The Best Career For Your Human Design Type

People who are new to Human Design often ask what's the best job for my type. Which career am I suited for? Which business is right for me?

Here are a few suggestions and examples of jobs, careers, and businesses being done by Manifestors, Generators, Projectors, and Reflectors.

MANIFESTORS

Strategy: I am. Therefore I do

You may know that Manifestors can do whatever they choose to. They can initiate without waiting.

However, the best career for a Manifestor involves starting projects or consulting in an area of expertise.

Minimal outside input and control of your time and schedule are great career goals for Manifestors.

For example, one of my Manifestor clients is a psychologist. He provides expert opinions and strategies to litigation attorneys.

Another client is a doula and womb expert. In her business, she most enjoys creating podcasts and occasionally leading group discussions on WhatsApp.

I know a Manifestor who is a medical spa expert. She works with nurses, doctors, and businesspeople. She only offers 3-month contracts.

GENERATORS

Strategy: I respond. Then I do

The best jobs or careers for Generators make use of their work-horse energy. They love to work. The busier the better. When a Generator is focused and interested in something, they work hard to produce a first-class product.

Generators make great managers, team leaders, social advocates, personal assistants, and event planners.

I know happy Generators who are project and office managers, nurses, construction workers, personal trainers, coaches, medical doctors, non-profit general counsel, fashion designers, and stay-at-home moms who homeschool their children.

One Generator client opened and sold a successful donut shop. Now she works at a sailing company, lives on a boat, and is experimenting with becoming an expert sailor.

Another is an Osteopathic MD who designs systems and launches for innovators. After the launch, she becomes an ongoing consultant for the completed project. Then she moves on to a new client with a new innovation.

And another Generator I know opens new beauty and tanning salons. She furnishes, decorates, and stocks them. She hires and trains staff. Then she moves on and does it all over it again.

MANIFESTING GENERATORS (MG)

Strategy: I respond and wait for my moment of truth, then I do

The best careers for Manifesting Generators take advantage of their ability to manifest many things quickly. Like the Generator, they are work-horses, and like the Manifestor they can start projects and inspire action in the other Human Design types.

MG’s are often found in leadership positions.

It’s a challenge for Manifestors and MG’s to have micromanaging bosses.

They can be found among elite athletes, critical care nurses, search and rescue personnel, business owners, non-profit directors, serial entrepreneurs, politicians, and other community leaders.

MG’s are usually busy people who can juggle many things.

A past MG client of mine founded and runs a very successful online plant-based meal service.

Another has a full-time day job and is a part-time psychotherapist in the evenings.

Another, among several other things, is an event planner and DJ in Ibiza, Spain.

Manifesting Generators with sustainable energy often find it challenging to relate to Projectors, Manifestors, and Reflectors who have a slower pace, and require more rest and alone time to function properly.

And, on the flip side, Projectors, Manifestors, and Reflectors need and often take shelter from Manifesting Generator energy because when it's prolonged, it can feel like "too much." It feels uncomfortable and exhausting.

I am a Projector and I’ve worked with MGs on nursing teams and in my coaching and therapy practice. I know the mutual challenges. Their energy is sustainably fast and mine is not. HD facts!
From a place of experience and wisdom, Manifesting Generators often choose careers that allow them to work independently. - Or they have Generator middle managers.

For example, I have two MG friends who make audio and video recordings about their expertise. They only offer membership access and have very little face-to-face contact with their customers. - One is a fitness coach with many healing modality certifications, and another is a certified Human Design business coach with an MBA.

PROJECTORS

Strategy: I am recognized, invited, and available, then I do

But what does that look like in the real world?

Projectors are well suited to be advisors, administrators, networkers, mediators, researchers, interviewers, organizers, and consultants. And let’s not forget therapists, coaches, and healers.

The best jobs for Projectors take advantage of their ability to sense what’s missing and guide others toward their highest potential.

I’ve known joyful Projectors who are specialized nurses (i.e. travelers, educators, home health, hospice, ICU).

I've worked with Projectors who are college Deans and professors, recruiters, acupuncturists, fiber arts shop owners, actors, artists, homeschooling moms, fitness trainers, bloggers, prolific social networkers, YouTubers, spiritual advisors, healers, and coaches.

REFLECTORS

Strategy: I am called, I reflect, then I do

Reflectors are barometers for the health of our relationships and community systems. They sample the energy around them and reflect the truth of what they see.

They are powerful resources for collective change and stability.

The best jobs for Reflectors involve group processes that strive for communal harmony.

Their value shines brightly in group initiatives that draw on global consciousness,

community, and justice.

The Reflectors I have known are accountants, animal rescue advocates or shelter owners, project and office managers, and personal growth leaders.

Pro Tips:

Use Chat GPT or equivilent for more career and job suggestions for your HD Type
Search “famous or celebrity [insert type here]”

A Mind Blowing Secret...

Any Human Design Type can do any job, career or business

There are no one-size-fits-all job, career, or business assigned to the Human Design Types. There are only educated suggestions and examples.

Your Strategy and Authority alone can guide you to the best career or job.

If you don’t feel especially inspired or passionate about anything, work with a Human Design professional who can help you find your zone of genius.

Choosing the best job, career, or business depends on how skilled you are at using your strategy and authority
Once you choose a vocation using your strategy and authority, you can act like a Manifestor

You can initiate, innovate, and create at will

Following your strategy and authority unleashes your Designs purpose, characteristics, energy to function, and stamina.

You will receive and experience the free-flowing sustainable energy you need to become an authority at whatever you choose to do
You can bring your A-game

TIPS FOR EACH HUMAN DESIGN TYPE:

Generators and Manifesting Generators:

Respond to the right things
Ask yourself, does the thing you are doing allow the free flow of your creativity, energy, and abilities?

Projectors and Reflectors:

Practice identifying invitations
Observe if they consistently make you feel seen, heard, wanted, and energized

Manifestors:

Create or adjust your work so it honors your need to be trusted for your expertise

Pro Tips:

Take a Human Design DIY foundation course so you get simple, accurate information, "how to" advice and suggestion.
Next, schedule a Human Design reading or coaching session with an expert. Schedule with someone you resonate with. Shop around. Interview a few.
I'd be crazy not to recommend myself. - I help beginners and intermediate Human Design students use it to solve big problems or iron out a few garden-variety, but irritating ones like overwhelm at home and work, choosing a career that's right for your personality, and understanding or repairing difficult relationships.