This is the first post in a series about “ideal candidates”.
We take a position, run it through TalentSorter’s scientific algorithm, and provide you with the characteristics of an “ideal candidate”.
Because of the way the TalentSorter has been designed, it is able to compare the personality traits and other attributes of an individual to those of people who have been high performers in a given role, and generate a FitScore™ that is a very accurate predictor of success.
Ideal Candidate Traits: Receptionist
Extraversion: Degree to which one requires social interaction and authority.
A receptionist can display this trait less prominently than most people. The ideal candidate will likely follow group consensus when required to work in a group.
Agreeableness: Tendency to be friendly, approachable, and easy to get along with.
This position calls for people that display this trait like most people. The ideal candidate usually cooperates with others in order
to ensure group harmony as long as their goals do not drastically differ from those of the candidate.
Conscientiousness: Tendency to strive for perfection, sometimes at all costs.
A receptionist should display this trait like most people. The ideal candidate prefers to be precise in your actions, but can take the big picture into account when necessary.
Stability: Degree to which one reacts positively to negative or stressful situations.
This position calls for people that display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate is usually objective in their decision making and actions, even in trying circumstances.
Openness: Willingness to try new ways of doing things.
This position calls for people that display this trait like most people. The ideal candidate usually appreciates being able to try new methods, but is able to accept tried and true methods as well.
Resolve: Willingness to work for the intrinsic benefit of work and its ability to enhance character.
This position calls for people that display this trait differently than most people. The ideal candidate tends to be passionate about their work and get a lot of enjoyment and pleasure out of it.
Reliability: Tendency to behave in an uncompromising and consistently honest, moral, and ethical manner.
This position calls for people that display this trait differently than most people. The ideal candidate always follows through on their commitments to others to the extent they are in control of a situation.
Cooperativeness: Tendency to be friendly, agreeable, and to be a team person.
This position calls for people that display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate is generally not one to express their opinions unless absolutely necessary.