This isn’t just about what you bring to a company it’s about who and how you get to be at work - exactly as you are, to be clear - and finding a company, a business, or a freelance project that fits the bill.

Instead, your Human Design chart gives you permission to show up fully and authentically, and can help you find work that feels meaningful to and aligned for you more often than not. When using Human Design to find your own version of fulfilling work, it can be helpful to remember that this isn’t about finding the “perfect” job (assuming that even exists), nor will your chart tell you exactly what work you should do. But, in my experience, Human Design offers an incredibly clear picture of who you are, along with guidance to help you live as your truest self.įor many people - myself included - it’s also a deeply significant and personal way of making meaning: of myself, of my purpose, and of the part I’m meant to play, at work and otherwise, in the context of the larger collective. It is, admittedly, a more intangible way of aligning who you are with how you work than career assessment tests of the past. No job is perfect of course (I don’t dream of labor!), but using Human Design as a roadmap of my own inner landscape and energetic output has allowed me to find work that aligns with and augments who I am - even when it still feels like work. It isn’t a standalone system though it’s a combination of several different modalities - both esoteric and scientific, historic and modern - including the i Ching, Kabbalah, the chakra system, astrology, and more. Human Design provides you with a chart, or a bodygraph, that highlights who you are and how you’re designed to be in the world.

But still Human Design was like a balm - it immediately and clearly illuminated everything that made me me, while also giving me permission to fully live as that authentic expression of myself in every area of my life. (While I did get the job, I lasted about 9 months.)īy the time I found Human Design eight years later, I was a little more settled in my sense of self. I wanted somebody else to tell me who and how I was… or who I should be and exactly how that translated to the working world. Or rather, I didn’t trust that my full self was aligned with that company - or any company. I’ve always loved personality tests - though, looking back on it now, I think I loved taking that particular test because I didn’t trust myself.

It was part of an interview process, included more than 100 questions, and provided me (and my potential employer) with a 30+ page report that - among other things - identified whether or not I was a good fit for the role and for their company. Back in 2010, I took one of those professional assessment tests designed to highlight my strengths, my weaknesses, and what I could contribute to a team.

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