Month: May 2020

1. I am good at identifying flaws in a given process or system to allow it to increase the efficiency of something or simplify a task. I am also good at communication, verbally and written when it comes to important things in the workplace. Another one of my strengths is learning quickly and being able to adapt to situations.
2. I value keeping promises and being reliable to my commitments. I also value relationships and being able to be on good terms with everyone I encounter, but of course except for the ones who don’t deserve a good relationship. I also value following the rules to a certain extent and not purposely not following the rules just to get my way. I am also generous and I think being generous will bring you more fortune in this life rather than being cheap.
3. I got here by working hard and dedicating a sufficient amount of time to my work and school work. I also, fortunately, had a very supportive family in any given circumstance and made the right choices to get in the position I am in today.
4. To be honest, I don’t really know exactly where I am going, but I want to be able to obtain a job that allows me to live a comfortable life. I will continue to work hard and dedicate my time to my craft. I eventually want to open up a business but I don’t know exactly what that would be yet. When I am living comfortable, I want to open up a restaurant just for fun and to take up some of my time in my later years.

The results that I got were surprising. There are somethings that I would disagree with because of the certain circumstances that I am currently in that may have affected the way that I was thinking during the test. There are some categories that I agree with, however. For extroversion, I scored a 40. I assumed that I would be a little more than that, but it may be skewed because of COVID and my inability to be able to be extroverted with people. Agreeableness was 28. As time goes on I begin to trust people less because of the things that I have encountered. There are things that I have maintained consistent like morality and sympathy. For conscientiousness, I scored low on the Self-Efficacy. However, I don’t agree with that score because most of the time I always feel like I am able to do something unless it is a literal physical inability or it has to do something with forecasting and I always assume I am wrong because of the complications of forecasting. Neuroticism I scored a 50 on it because for my current situation I have been very negative and get angry easier. On top of that, I am fasting for Ramadan and when I don’t have food I get angry. Openness to experience is low and I somewhat agree with it. When it comes to going for an experience, I usually don’t seek to do it with myself, I’d rather have someone who has done it before guide me, but it depends on the situation and experience.

Something that employers would see that are strengths of mine is my interpersonal skills and my ability to communicate in situations that may be uncomfortable for others. Another strength of mine is my assertiveness and my ability to take charge lead people through situations. I am also very honest and that is something that is very important as a person. Some of the weaknesses that they can identify from this test is that I look for short term pleasures rather than thinking long-term. Another weakness that they can identify is that I get annoyed and angry easily, however, in my own opinion this is very situational and when I answered the question I only though of all the times I get annoyed and why.

This test may help get a general idea of a person’s personality but the test is definitely affected by the current state of someone and their current situation because it may make the person only think of the current rather than the collective.

As a business owner, I want someone who is performing all of the time and don’t want someone that I see always slacking until it really matters for them. On another note, for other co-workers, if they see someone who slacks on a daily basis and then performs once at a time that obviously is needed, then other workers will not be motivated to work with that person especially if they get recognition for doing a good job once. In my opinion, because they are slacking all of the time, when they do good it just seems like they are at a high performance ceiling but its just because people are surpised.

A job that Avery would be good for is a job that doesn’t require repeated steps and where there aren’t daily hard deadlines. To be honest, it shouldn’t be acceptable to be a little below average worker and then all of a sudden do good when things really matter. If we are talking about outside of work, school can be a great example where you can try very little and then when it comes to testing you can be a high performer. Maybe for police officers, they slack on giving speeding tickets, but when it comes to situations where people’s lives are in danger, they need to perform in the best way possible. Avery sounds like a person that plays office politics where they slack off and when they do good they make it known they are doing good.

For Jamie, jobs can range from a warehouse worker to salesmen. These jobs require being consistent because daily actions are very important.