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How important is a person's personality when it comes to securing a job?

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Question added by HANNA SABA , Team Leader (Administrative Support), including translation, editing, and writing , Deloitte
Date Posted: 2013/12/15
amer jayyousi
by amer jayyousi , Business Development Consultant , freelance

i believe it is important but not the only deciding factor.

Rehan Qureshi
by Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed

Alone its of no value but in a package it really works..

 

Sushanta Khanal
by Sushanta Khanal , Cash Supervisor/ Asst. Accountant , Majid Al Futtaim

The nature of job and the person personality play a crucial and direct role. In many job, at recruitment stage the individual undergo personality test to determine his/her fit for the job. 

And In later stage if person's personality and job are matched, the person excels quickly . 

Wayne Greiner (MBIFM)
by Wayne Greiner (MBIFM) , Engineering/ Facilities Manager. , Hertfordshire Constabulary

Very important especially if you are going to be in a client facing roll.

Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein
by Mohammad Tohamy Hussein Hussein , Chief Executive Officer & ERP Architect , Egyptian Software Group

Personality plays an important role in securing a job or loosing it.

Khalid Naqshbandi
by Khalid Naqshbandi , Banker , National Commercial Bank

The Personality counts a lot whatever the field may be. A Optimistic plays a pivotal role while a Pessimistic's performance is way behind average due to negative attitude. It is attitude which signifies Personality's character. In professional life some Psychologist persumabley believe that successful pattern is mixture of40% (Potential-Professional) &60% (Personality-Psychologically, Socially).

Therefore Postive approach always wins even for securing a job due to positiveness.

 

Saif Ali
by Saif Ali , Aftermarket Sales Engineer (Assistant Manager) , Al Futtaim Auto And Machinery Company - Famco UAE

Personality covers alot of aspects of an individual like the appearance during the interview, the confidence in the voice when speaking, the positive vibes that come from you when you enter the room and many room. A good and strong personality helps in along way to secure a job. When two candidates with the same qualification and experience apply for the same job, the one with a better personality would in the end get the job most often. So personality does play an important role in getting jobs

Alrich DSouza
by Alrich DSouza , Operations manager, Customer Service and Recruitment Manager , Nomura

It is important in terms of the way you speak as well as LISTEN to others, the way you present facts and figures, your style of conviction and motivation to others as well as your practical work style.

MONJIR SAMIN
by MONJIR SAMIN , Assistant managing personnel , Orva Sweets

It may depend on what job you are in!

let say you will be working on a front desk, so you should have a very good personality because it is the main source  of your job!

and if you  are a Data Analyst that means no major interaction happens!so what you need is knowledge/brain were you can execute your function without the need of good personality!

 

forgive me if i'm wrong!;)

Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA
by Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA , Financial Analysis Assistant General Manager , Khalda Petroleum Company

One of the very important factors.

Shahzad Khan
by Shahzad Khan , Deputy Manager - Human Resources , The Searle Company Limited

A candidate personality is of prime value in his career and it comprise of how S/he appears, way a candidate speaks, using gesture to reinforce the verbal cues, sitting posture and confidence level. This helps recruiter to gauge an overall rating during interview session. But there are other factors too count, like qualification, related experiences and skill set. We do give weight age to the personal appearance but never judge an individual solely on this factor. But a candidate could gain positive attention from recruiter on his presentation.

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