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I have heard that government employees are the field that has the highest percentage of introverts. I am both government employee and introvert, and I agree.
I was wondering if anyone here has some good suggestions and advice for a well paying suitable career for a quiet, shy and introverted woman? A career that most quiet, shy and introverted women can excel at. Good pay meaning- can typically start out at $50,000 a yr and preferably not need to obtain higher than a 4 year degree, so a Bachelors degree.
Thanks in advance.
I assume you're in the young adult years? Don't forget that whatever career you choose, as you get more proficient at it, you will find yourself becoming more assertive and outspoken after you've been doing it for a while, gain confidence, and simply get older. A lot of folks "feel" very shy and apprehensive about getting started in young adulthood. Introversion is an innate quality that a lot of people have and probably never convert to extroverts, but it is not necessarily the same as being quiet and shy your whole life.
If you really are extremely timid I would say stay far away from IT and software development, because while computer programmers and engineers might have a reputation for being shy geeks, 95% percent of the ones I work with are not like that at all. They are introverted by nature but highly competitive and often times in-your-face people. In most cases upper management often fear them. You get to upper management by being "competitive" in a sort of politician, people-skills sort of way, but you get high up the technical ladder by being competitive in a less social, genuinely-good-at-what-you-do sort of way.
Be a computer programmer. If you want ability to work from home and choose your own hours, you can even get into contract work, although it can take months to years before you get enough work coming in to make a decent living at it.
OP, stay away from RETAILS and jobs that require over 50 percent of face to face time with customers. Basically, those face-to-face contacts requiring to always interact in a very responsive manner with customers will drain you. I think you'd want a job that allows you to socialize with others on your own terms.
I am also guessing that if you're shy(not sure if you're timid), you may also want to stay away from those organizations that rely heavily on political power and dynamic to mobilize work.
Anything that involves in research and data will do?
I was wondering if anyone here has some good suggestions and advice for a well paying suitable career for a quiet, shy and introverted woman? A career that most quiet, shy and introverted women can excel at. Good pay meaning- can typically start out at $50,000 a yr and preferably not need to obtain higher than a 4 year degree, so a Bachelors degree.
Thanks in advance.
You get jobs based on what you're good at, not your personality type. Being an introvert is rarely important to a job function, so while it may be beneficial in some jobs to be introverted, that doesn't mean you'll excel at it. I'd venture you'd get much further picking something you're good and enjoy at first and worrying about if being an introvert makes an impact on that career later.
Actuaries tend to be introverted, but they don't have to be. They do have to be good at math and statistics, however. Are you good at math? Do you find statistics interesting?
I assume you're in the young adult years? Don't forget that whatever career you choose, as you get more proficient at it, you will find yourself becoming more assertive and outspoken after you've been doing it for a while, gain confidence, and simply get older. A lot of folks "feel" very shy and apprehensive about getting started in young adulthood. Introversion is an innate quality that a lot of people have and probably never convert to extroverts, but it is not necessarily the same as being quiet and shy your whole life.
If you really are extremely timid I would say stay far away from IT and software development, because while computer programmers and engineers might have a reputation for being shy geeks, 95% percent of the ones I work with are not like that at all. They are introverted by nature but highly competitive and often times in-your-face people. In most cases upper management often fear them. You get to upper management by being "competitive" in a sort of politician, people-skills sort of way, but you get high up the technical ladder by being competitive in a less social, genuinely-good-at-what-you-do sort of way.
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