OK, I'll play. Does anyone have any concrete evidence that being able to "tell your story in a manner that is understandable, logical, succinct, and gets the point across regarding your past performance" makes one a better pilot or employee?Resume Writer said:It's not about being a professional story teller. It is about being able to tell your story in a manner that is understandable, logical, succinct and gets the point across regarding your past performance, which hiring people believe dictates your future performance. That is why they use behavioral-style interview questions.
I do not know of any "concrete evidence" that correlates story telling with being a better employee. But what if you are a great person who cannot tell a story well? I believe it limits your chances to ultimately show what a great employee you can be to an employer.
Just my thoughts.
Kathy, I'm not arguing with you. Your just the messenger. I just get frustrated at a system that can't justify itself. I'm a pilot, I understand that i need to be able to fly an ILS in the worst possible conditions, when everything is turning to worms all around, so I can accept that as being a criteria for my hiring decision. Therefore, I understand that a carrier may put me in a sim and see if I do in fact have stick skills. I don't see where being able to tell a nice story about it makes a darn bit of difference. But I'm just tilting at windmills. The college grads in HR who've never once held the fragile life of one, no less two hundred people, in their hand, and who have no freekin idea of the weight that responsibility, think that they know best. It's their ball, they get to make the rules.
BTW, I'm just a bithcer, I HAVE a good job. If I were counting on SWA or any other psychoanalytic HR department to hire me, I would be taking a prep course every week. In the mean time, I'll just continue to rail against the illogic in the process.