Personality

I have noticed many similarities in the personalities of recruiters. It must be that the type of job it is attracts like-minded people. I especially notice this when I meet with other recruiters. For example, today was our SUTIL Annual General Meeting. Now this meeting doesn't work like most general meetings. It appears not to have much structure or logic. However, we seem to be able to make decisions, and really great ones at that! And this is all due to our personalities. Here are some common traits I have noticed:
- We are outspoken, but not in a bad way I hope
- We have spunk
- We tend to have many ideas and be very creative, but this sometimes means we don't have time to process all of our ideas
- We like to get things done, and this is more important to us than analyzing things

Now of course all recruiters don't fit all of these things and it is a mass generalization. But it got me to thinking about my personality type. I have done the Meyers-Briggs test and a few others, and know that I am generally an extroverted, people person. But for fun I decided to do some quick tests online. Here are some of them and the results. They are fun, you should try some when you are bored!

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/personality-colors-test.html
This is a simple test where you choose which shapes and colours make you feel most comforted. Apparently smudges of yellow, blue and orange mean I am extroverted. My second choice was a fuschia turtle which apparently means I have "low social motivation" and I don't care what others think.

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~chua/test/test.html
This is similar to the first test. This time I am romantic, dreamy and emotional! Second choice - introspective, sensitive and reflective. Hmmm, these are quite different from the first findings!

http://web.tickle.com/personality/?sid=2005&supp=search_personality&test=personality
This is 50 questions, and at the end they make you register at the end. it turns out I am a Socialite! It sounded bad to me but I liked the description they gave:
"This means you're confident, dependable, and goal-oriented — and when you make a plan you stick with it. Your natural friendliness and charm mean you're great at meeting people. And chances are you handle this popularity with grace since you take your personal life very seriously."

So the outcome of the personality test story? Well, I like all of the descriptions and would like to think they all apply to me in some way! Now, I better go see which car I am most like, what my beauty aura is and which movie star I most resemble.