Coming into the University of Minnesota I had an idea of what I wanted to do when 'I grew up,' but I wasn't entirely sure. I had looked into Human Resource Management a little bit in high school and it just seemed to fit my personality, so I decided to pursue it. Initially I had doubted I was the kind of person who would be able to fire people, sometimes a required hurdle of an HR Manager, but Psychology 1001 showed me the light!
By coincidence, while studying Intelligence, our discussion sections did an activity about the HR department at a company hiring people based solely on intelligence tests. I was so fired up about learning something that I could take with me into the business world, and I think that information is going to be very helpful in the future. I learned that it while knowing someone's IQ is great, it doesn't tell you everything about a person. There are many factors that go into hiring someone for an important position at a company such as a manager, so if a proposal is made like the one in our discussion, I should be very careful as an HR Manager as to whether that is a good idea or not. Thank you Psych. for helping me with my major, even if it wasn't on purpose! The article attached is very interesting as Dr. Dennis Garlick, psychology researcher and author, examines the Intelligence Test on all levels, from what is measures to how effective it is in hiring employees.
http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/26236/iq-identify-assessment-workplace
That is awesome that this class helped you decided on your major! I am also thinking about going to into Human Resources and this class really showed that you need to take into consideration numerous qualities of a person that play a big role in how one acts in the work force. Even if someone has a very high IQ, it doesn't mean that they will necessarily be a good fit because they may be lacking communication skills. Nice job on this blog, it was very interesting!
This is a very interesting way to apply your career! I would not have thought of this as being a major insight into your field, but it makes sense. Furthermore, a job where you are required to fire someone, requires you to be very sure of your decision I bet, and I applaud the depth to which you have let this class add to you already tough task.
This is a very interesting way to apply your career! I would not have thought of this as being a major insight into your field, but it makes sense. Furthermore, a job where you are required to fire someone requires you to be very sure of your decision, and I applaud the depth to which you have let this class add to you already tough task.
This is a very interesting way to apply your career! I would not have thought of this as being a major insight into your field, but it makes sense. Furthermore, a job where you are required to fire someone requires you to be very sure of your decision, and I applaud the depth to which you have let this class add to you already tough task.
Great job! :) I'm glad that you were able to find such a practical use for the knowledge you gained about IQ testing. It would be terrible to hire people based on their IQs alone, wouldn't it? Then I would feel that my possibilities in life were extremely limited by that "magic number."
It's comforting that IQ doesn't determine everything, although there are some correlations between IQ and occupations. I think that hiring for a job requires so much more than looking at one's intelligence level, it doesn't mean that people will be able to work well with others and fit in with the culture of a work environment!