Good.co: An app to create your psychological profile
20 April 2015
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Socrates recommended knowing oneself, but even if a job offer perfectly matches our profile, how do we know if our personality is compatible with the company culture? The Good.co application promises to help us see more clearly.
This free "self-discovery tool" is particularly aimed at Y, this "new generation of professionals seeking well-being and meaning in their career, relationships and personal life." It is a fun version of the psychological tests required by some employers and educational institutions. The spring-colored interface offers series of 18 questions (in English) on topics such as "What are your networking strengths?" or "What is your approach to accomplishing tasks?"
The questions are sometimes unusual: "Aliens kidnap you. You will have a whole journey, but there is still a risk of being devoured. How do you feel?" Others are more classic, but their answers nevertheless give a good indication of the user's personality: "There is a long queue to enter the restaurant. What do you do?" Each time, two answer choices are offered.
The information collected allows Good.co to determine "your unique flavor", we read on the application, where individuals are compared to jellybeans.
Your personality in five points
The resulting portrait contains three main characteristics ("protector", "inventive" and "go-getter", for example) to which associated traits are added (such as "ability for abstract thought", "independence" and "creativity"). This profile is based on the Big Five personality traits defined by the American psychologist Lewis Goldberg. However, the less desirable traits of the "Big Five" (such as "anxious") are presented in a way that is more ego-flattering.
Good.co also makes it possible to discover how colleagues and friends perceive us. The user is invited to fill out the same questionnaires indicating the answers they believe correspond to each one. The more data the application receives for an individual, the more the resulting "crowdsourced personality" gives a precise picture of how they are seen by their entourage.
The main objective of this flagship application of the "HR tech" trend is to determine the degree of compatibility (fitscore) between the worker and a company or work team. To this end, Good.co categorizes employers into different categories with friendly names, such as "summer camp" or "nuclear family".
The statistic that 47% of hires would result in a resignation or dismissal after one year or less is at the heart of Good Company's proposition. By measuring the correspondence between the organization's culture and the individual's personality, the application could reduce this proportion of professional failures.
More generally, the "deep knowledge of [one's] personality" provided by Good.co would promote fulfillment in all areas of life. Socrates would surely approve!
Good.co is offered for mobile devices on the Mac App Store and on GooglePlay. In English only.
Anne-Hélène Dupont.
Published April 15, 2015.
Posted online April 20, 2015.
Workopolis.com
This free "self-discovery tool" is particularly aimed at Y, this "new generation of professionals seeking well-being and meaning in their career, relationships and personal life." It is a fun version of the psychological tests required by some employers and educational institutions. The spring-colored interface offers series of 18 questions (in English) on topics such as "What are your networking strengths?" or "What is your approach to accomplishing tasks?"
The questions are sometimes unusual: "Aliens kidnap you. You will have a whole journey, but there is still a risk of being devoured. How do you feel?" Others are more classic, but their answers nevertheless give a good indication of the user's personality: "There is a long queue to enter the restaurant. What do you do?" Each time, two answer choices are offered.
The information collected allows Good.co to determine "your unique flavor", we read on the application, where individuals are compared to jellybeans.
Your personality in five points
The resulting portrait contains three main characteristics ("protector", "inventive" and "go-getter", for example) to which associated traits are added (such as "ability for abstract thought", "independence" and "creativity"). This profile is based on the Big Five personality traits defined by the American psychologist Lewis Goldberg. However, the less desirable traits of the "Big Five" (such as "anxious") are presented in a way that is more ego-flattering.
Good.co also makes it possible to discover how colleagues and friends perceive us. The user is invited to fill out the same questionnaires indicating the answers they believe correspond to each one. The more data the application receives for an individual, the more the resulting "crowdsourced personality" gives a precise picture of how they are seen by their entourage.
The main objective of this flagship application of the "HR tech" trend is to determine the degree of compatibility (fitscore) between the worker and a company or work team. To this end, Good.co categorizes employers into different categories with friendly names, such as "summer camp" or "nuclear family".
The statistic that 47% of hires would result in a resignation or dismissal after one year or less is at the heart of Good Company's proposition. By measuring the correspondence between the organization's culture and the individual's personality, the application could reduce this proportion of professional failures.
More generally, the "deep knowledge of [one's] personality" provided by Good.co would promote fulfillment in all areas of life. Socrates would surely approve!
Good.co is offered for mobile devices on the Mac App Store and on GooglePlay. In English only.
Anne-Hélène Dupont.
Published April 15, 2015.
Posted online April 20, 2015.
Workopolis.com
