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Self-Reflection

What am I good at?
I think my capability in speak multiple languages could be my biggest asset. Besides, I am a quick learner who is capable of comprehending the nature of problems in a short time and responding quickly even in a strange environment. I love challenges and tend to seek excitements during adventures.
What do I value?
I am a true believer of internationalism specially under the rise in anti-globalization during recent years. Intercultural communication is definitely one of the subjects that my enthusiasm and strength lies. I held the cultural diversity in the highest regard as learning foreign cultures are such fascinating and mind-opening experiences to me. I also believe that we should try harder in prevent endangered culture from extinction.
How did I get here?
I think as far as I currently get is mostly because of the support form my family. Despite that I would like to take all the credits and claim that I did it all by my own, as once been argued, education(especially education in overseas) is no doubt a economic proposition. I am blessed with any advantages and the biggest one is the full support from my family without reservation.
Where am I going?
Frankly speaking I am still in the stage of exploring possibilities of my life. I hope that the new college degree I am about to receive will open new doors for me, but I honestly have no clue how to make the most of it in this crazy world. On one hand, I wish to pursue a meaningful career that serves a bigger cause and contributes to people’s well-being. I was planning to spent a year on volunteering in Africa or internships in NGO after graduation, yet unfortunately the current pandemic makes it become impossible. On the other hand, the sad reality is in the next few years, I maybe too busy with earning my own livings to purse the meaning of my life.

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IPIP Result & Reactions

After finishing all 300 questions, I received a thorough analysis under the 5 following personality categories: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience. Each category is consisted of 6 specified subdomains used to asses one’s certain personality in different perspectives. In my case, scores for subdomains under the same category can be rather different. For example, I was scored 95 in sympathy and 47 in modesty, which cancel each other out and make my agreeableness falls into ‘average’。By taking multiple factors into consideration, I believe it can provide a much more comprehensive profile of one’ characters.
The results are overall disturbingly accurate, especially the fact that I was rated ‘high’ in neuroticism. It reflects my current mental state of high anxiety (scored 81) and extremely high self-consciousness (scored 91), which I could not notice myself or maybe even refuse to recognize. To look on the bright side, I was also rated ‘high’ in conscientiousness and openness to experience, receiving high scores (higher than 90) in following factors: Dutifulness (90), Achievement-Striving (92), Artistic Interests (90) and Adventurousness (95). It shows that I am a creative and result-delivering individual who is always welcoming challenges.

Looking into this report through recruiters/employers’ eyes, the candidate with high neuroticism figures may be considered as a bad team player with vulnerable mindset and lack the sense of gregariousness. On the other hand, some good qualities, such as responsibility, efficiency, creativeness and assertiveness, can also be observed. Candidates with such characters can become a quick learner and a hard worker once he/she set foot in workplaces. In general, the advantage and the disadvantage are both very clear: employers may be impressed by the high conscientiousness and openness, but also may get worried by the low cheerfulness and high anxiety. In the end, it depends on the applicability between the candidate and the specific position. After all, I believe the most essential work of recruiting is to put the right person in the right position. For example, high figure in openness to experience may appeal to certain industries like cultural organizations and innovation companies that consistently encourage their employees to break the rules and think outside of the box, while other traditional companies may take it as a shortcoming. Subdomains such as imagination and emotionality might strike them as instability and unrealistic. However, given the fact that I am a new graduate with very few working experiences, most companies may tend to value my capabilities to adjust and mental stability rather than other qualities.

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Typical vs. Maximal Performance

The recruitment choice depends on what kind of role we need in the team. In most cases, we usually need abundant team builders. To play the role well, they need to complete the work that assigned to them in time, carry out the function of their own parts, and have a smooth communication with other colleagues, making the work carried out as planned. In these circumstances, Jaime would be the appropriate candidate for the job. Consistency of good results can’t be more important in work progress, which is the main responsibility for team builders in the overall work. Generally speaking, most of the teamwork members are team builders. And applicants like Jaime would be popular at workplace.

  And there is also a role in the team as a creator, whom contributes to exploring new ideas and solving some emergent problems. This kind of work requires the key point that the explosive power in face of occasional difficult problems and the ability to break the bottlenecks. For this team role, consistency of diligent work is not that important, as the team builders has already undertaken this part of work. The number of creators in a team can be quite small, depending on the industry it works in. Creative industries such as designing, advertising and so on, may need more creators in a team, while the reliable team builders are still indispensable. And in most regular industries, one or two employees like Avery are quite enough for a team. They can make values in their high potential abilities.