NOVEMBER 2024HR TECH OUTLOOK19CXOInsightsHilde R. Sønnichsen, CHRO/HR Director, UhrenholtIn HR, we often talk about employees and leaders being either an introvert or an extrovert, but what does it mean to be either one in pivotal moments in one's career? And is it harder to succeed for introverts? My experience after many years within HR is that yes, I think it is. Let's start with recruitment: In many small and medium-sized companies, recruitment takes place without heavy assessment tools, which means that the job interview is the primary tool that are used for selecting the right candidates. Typically in a recruitment situation, it is only the candidates selected from the first round of interviews that will proceed to the next round, where there may or may not be assessment tools involved. Thus, the most important selection criterion is the first interview. This means that the candidates will be ­ consciously or unconsciously - assessed based on the candidate's ability to express himself orally. For the introvert, it can be a barrier that you feel uncomfortable having to promote yourself to unknown people.A lot of job advertisements mention extrovert personality traits such as being outgoing, sociable, good at talking to others etc., even though the position itself has a more "introvert" character, such as doing DO INTROVERTS HAVE A HARDER TIME IN THE JOB MARKET THAN EXTROVERTS?Hilde R. SønnichsenBy
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