Nickel And Dimed: Chapter Summary

Personality test is a questionnaire designed to reveal a person’s aspects of his/her character or psychological individuality can be revealed through a designed questionnaire called the personality test/assessment. Employers who consider personality test first should concentrate on those test that concur with the jobs necessities. The assessment should not by any means offer information about an individual’s mental health or stability. It is unlawful in the United States for an employer to hire employees in consideration of their medical state. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) does not allow such an act for the job applicants (Ones, Deniz, & Viswesvaran 39). For instance the use of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality inventory (MMPI) which greatly validates psychopathology assessment that is used for clinical psychology setting and which shows a possibility of mental health conditions. Personality tests are a hindrance to many job applicants despite the vast usage by the job hiring companies in the United States.
Job screening personality test
They are common in the low wage market and they hinder potential applicants while violating freedoms and having little perceptible and positive impact on work performance. In chapter three of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America, Ehrenreich comes to her realization how much real low wage workers are required to act (Ehrenreich, Barbara, & Christine 13). She is seen to be distressed by the difficulty of the personality test. She describes it as excruciatingly draining, yet, still looking cheerful and compliant simultaneously. This shows a feeling of confusion and she seems stranded. Furthermore, she complains that real low wage workers do not work out of their personal wish, but out of their need. They are obliged to conform to a particular image and to act in accordance with the assigned