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Does your musical taste indicate your personality type?
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Well, being a raging blabbermouth extrovert, I’m pretty sure I couldn’t land a job that dealt with classified information documents… is that because of bias?
Personally, I think introverts a have leg up on us extroverts in a lot of employment fields, especially in management. I do however think that positions which require constant repetitive human contact could be draining however.
I’m not saying there isn’t bias out there, but IMO, there are jobs just don’t fit certain personality types. I can do incredible work , but only for a short period of time before I fatigue or lose interest. It’s the way I’m wired. For me sales that involved little or no follow up work worked well. Sitting in a cubical by myself rebalancing investment portfolios was living hell.
I agree nobody should be pigeoned holed just by personality types. We are wired the way we are for a reason.
I also agree that there should be a disclosure as how and why this such testing is necessary, as well as who is privy to this information and under what circumstances. Further, this type of testing should fall under HIPPA privacy regulations.
Good discussion my friend.
Personally, I think introverts a have leg up on us extroverts in a lot of employment fields, especially in management. I do however think that positions which require constant repetitive human contact could be draining however.
I’m not saying there isn’t bias out there, but IMO, there are jobs just don’t fit certain personality types. I can do incredible work , but only for a short period of time before I fatigue or lose interest. It’s the way I’m wired. For me sales that involved little or no follow up work worked well. Sitting in a cubical by myself rebalancing investment portfolios was living hell.
I agree nobody should be pigeoned holed just by personality types. We are wired the way we are for a reason.
I also agree that there should be a disclosure as how and why this such testing is necessary, as well as who is privy to this information and under what circumstances. Further, this type of testing should fall under HIPPA privacy regulations.
Good discussion my friend.
That's all fair. But to play devil's advocate, did you need to take a test to find out those things? Especially since our culture has us utterly immersed in folk wisdom and popular beliefs about personality, and the tests that gain popularity are the likely to be the ones that reinforce those beliefs.
A person has to believe in it, in order for it to work its magic. Certain things are like that. I'm not sure people would believe in this stuff today, if it were not already embedded in our culture.
In my own case, I've always known myself pretty well, and I've steered myself into roles that play to my strengths. I can't think of how any of the popular personality traits would relate to my job, and people doing similar jobs at my workplace have wildly differing personalities. Also, my path through life has been strongly influenced by opportunities which could not have been imagined when, 45 years ago, a test that we were given in middle school told me that I should become a baker.
A person has to believe in it, in order for it to work its magic. Certain things are like that. I'm not sure people would believe in this stuff today, if it were not already embedded in our culture.
In my own case, I've always known myself pretty well, and I've steered myself into roles that play to my strengths. I can't think of how any of the popular personality traits would relate to my job, and people doing similar jobs at my workplace have wildly differing personalities. Also, my path through life has been strongly influenced by opportunities which could not have been imagined when, 45 years ago, a test that we were given in middle school told me that I should become a baker.
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