Shawn Bakker is a registered psychologist in the province of Alberta, and holds a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Alberta. During his 14 year career, he has helped organizations with team building, succession planning, staff selection, and training. Shawn is the editor of Psychometrics Canada’s newsletter, Psychometrics Direct, and writes about ways to use MBTI® instrument to help people in their work and personal lives. He has also written numerous articles on the use of psychometric assessments in the workplace, and has spoken at many HR industry events. Shawn’s first experience with the MBTI® assessment was in college, where he examined the links between personality type and learning style.In addition to his consulting work, he is committed to helping organizations develop effective and innovative assessments of the talents that people bring into the workforce. Shawn is the co-author of the Work Personality Index, Career Values Scale and Career Interest Profiler.His type preferences are INTJ.