6
TrailBlazer Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 80	Full time, good job security, employment for at least another 7 years
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09-02-2010, 10:16 PM	#7
Brittle Member [23%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 958	Hmm... not too sure how to answer that one. I quit my woeful job last week and this week have been in the process of setting up my own business. At the moment I'm waiting for my website to be completed before I can start chasing up clients, so I've been doing some background work (writing articles, developing word games, attending seminars, etc) to implement once I'm ready to go. Semi-self-employed?
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09-03-2010, 05:40 AM	#9
Night Runner Core Member [148%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,931	I voted "Gainfully employed," though it's a bit of an overlap with "Underemployed" in that I'm okay with this job, and it does much more than just make ends meet, but at the same time I'm working hard on retiring early. It's not really the same thing as getting another job, though...
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09-03-2010, 08:08 AM	#10
Silence Member [35%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,404	Gainfully employed.
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09-03-2010, 08:19 AM	#11
altoid Core Member [103%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4,128	Grad student/slave laborer.
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09-03-2010, 09:09 AM	#12
Fox Member [45%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,839	Fully Underemployed at job that sucks but comes with good benefits and decent salary. Every few weeks I go from working full time to part hours because there isn't enough work to go around. Instead of living like most people who make my yearly salary do I live like a person of lesser means because I don't know how things can go. Any extra money I take in goes to savings.
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09-04-2010, 12:18 PM	#13
Blackwark Member [03%] MBTI: INTj Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 158	No job at the moment. Looking, but I live in a very small town, and there's not many real jobs to even apply for. Even if I got a job, I'd be underemployed and be part-time. When I get my nursing degree, I'm outta here.
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09-04-2010, 12:36 PM	#14
masterpeach Core Member [210%] MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 8,400	I quit my job two weeks ago. I hope with the next one I will be "gainfully employed" then.
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09-04-2010, 02:58 PM	#15
eagleseven Core Member [155%] MBTI: XNTJ Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6,201	Underemployed...doing gruntwork for decent pay, just enough to keep my head above water while I finish school. Will be gainfully employed this time next year, at a hospital.
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09-04-2010, 04:04 PM	#16
joannesdogs New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 9	Underemployed for 14 years, with odd short periods of unemployed gainfully employed for last 10 years. It seemed that my desire to work was greater than my need for mental stimulation, until I learn't the job then my desire for aleviating the boredom steered my to another job. Is this a typical INTJ characteristic?
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09-04-2010, 05:07 PM	#17
khadi Member [31%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,257	I am a "seasonal" employee but my contract keeps getting extended. Which suits me, in truth. I would have balked at "sign away the next year of your life", but weeks or months at a time is doable.
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09-04-2010, 05:28 PM	#18
Haildancer Member [08%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 344	I'm purposefully unemployed. I quit my comfy, get-by, good-enough job, at which I was receiving a comfortable salary in order to work my ass off to go to medical school. I've never been happier.
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09-04-2010, 06:44 PM	#19
Ray9 Veteran Member [67%] MBTI: intj Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,706	Employed at the same job for 23 years. Work 60-hour-weeks because the company won't hire until the economy stabilizes. They did, however, call some back that they laid off a year and a half ago.
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09-04-2010, 07:03 PM	#20
Booko Veteran Member [87%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,502	Underemployed due to health limitations.
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09-04-2010, 07:19 PM	#21
tooboku Member [36%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,479	1. Gainfully Employed I'm still in school actually but I'm currently on a work term which I split into two placements. The first of which just terminated but the employer and I have a certain understanding and want to establish an ongoing relationship. I've just completed my training for the second placement. My direct supervisor will be out of the country for two weeks starting when I begin on Tuesday. I'm better at masking my INTJ tendencies than he is. Thus, although he probably doesn't know MBTI too well, he probably views me closer to someone who fits the profile of an ENTP. He probably thinks I'm a cocky SOB that can't back it up. Bwahahaha. Challenge accepted.
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09-04-2010, 08:52 PM	#22
Paul Siraisi Veteran Member [65%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,600	Hm. Unemployment in this forum is almost 14% as of right now. US number is 9.6%.
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