The most important thing that I learned in this class is how to assess someone’s personality and how to use it to my benefit when hiring that person. When learning about the different personality tests, I did one myself and learned what my personality is classified as. I ended up being a type two person. The results from the test helped me determine my strengths and weaknesses, as well as how I The most important thing that I learned in this class is how to assess someone’s personality and how to use it to my benefit when hiring that person. When learning about the different personality tests, I did one myself and learned what my personality is classified as. I ended up being a type two person. The results from the test helped me determine my strengths and weaknesses, as well as how I can improve on my weak spots. Knowing about the type of person a company wants to have is so incredibly important not only for the interviewee but the hiring team as well. The interviewee can showcase their best strengths with the type of person the business wants to hire, and the company can market a certain way depending on the type of crowd and personalities they want to attract. Each and every blog post and discussion had something to do with reading people, like with the blog post critiquing a recruitment ad. In this discussion we had to clean up and improve what we think our personal brand would be as a potential employee at a company. It showed us that confidence can make a person stand out and understanding that there are weaknesses is ok as long as you describe how you try and combat your weaknesses.
While we expect there to not be discrimination within the workplace, it is still very evident in today’s world. Hiring teams tend to unconsciously seeking specific personality traits that would work for the position they are hiring for. Interviewees can use this to their advantage though by structuring their resume to highlight the best parts of them and to show the company they have the experience to be able to qualify for the position. When resumes are too cluttered or not organized well, there are a lot of interviewers who won’t even look at the resume. can improve on my weak spots.
