Would you Hire you? Personality Diversity and Recruitment Bias

Similarity bias is a powerful psychological tendency towards people perceived as similar to ourselves.  In other words, birds of a feather flock together.  When it comes to hiring decisions, are the preferred candidates similar to ourselves? Hiring individuals who have similar personality traits may not be a bad thing, but we may be missing out on better candidates who could take our organization to the next level.  The presenter will share her findings from her graduate Capstone Research project on the relationship between the personality of human resource professionals, specifically those rating candidates, and the personality of preferred candidates. Further, the presenter will share the preferred personality traits of training and development professionals.  Participants will learn about: • Similarity Bias • The Big Five Personality Model • The preferred personality traits of Training and Development professionals • Research findings on raters and preferred candidates’ personality traits.

Presenter: Liz Reneker

Note: The presenter invites you to participate in her study and help collect data. The survey is anonymous and quick - less than 10 minutes.  Would you help? If so, please go to https://drake.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cUxVyAZrgPjkWDH