App Analyzes YourPersonality and Tells You How to Work It at Work
Sometimes you need a little inspiration for the workplace.Career site Levo has released anapp that can help you gain some insight about your own talents and howto translate them into the office.
The app,Thinking Talents, asks you a series of 35 questions about your skills andpersonality. In the end, you'll be presented with a little personality profileto help you identify your professional strengths and weaknesses. Think of it asa Myers-Briggs Type Indicator specificallyfor the workplace.
Each question focuses on one aspect ofyour personality, like "taking charge," "thinkinglogically," "mentoring" and "optimism." You answerevery question with "Always," "Sometimes" or "Never,"and the goal is to answer "Always" for 5 to 8 questions.
Once you've answered all 35 questions, you're presented witha little personality profile, which is broken down into four quadrants:analytic, innovative, procedural and rational.
After you've gotten your profile, you can tap each aspect onyour personality to see more details. Specifically, you'll see why that traitwill help you succeed and what pitfalls to look out for.
Thinking Talents alsoprovides you with articles from Levo League based on your personality, whichcan help you navigate the workforce and take advantage of your skills. LevoLeague is a site specifically for working women, but the app is for anyonewho's interested in finding out a bit about how their talents translate intothe workplace.
The app is geared towards millenialsgetting starting in the work world, and while it's fun and exciting to gain abit of insight into your inner workings, it's not certain what the next step isafter taking the quiz. There's not a ton left to do on the app after you'vetaken the quiz and read your results. You can share your profile with yourfriends and compare your profile to theirs, but it may be more helpful if theapp could also recommend career paths or jobs suited to your personality.
The quiz resultsmight be helpful in an interview where you're asked to describe some of yourstrengths or office-friendly traits. Levo League seems to think as much,writing on its site: "Our iOS app helps you discover what your uniquetalents are and how your personal way of thinking can help you find roles inwhich you will succeed. It gives you the tools and talking points to sellyourself—a skill that's invaluable in business. "
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VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. Insight (n.) ~ thecapacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or athing
2. Profile (n.) ~ a shortarticle giving description of a person or organization
3. Quadrant(n.) ~ each of 4 quarters of a circle
4. Pitfall(n.) ~ a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty
5. Invaluable (adj.) ~extremely useful
QUESTIONS FORDISCUSSION:
1. Do you think that an app can reallydetermine your personality? Explain your answer.
2. Among the 4 personality quadrants,analytic, innovative, procedural, and rational, which one do you think is yourmost dominant trait? Why do you think so?
3. Do you believe that knowing your personalityis helpful in furthering your career? Discuss.
