ARE YOU A SQUARE STAKE IN A ROUND HOLE?
Changing career paths can be intimidating and often makes decisions that are difficult for most people to make because they fear that things will go wrong again. But it can be even worse if you stay in the wrong job. Recent studies have shown that when a person’s personality and job are incompatible, they may be more likely to become exhausted. For example, when asked to manage a team, the person who works best alone will think the situation is too stressful. Likewise, individuals with strong leadership skills will be frustrated in junior roles.
In today’s “candidate-centric” market, where people change jobs more often and companies are constantly looking for skilled individuals to fill in the blanks, it doesn’t make sense to tolerate a work environment that makes you feel unfit.
KNOW YOUR PERSONALITY TO FIND A JOB
If you feel that the work environment isn’t right for you, it’s worth taking the time to find a job that fits your personality and traits rather than simply your passion. Many new studies show that choosing a job that is intrinsically suitable, rather than a high-paying or interesting job, improve performance and job satisfaction, leading to higher salaries and higher returns future opportunities.
Employers today are increasingly looking beyond impressive resumes and interviews to ensure that they are hiring the individuals who best fit their company culture and environment. According to CEB, 62% of HR professionals include personality tests in their hiring process to screen candidates. So, taking a good look at yourself and your natures will also give you an advantage when applying for job postings and crack interviews.
Knowing your natural strengths and what is right for you can help you showcase your best qualities and ask the right questions to determine if the company’s culture and environment are right for you.
THE ‘BIG FIVE’ OF JOB SUCCESS
Our personality drives our behavior and is consistent in how we react or react to people and situations at work. However, we may also change or modify our behavior to some extent over a period of time. Some people can keep it longer, but some can’t at all. But the situation is going to be stressful in the end because it doesn’t fit easily. This is what happens when you work in an environment where you cannot play with your innate strengths. That’s when “burnout” occurs.
The most widely accepted personality model, the 5-factor model, uses five different scales to recognize different personalities.
Here are the 5 elements:
- Conscientiousness – trustworthy and persistent
- Emotional stability – composure and self-control
- Extra variant – a measure of sociability, ambition and narcissism
- agreeability – the extent to which one is cooperative and altruistic
- Openness to experience – a measure of creativity and novelty-seeking
Your traits and personality traits are a unique combination of these five factors and affect your success at work.
- Our personality profile determines how and why we motivate us to achieve certain goals. For example, people with higher levels of extroversion are more motivate to achieve goals when rewards are involve.
- According to research, conscientiousness, extraversion, and affinity are positively correlated with job satisfaction, which indirectly affects organizational citizenship behavior. In other words, happy and satisfied employees are self-motivated, committed, responsible and able to outdo their duties when needed.
- Your personality influences your interpersonal relationships, which is a key determinant of success. When it comes to getting along with others. Studies have shown that individuals with high conscientiousness and affinity are more likely to appear more productive.
In addition to the five-point model, there are other personality rating scales such as DISC and Myers-Briggs. However, they are design for the same purpose: to eliminate bad choices and to help psychologically determine the right choice.
