I believe this class added a lot of useful information I can take with me in my corporate career after college. Initially, I thought that some of the modules like discrimination and recruitment methodology would have been the most applicable to the HR specialization within the management degree, however, I would say that when it…

Choosing to look deep and ask the larger, more philosophical questions about ourselves is a great exercise in understanding what makes us unique and provides good insight into our deeper psychology by analyzing how we respond and how we form our ideas to answer such broad questions. The forts of these are “what am I…

This week we were challenged to take the IPIP test which is an intensive and very detailed personality test. However, for the purposes of my limited time, I chose to take the expedited version which was only 20-30 minutes. The results of the test can be summed up by using the Five Dimensions of personality…

It should go without saying that hiring someone who can be consistent and peek during necessary times would be an ideal candidate for any position. However, given the circumstances, both extremes of the scale can be useful for different reasons and for different positions. If I were in the shoes of the business owner, I…

Having a personal “brand” or overall image that someone conveys to potential employees is an interesting yet complex idea that requires careful self-evaluation and a good sense of self. After having personally been through several different interview types and scenarios throughout my life, I have indeed noticed in the background a “brand” that seems to…

Job opportunities are almost always vetted and screened by the general description that their recruiting team puts together out into the world. As for myself, the last real job opportunity I had was for an intern position for a large accounting firm in the Seattle/Bellevue area. While this job was first presented to me at…

It would be best and smartest to approach any situation with discrimination using real-world hypotheticals and emphatically visualizing this scenario. For myself, I find it easiest to imagine if a company that I admire greatly like the tech giant, Apple Inc., ended up being under fire from whistleblowers exposing a discriminatory workplace and management. It…

The idea that employee recruitment and selection is one of a firm’s key priorities and drivers of its success is an interesting and bold statement that shouldn’t be taken lightly. As presented in the lectures, the cost of hiring incorrectly and the resource-based view of organizations are two points used to uphold this argument. While…

Job interviews can always be stressful or scary depending on the nature of the work that is being desired. For myself, the most recent job application ended up landing me a coveted position with a large accounting firm that lands perfectly within my field of study. I entered the career fair having no idea the…

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