{"id":2258,"date":"2015-04-07T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.futurethink.com.sg\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2016-02-10T05:40:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T05:40:56","slug":"personality-important-making-hiring-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurethink.com.sg\/devsite\/personality-important-making-hiring-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Personality an important consideration when making hiring decisions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Why is Personality an important consideration when making hiring decisions?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Some have asked me why personality is important when hiring.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSome have even questioned if personality is an important consideration when hiring.<\/p>\n<p>I always answer with this question:<br \/>\n\u201cWhat type of persons do you like to work with?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the answers I usually get include some or all of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n\u201cSomeone who is helpful&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople who are friendly&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cSomeone who is caring&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cThose who are good leaders&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cThose who are genuine&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople who are un-pretentious&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople who are authentic&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople who care for the team as a whole&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople who are not selfish and only care for themselves&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cThose whom I can relate to&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople whom I can trust&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u201cPeople who are candid&#8221;<br \/>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this is not even an exhaustive list of the answers I normally get.<\/p>\n<p>But if you look at the list above, you will realise that practically all of them point to a person\u2019s personality or at least alludes to a person\u2019s personality. <\/p>\n<p>It is a fact that productivity and efficiency increases when everyone in the team or organisation are helpful, friendly and caring towards one another. Research has shown that a happy work environment is the pre-cursor to higher employee engagement and would also minimise employee attrition rates.<\/p>\n<p>We all feel better when our colleagues are helpful, caring and friendly. These traits help make the office environment a much more pleasant place to be in. And this in turn creates a conducive environment where productivity, creativity, efficiency and effectiveness can soar.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have to get familiar with personality instruments such as the MBTI?<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, you don\u2019t. <\/p>\n<p>For most of us, the Big Five Theory of Personality that psychologists came up with back in the 1970\u2019s is good enough for us to understand the basics of personality types.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote about the Big Five back in November 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurethink.com.sg\/personality\/\" title=\"Why You Should Hire for Personality\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Click here to read the article.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>So the next time you make a hiring decision, don&#8217;t overlook personality traits.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Why is Personality an important consideration when making hiring decisions?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some have asked me why personality is important when hiring. 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