The Entertainer    (ESFP)

 

 

Life is never boring around them. Spontaneous, energetic, and adaptable they are hands-on. They’re enthusiastic and seek excitement, so they make fantastic performers. They thrive when helping others and working closely with people, so ideal career paths include hospitality, health care professionals, and food service.

Career Options

Healthcare Professionals

Professional Description

Healthcare professionals are continuously in demand everywhere in the world. Their expertise spans from the diagnosis and treatment of diseases to preventative health habits and cosmetic care. Healthcare organizations are always in need of the most talented individuals whether it be nutritionists or hospital managers. They are working across all fields of medicine such as surgery, dentistry, hospital management, psychology, pharmacy, cosmetic care etc. This field is ever expanding as we learn more and more about human health.

Different fields require different set of skills. Generally however they should;

  • Have keen knowledge of illnesses, medicines and must have proper knowledge of preventive help.
  • Must have people’s skill when they communicate and must show empathy and have the correct knowledge to cure problems.
  • They can have various skills when it comes to psychological professionals.

They can work in a number of areas, and hold different positions some of them being:

  • surgeon’s assistant
  • athletic trainers
  • surgical technologist
  • psycho therapists
  • psychologists
  • chiropractors
  • physical therapist

Hospitality Industry

Professional Description 

 

The hospitality industry is a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry. For those of you who love playing host this is a great industry to get into. The industry includes working in hotels, restaurants, tourism groups you name it! You just have to identify what kind of position would suit you

Depending on the kind of job you’re doing, your responsibilities will vary. However, the following general ones apply

 

  • Client servicing – ensuring all clients are happy and satisfied with the services

  • Management within the organization

  • Identifying target market needs

  • Ensuring all health and safety standards

  • Hotel Operations Manager

  • Restaurant owner

  • Tourism group guide/leader

  • Marketing, media and sales manager

  • Food and beverage/catering manager

  • Event planner/coordinator

Food Services

Profession Description

Pakistanis love their food! Karhais, burgers, BBQ, pizzas, gulab jaamans.. ssssppp our mouth is watering!

 

Many business people have jumped onto this bandwagon coming up with innovative ideas such as nutella naans, bestTEA etc. Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, KFC are franchises that work in the food service sector but our local businesses also give them a run for their money! The people working in these businesses are simply serving food to their customers. This business can be undertaken from home (and thus offers delivery) or at a location suitable for the target market. The managers deal with employees while the workers deal with customers. Such an industry has a vast number of careers from chefs to waiters.

  • Preparing food according to customer needs
  • Making sure orders are correct
  • Kitchen abides by health and safety regulations
  • Managing finances
  • Marketing products
  • Restaurant/Bakery Owner
  • Restaurant/Bakery Chef
  • Restaurant/Bakery Manager
  • Nutritionist
  • Food blogger
  • Cooking Teacher

Interior Designing

Profession description

 

This is a fast growing field in Pakistan. Some of just have a natural aesthetic sense and others really develop their taste with time. They love playing with space, colors and interesting pieces. Interior designers make interior spaces practical, and beautiful by determining space requirements and selecting decorative items, such as colors, lighting, and materials accordingly to the interior requirements by the customers.

  • Sketch potential interiors

  • Determine the client’s goals and requirements of the project

  • Gauge different rooms with different lightening to make them aesthetically pleasing

  • Create a timeline for the interior design project and estimate project costs

  • Sustainable designers

  • Kitchen and bath designers

  • Restaurant Designers

  • Interior designer

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