Author: Jodi Wilson Bean
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Week 10: Biggest Takeaway from MGMT 548
“What is the most important thing that you learned in this class?” I find this type of question to be one of the more difficult ones to answer because I take it seriously and because often I have found graduate courses to be a collection of small things that create a wealth of knowledge. My…
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Reflections
It is an intriguing challenge to take time every month to sit and reflect on four guiding questions that are intended to make the most out of one’s career path. I am game for this challenge because I can see the value in periodic reflection and introspection to ensure we are making happiness a priority.…
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Week 7: Who am I in the Big 5 OCEAN, a look at personality test results
While I have taken variations of the Big 5 personality test before to see where I sit in the big five factions that make the OCEAN (Openness, Conscientousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism), this was my first time taking the IPIP. To summarize my results: Overall, I sit in the OCEAN about where I have previously and…
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Week 5: Turtle or Hare aka Typical v Maximal Performance
As a business owner, or any type of leader, choosing between typical or maximal performance is a tough decision to have to make. It would be influenced by the current situation and the most pressing need. Is my business in need of a rockstar? Or is my business needing reliable quality work? However, approaching this…
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Week 4: Brands, Ads, & Situations Wanted
The JWB Brand is energetic, enthusiastic, emotionally intelligent, and an extroverted. I put a lot of effort into the first impression to convey both warmth and determination because excellence and connection are very important to me. My strengths lie in my interpersonal skills, my ability to engage and communicate, integrity, leadership, and an innate sense…
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Week 3: Job Description
When thinking of the most recent two jobs I’ve had (or currently have), neither had job descriptions. We had verbal discussions about the company or organization’s needs, the time budget, the salary budget, etc. Then we proceeded to craft the position and I accepted the job offer. However, for this prompt, thinking of the last…
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Week 2: Experience with Discrimination
The hypothetical situation: I saw a news article reporting that my favorite company was faced with a public lawsuit in which they were accused of widespread discrimination against individuals from an ethnicity, culture, or belief system you associate with. Would the outstanding claims of discrimination change the way you felt about the company? Would it…
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Week 1: The Case for Recruitment and Selection, A counterpoint argument.
While I personally support the case for recruitment and selection as a very important function because I believe deeply in the power and impact of people in any organization, a counterpoint argument to this case is that staffing may not be the competitive advantage the company needs at that time. For example, if a company…
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Week 1: Job Application Experiences
After reflecting on the reading in the course book, Who, I want to share about the perspectives of being a job applicant. In the past year, I applied for a position that I was mostly qualified for and I had strong interest in the role and organization. I had previously worked with some of their…
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Hello world!
My name is Jodi Wilson Bean and I’m in my last term of the MBA program at Oregon State University. For one of my classes this Spring, we are blogging as a way to interact with the course content. Follow along for my thoughts on MGMT 548’s topics regarding Employee Recruitment and Selection.