Monthly Archives: May 2020

Self-Reflection

1. What am I good at?

I am good at being productive, creative and self motivator. I’m good at these things right now because its what I am currently always working on. I have to admit I was once never good at these things. I still have improvements to make but I always find myself correcting and bettering myself to being productive, creative and self-motivator.

2. What do I value?

I value everyone who have shown support for me in school. That includes my family, friends, mentors, and professors. I know that these individuals want the best for me and would like to see me reach my goals. I value them because at times I feel like giving up but they show me support and help to get back up and finish what I’ve started.

3. How did I get here?

Where I am today is with the support of my family. I am a first generation which made it hard for me to be able to attend college. I didn’t think I would be able to graduate in a four year university. It was a long journey but with the love and support I got from people who believed in me, I am here today close to getting my degree. I’m thankful to have them because I don’t think I would have made the decision of attending Oregon State University.

4. Where am I going?

As summer gets closer, I plan on working during the summer. Once I get back to school in fall and finish my last classes in order to graduate, I plan on getting a job in a field that I know will beneficial for my life goal. Starting a family construction business. I plan on getting enough experience before I start building that dream and once I feel prepare and money saved I will begin that goal of mine.

IPIP Results & Reactions

The overall results in the IPIP test stated that I am an extroverted person, is agreeable, conscientious, neuroticism, and open to experience. I do agree with a couple of these personalities and a couple of them are new to me. The one that stood out to me out of my results was the neuroticism. It says that people that score high on this section are people who respond to emotionally to events or either experiencing feelings. One of those examples were anxiety and I have to say that it surprised me to realize that it impacts my personality drastically even if just occurs rarely.

I think that my results from this personality test would affect potentially employees positively and negatively. I do have a couple characteristics that I know employees look at in a workplace. For example, being an extroverted, I would enjoy working with others. This will be looked good in the workplace because this will tell employees that I would get along with the team and work hard to reach the organizations goal. Under this category my second highest score were in gregariousness and friendliness. I agree with the results because that who I am and enjoy doing. I love to make friends and working with others because that helps me think about new ideas or hear what others have say.  Another personality that would look good for potential employees is having an agreeableness personality. I’ve score high on trust and modesty under this section which looks good as an employee. I also agree with these results because from my past work experience I’ve gained the trust from my bosses which resulted in being promoted into a higher position. On the other hand, the one downside of this result was the neuroticism personality.  I score high on the self-consciousness which means I am sensitive to what another think of me. It true in a way that I sometimes take critiques, but I know that some people say it to make me a better person or to not make the same mistakes.

Overall, the results from this test were interesting to look at and learn more about what they mean. I do think that my personality might change throughout the years because I know that as I grow older, I become more mature and learn from experiences. This could result to new personality traits.

Typical vs. Maximal Performance

As a business owner, I want my business to succeed, and to achieve that I would have to have great employees that believe in what my business mission and serve customers with the best quality services. If I had to choose between Avery and Jaime, I would select Jaime. The reason why I would choose him is because I know that he will serve the customer great and solve any problem. Having a business will mean that our focus is serving the customers and knowing Jaime’s will give me a good performance as his job requires, I know that our customers will be satisfied.

The type of job Avery is most suitable for would be a job that has different duties. It’s not always the same performance he has to do every day, there is always something different to do and isn’t as repetitive. It seems like Avery has a high performance but sometimes is a slacker and that could be that if he is give a new responsibility, he will give it his best. This will challenge Avery to give it his best performance and continue to create new ideas.

As for Jaime, the most suitable job would be working under pressure and doing repetitive responsibilities most of the day. He would be a great fit for a job that only looks for a person to perform and deliver the same message that business would want customers to get from the. This could be like working for an Insurance company, caller operators or receptionist.