I gathered many takeaways from this course; on a broad scale, I found a deeper understanding of the entire recruitment and hiring process. Something as simple as creating task statements and their use had never occurred to me. On a smaller scope, there were many laws I did not understand or knew existed. The Equal…

1. What am I good at? My strengths are reliability, social, and inventory skills in the workplace. If I commit to doing something of my own accord, I will be there on time, present, and ready to go. I am good at keeping inner/external customers happy through active listening and an openness to criticism or…

The IPIP results are given in five sections; extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. The scale for each dimension is out of 100 points, and the dimensions are built from six subcategories. For the extraversion category, I scored the lowest of all my scores on the test at sixteen. The most significant contributing…

Business owners are challenged when deciding between candidates that foster high potential and poor consistency or low potential and high consistency traits. The deciding factor for me would be the job that is getting filled, which in this case is considered an important position. This type of position requires someone who can set an example…

Personal branding has a broad umbrella of ideals in the professional realm. As someone that would like to work in Human Resources, I hope to represent myself to the employer as reliable, organized, and humorous. These are easy traits to exhibit during interviews, such as arriving on time or early, having a printed resume on…

My previous job was for the same organization I work for now. However, I am in a different role. I started in a secretarial position and was eventually placed into online data entry. The original job description influenced my choice heavily. I recall some tasks listed included: Answering the phone when customers called. Closing customer…

Discrimination has always been prevalent in the workforce; however, its never been acknowledged. It is similar to an optical illusion where you cannot stop seeing it once you have seen it. A public lawsuit against my favorite organization involving discrimination, whether ethnicity, culture, or a belief system, is an opportunity for me to be part…

Organizations are faced with an incredible challenge when dividing resources throughout the firm. However, employees are the fundamental building blocks of a successful company. In the beginning, priorities such as marketing or product development can be more essential than the recruitment and selection process. If consumers don’t know the product exists or, worse, know it…

I have been working at my current company for 3+ years, so it has been a long time since I applied for a job. However, I recall one job at a medical office that I applied for vividly. I found the organization on LinkedIn and sent a message where I was then forwarded to Indeed…

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