Month: April 2021

If I were to be making the decision on which candidate to hire I would most definitely hire Jaime. But I also believe you might need more information regarding the type of work, or the culture of the team, to make a more informed decision on who is most fit for the position.Based on the information provided, I would want an employee who is consistent in the work that they provide, and is reliable. Avery sounds like an outstanding candidate, but I would not be happy to have an employee who is not producing quality work, and who is performing at a below average level. In a situation where I would need a clutch decision, I would just ensure that Jamie has great support from her manager, or coworkers to ensure that she is able to follow through with a job well done.

A job where it would be better to hire someone who has high potential, but poor consistency for example would possibly be a Sales job. These types of employees can perform at their highest level only in short spurts rather than over a long period of time. In a sales job, you are often interacting with customers, and potential customers for a short sustained amount of time. In this time, these type of employees like Avery, will be able to provide 100% of their effort in short amounts of time, and then recharge.

A job where it would be better to hire someone with low potential, and high consistency for example is a customer service job. In these types of jobs, it is important for the employee to be consistently providing the same experience to each customer that they have an encounter with. Although their performance celling is not as high as the other candidate, it is important for them to be consistent throughout their job.

The brand I want to portray to a potential employer is an individual who is hardworking, motivated, and determined employee. I love to always be challenging myself, pushing myself, and working to learn new things. With this, I am not afraid to ask questions when needed, but also spend the time to learn how to do things on my own when need be. I believe these are a few of my strengths that make me a desirable candidate. On the other hand, I believe one of my weaknesses is the need to always please others. I work tirelessly to always be impressing others, and showing my worth but sometimes that I leads to me having too much on my plate at once. I am constantly working on delegating, learning to say no when appropriate, and dedicating my time to my priorities. I believe I am unique because of the experience I bring to the table. I have 2 years of internship experience in HR, but on top of that I have dedicated myself to being involved in my sorority, on campus, and as a volunteer in our community. I had the privilege to serve for 2 years as Membership Experience in my chapter, and spent the last year serving as Chapter President. The experience and knowledge I have gained is invaluable and has shaped me into who I am today!

I believe one of the ways that this information can be communicated to organizations would be a unique resume, and LinkedIn/Handshake profile. For starters, having a unique resume/cover letter is important for portraying your experience, skills and knowledge in an interesting and appealing way. This is often the first impression that an employer has of you so it is important for you to ensure that it draws in the attention of the employer. I would ensure that my resume stood out by not using a generic template, and creating a colorful, and creative format that draws in the attention of the employer. I also would make sure that the information regarding my experience, and skills is easy to read, and simple. To ensure that this was visible for prospective organizations, I would upload it to my LinkedIn.

The last job I had was my Human Resources internship for East West Tea Company (Yogi Tea) in Eugene, Oregon. I applied to this position back in the Spring of 2019, and worked there the summer of 2019, and winter break 2019 and the summer of 2020. My only job description I had was from when I first applied back in the spring of 2019. When looking at the job description, I was influenced to apply for the position because I was intrigued with the type of work and projects I would be doing. Ultimately I applied because I felt the job description provided a wide variety of experience that I would be gaining throughout my internship experience.

While my job did match the job description for my original summer that I interned there, the other times it did not. When I came back for a month during winter break, my job description was not updated to reflect the work I was doing. Additionally when I returned the following summer, I did not receive an updated job description either. The main difference was that I was working on different projects than I was the summer before. Although there were some basic similarities between the original job description and the actual work I was doing, the majority was different.

I unfortunately could not find a copy of my job description, but I thought one thing that was very interesting during my experience as an intern was seeing them shift to a new style of JD’s. I enjoyed seeing their strategy behind their new process and the new format.

If I were to come across a new 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 I associate with, I would be very disappointed. This would be very difficult to hear, and would be very disappointing on many different levels. Even if the discrimination wasn’t towards an ethnicity, culture, or belief system that I specifically associated with, I would still be very upset to hear that there was any sort of discrimination in the first place. Hearing such news, would make it hard to feel as though you could support the business anymore.

I do believe this would influence my decisions to further support that company. Personally, I want to support companies that are doing great things, and helping our community and world become a better place. In hearing news like this, I would chose to find a different business to support that offered the same things. In the future, I most likely would not be inclined to apply for a company that was discriminatory. On the other hand, I believe that everyone makes mistakes, and that it is apart of life to learn from them and become better. If the company had shown steps towards learning and making right of the situation, I would consider applying and showing them support.