The Advocate (ENFP)

Individuals with this personality type are imaginative, sociable free, insightful, and are free spirits. They’re very service-oriented and have great communication skills. They do best in careers where they are helping others and/or being creative, so they’re great as counselors, fitness trainers, and therapists, as well as artists, actors, dancers, and musicians.

Career Options

Therapist/Mental Health Counselor

Professional Description

Everyone needs some sort of mental therapy at a certain stage in their life. As it is becoming less and less taboo and more crucial in a stressful world such as today, many Pakistanis are actually benefiting from psychotherapy or psychological support. Mental health counselors guide people during the low periods in their lives. They become an emotional support to individuals struggling in their everyday lives with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety etc.

 

They advise and help people solve their issues without being involved themselves directly or involving direct relatives.

  • Encourage clients to discuss emotions and experiences
  • Assist clients to be more mindfully aware of their emotions and how to handle them
  • Examine issues including substance abuse, aging, bullying, anger management, etc
  • Develop relaxing processes
  • Refer clients to psychologists and other services
  • Psycho Therapist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Psychologist

Fitness Trainer

Professional description

Got the stamina? Got the motivation? Got the muscles? If you understand your calories and you can work with different body types to help them obtain their ideal fitness goal then this would be a great fit for you.

 

Fitness in Pakistan is a growing industry, with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), crossfit, pilates and boot camps coming into the mix. For ladies, it’s an added skill when doing training such as MMA for self defence purposes. If you are fit and have the capacity to motivate others to do the same, go for it!

  • Demonstrate how to do various exercises and routines
  • Give alternate exercises during workouts for various levels of fitness and skill
  • Monitor clients’ progress
  • Give information about nutrition, weight control, and lifestyle issues
  • Personal Trainer
  • Owner of Fitness Clubs/Studios
  • Gym Trainer
  • School Trainer

Artiste; Actor/Singer /Dancer 

Profession Description

Mahira Khan, Beyonce and Farah Yasmeen Shaikh are some names that come to mind. It is not about being famous, it is about expressing oneself in an artistic manner.

 

An Artiste is a professional entertainer be it through music, acting or dance. While working they perform for entertainment and informational purposes. Many women in Pakistan have broken taboos when it comes to this field and thus broken societies perception of it as well.

  • Attend auditions and casting calls in order to audition for roles
  • Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble
  • Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other in order to develop role interpretations
  • Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures
  • Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements in order to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences
  • Film, TV, Theatre, Commercial or Voice-Over Acting
  • Singer or Songwriter
  • Producer
  • Kathak or contemporary dancer