1. PORTLAND, OREGON BUSINESS NEWS FROM THE FOUR-COUNTY REGION AUGUST 12, 2005
HUMAN RESOURCES
H I R I N G A N D E M P L O Y M E N T L AW
A glimpse at personality
Employers
increasingly rely
on predictive
indices and
personality
surveys to gauge
the suitability of
job applicants
and existing
employees.
CHARLIE KLOPPENBURG / PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL
Restaurant manager Linda Addy uses a predictive index to assess job applicants’ personality traits.
Personality tools aid the hiring process
BY JODI HELMER someone who is upbeat and outgoing, has So in order to learn as much as possible about
SPECIAL TO THE BUSINESS JOURNAL excellent customer service skills, takes instruction each applicant before making a hiring decision,
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well and is a team player. Addy asks them to fill out a Predictive Index, or
hen it comes to hiring servers for Salty’s Addy also knows that it can be difficult to PI, a survey that identifies the personality traits
on the Columbia, Linda Addy knows assess whether an applicant has such skills by and motivating needs of applicants.
exactly what she is looking for: viewing resumes or conducting brief interviews. “It helps us get a better perspective on a