Why You Should Hire Your Best Worker Based on Temperament

Fit the Workplace Puzzle Together Utilizing Your Workers' Strengths

The resumes on the desk in front of you look superb. You have already tossed aside the ones without the correct experience, grammar errors in the paperwork, et cetera. But now the hardest decision of all presents: who among all these qualified people do you choose to hire?

If you have already met these people in person, you may have a good idea who would fit well with you and your company. Most hires these days include some form of temperament/personality qualifiers. Even if it is not referred to specifically, that is what you are looking at when you conduct an interview.

So how do you choose the best worker using a temperament? Depending on what your company needs, here is a look at the four basic temperaments and how you can use them to your advantage.

The Four Basic Temperaments
For this article, the author used the temperaments described by Tim LaHaye in Transforming your Temperament. This divides the temperaments based on introvert and extrovert personalities.

The first of the extrovert personalities is described as Sanguine. Sanguines are a unique blend of happy confidence. They are warm and genuine people who love to talk but will shy away from confrontation.

The second of the extrovert personalities is the Choleric. The Choleric is just as outgoing as the Sanguine but vastly different in presentation. They are aggressive go-getters with little tact. They are decisive and good leaders but tend not to listen if they are wrong.

The introverts are classified first as Melancholies. This person is best described as an "artist." They are creative and gifted and very self-sacrificing but tend to be moody and lean towards depressive episodes.

The second of the introvert personalities is the Phlegmatic. The Phelgmatic is a fantastic worker bee. He may need more help in decision making than the others but is a loyal and dependable worker.

The Sanguine Worker
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