According to the assessment, my personal traits are extraversion and openness to experience. The aspect of openness to experience allows me to employ my cognitive exploration of inner experience towards fulfilling a requirement (Tett et al., 2012). It allows been creative and applying numerous measures that includes imagination, problem reasoning and solving, intellectual curiosity and fantasy and emotional richness in the accomplishment of tasks (Schmitt, 2014). The aspect of extraversion enables the self to understand the occurrences in the environment and employ measures to sustain the requirement.
My cognitive abilities are the numerical ability in which I am comfortable with numeral tasks and requirements. Another cognitive ability is deductive in which it allows me to move from general aspects to specific aspects. I can analyze numerous information and data leading to making decisions that are premised on facts (Tett et al., 2012). The conclusion is arrived through the logical process and addressing the requirements of different perspectives. The last cognitive ability is ability to remember. I can recall objects, sounds, and images. I am also able to remember impressions, habits, skills, facts and experiences.
My personality type and abilities contribute to effectiveness in organizational performance (Tett et al., 2012). For example, the numerical ability allows me to complete tasks associated with calculation. In addition, openness to experience explores my creativity towards achieving the goals of an organization. Therefore, my ability and personality type contributes to positive support to organization performance (Tett et al., 2012).
My personality type and abilities advance the requirements of an organization. It ensures I have a clear understanding of the organization and relate well with other workmates (Schmitt, 2014). The abilities provide mechanisms and approaches to achieve the expectations of the workplace. Therefore, based on the abilities I do not have shortcomings that require mitigation.
- Schmitt, N. (2014). Personality and cognitive ability as predictors of effective performance at work. Annu. Rev. Organ. Psychol. Organ. Behav., 1(1), 45-65.
- Tett, R. P., Freund, K. A., Christiansen, N. D., Fox, K. E., & Coaster, J. (2012). Faking on self-report emotional intelligence and personality tests: Effects of faking opportunity, cognitive ability, and job type. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(2), 195-201.
