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Social desirability is our tendency to answer questions in such a way as to be perceived favorably by others. Two examples:

➡️ Imagine a candidate for a sales position who, during an interview, exaggerates his or her communication skills to appear more competent.

➡️ Or an employee who, in an appraisal questionnaire, answers in a way that reflects what he thinks his employer wants to hear.

Extraverts can’t stand the status quo. For them, “in statu quo ante” is synonymous with immobility and stagnation. Their energy, desire to socialize and constant need for novelty make them natural catalysts for change.

Pierre-Yves, a young digital marketing professional, excels in creative campaigns but struggles with administrative details. Obsessed with the idea of correcting his weaknesses, he devotes hours to improving his organization, taking courses, reading books and using various applications. Despite his efforts, he remains frustrated and his creative ideas dry up, affecting his results at work.

In La Fontaine’s fable “The Hare and the Tortoise”, we discover a famous story featuring two animals with different characteristics and approaches to achieving a common goal: winning a race.

It was one day, during a Versus Talent Profile PersProfile certification organized at a client’s premises. Claire*, one of the participants, had just concluded a presentation in front of the entire team. Her work was impeccable, and everyone knew it. However, it was the reaction of her colleague Kevin* that caught everyone’s attention. (*alias).

Here’s the turnover rate in Switzerland, according to the annual labor market report published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

This popular wisdom reminds us never to take our desires for granted. At Versus, we like common-sense expressions, especially when they resonate with our assessment tools, such as PersProfile, JobProfile, JobVision.

I was chatting recently with a skeptic, smiling, who blurts out, “Soft Skills, isn’t that just a fad?” Well, my answer came out like a geyser:

Soft Skills are to a team’s effectiveness what roots are to a tree.

In the professional world, team dynamics are a key success factor. At #VersusTalentProfile, we have developed two essential criteria for assessing this skill in our #PersProfile and #JobProfile tools. These criteria are a sense of belonging and team spirit.

Some people think so, but the reality is quite different.

Empathy, often seen as a rare commodity, is actually alive and thriving. A recent study by Sara Konrath and colleagues at the University of Notre Dame, published in the Journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science, reveals some surprising and heartening insights.