Testing job applicants... for sense of humor - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Testing work candidates... for comical inclination - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog In this short video Colleen Barrett, previous leader of Southwest Airlines, shares a portion of the dubious (and silly) ways they screen work candidates for comical inclination. Id love to see much more organizations do things like this to guarantee a decent social fit for recently recruited employees. The truth of the matter is that only one out of every odd individual will fit into each work environment culture and there is as of now an excessive amount of spotlight on proficient aptitudes and excessively little on character fit. The Southwest recruiting mantra Hire for mentality, train for ability has served them well throughout the years and weve seen numerous other glad working environments present comparable methodologies. English sandwich chain Pret a Manger put it like this: ?You can?t recruit somebody who can make sandwiches and instruct them to be upbeat,? says Jay, ?So we enlist glad individuals and instruct them to make sandwiches?. Your take When you were employed was there any emphasis on social fit? Does your working environment for the most part attempt to employ upbeat individuals or is the attention for the most part on proficient aptitudes? What blend do you lean toward among proficient and social fit when new individuals are recruited? A debt of gratitude is in order for visiting my blog. In case you're new here, you should look at this rundown of my 10 most famous articles. What's more, on the off chance that you need increasingly extraordinary tips and thoughts you should look at our pamphlet about satisfaction at work. It's incredible and it's free :- )Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related