Lecture 6 - Personality, Values and finding jobs Flashcards

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What is the most dominant theory of personality?

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  • the Big 5 (McCrae & Costa 1989)
  • they are the most overriding personality traits that we can see and measure in people
  • account for the differences we see between people
  • the model asserts that each personality trait is a spectrum and therefore people fall between 2 extreme ends
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What are the 5 traits?

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  1. openness to experience = how inventive and curious you are
  2. conscientiousness = how self-disciplined and organised you are
  3. extraversion = how outgoing and talkative you are
  4. agreeableness = how friendly, compassionate and cooperative you are
  5. emotional stability = ability to control emotions and not be overly sensitive to the feelings of others
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What are the benefits of using personality tests?

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  • can help employers understand an individuals natural strength and areas for development
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What are ‘work values’?

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beliefs that you have about what is important and meaningful to you in a job

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What are the 8 career anchors?

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  1. technical/functional competence
  2. general managerial competence
  3. autonomy/independence
  4. security/ stability
  5. entrepreneurial capability
  6. service/ dedication to a cause
  7. pure challenge
  8. lifestyle
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Technical/ functional competence?

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  • these people enjoy developing and applying specific skills
  • they are most happy when engaged in work
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General managerial competence?

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  • these people enjoy positions of responsibility
  • they like roles that involve tackling high-level problems and which enable them to integrate the efforts of a team and produce a specific output
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Autonomy/ independence?

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  • these people like being able to define their work in their own way without too much interference
  • seek positions where they have a say over how and when they work
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Security/ stability?

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  • goal is stable employment with predictable positions and activities and financial security
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Entrepreneurial capability?

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  • these people enjoy inventing new things and want to start their own business
  • are prepared to take necessary risks to show others that they can succeed
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Service/ dedication to a cause?

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  • these people are looking for roles which enable them to help others
  • they enjoy opportunities to achieve something of value
  • would not take promotions that would remove them from such positions of helping
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Pure challenge?

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  • these people are driven by a need to be continuously stimulated by new challenges
  • they seek opportunities that will test them and push them further
  • become bored when something is easy
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Lifestyle?

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  • important for these individuals to integrate their career with their wider life
  • e.g. would not take a promotion that would involve moving locations
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Job searching?

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  • traditional searching has involved looking for adverts in newspapers, finding jobs via connections and handing CV’s directly to employers
  • job searching has now moved online
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Job search engines?

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  • allow you to search for suitable vacancies using various search options
  • also have other functions such as: cv guides, salary compare functions and employer profile tools
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