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Subject:Re: Careers For People Who Don't Like People From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:Phil03 <philstokes03 -at- googlemail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:13:07 -0700
One day I really want to have my candidates take that Harry Potter
character test.
Gene Kim-Eng
On 7/18/2012 8:03 PM, Phil03 wrote:
As for personality typing, yes its been around for a few decades in its
current formation(s) and will continue to morph into others. It is
nothing more than a 20th century Astrology without the stars. The voodoo
of planetary motions has been replaced by the shuffling of numbers on
Likert scale surveys and given the descriptor 'statistical' to lend it
an air of credibility. It has its value for HR folks. It leaves a
paper-trail, can tick a few boxes, looks like "Things Are Being Done".
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