Personally, if I were a business owner making the hiring decision between Jaime and Avery, I would lean toward hiring Jaime. Hiring someone with a strong work ethic would be on of my top priorities, and despite the fact that Avery possesses all of the skills for the position and is considered one of the best in their field, the perception of a poor work performance would cast a negative narrative to the rest of the workers. For example, they may see that lower work performance has been accepted and lower their performance standards in response. I would like to think that even though Jaime is not the highest performer, they would be willing to learn and put in the work required to achieve the results that were expected of them. I believe that Jaime would be teachable and flexible as well. It may take more time to get them where we would like them to be performance wise, but Jaime would be willing to do what it takes to get there and would be consistent in meeting the requirements of the position.
Avery would perform well in a more creative field such as marketing, or product design. In these kinds of jobs, Avery would be challenged to be high performing because they would be the one coming up with innovative ideas and processes. They have the potential to be high performing in these kinds of positions which requires them to be more involved with their projects and they would not have the option of slacking off. Hopefully, having the mindset of ownership for their work would push them to always perform to the furthest extent of their abilities. Jaime, who is very consistent but not as high of a performer in make or break situations, may be better suited for a job that requires attention to detail and precision, such as accounting, or data analysis. These types of jobs require a degree of accuracy, reliability, and consistent performance. Once Jaime got in the groove of the repetitive nature of the position he would consistently perform well.
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