Summary Of They Re Watching You At Work

Don Peck's "They're Watching You at Work: The Job Interview” As the world around us is constantly changing so has the way of getting hired for the job you have chosen. Nobody is accustomed to change but its something thats inevitable. Before you would read the news on a newspaper now with a touch of your finger you are able to see World news. Before you had to go to a store to buy things now you can just order it online. Things are forever changing and now so is the way of getting hired. Now there are many factors that play a key part in the process of being hired. By reading Don Peck’s “ They're Watching You at Work: The Job Interview”, an essay that mentions the difficulty and changes that have occurred in being considered through technology
Hans and eleven other employees are the companies GameChanger unit which are in charge for the companies performance and their direction. When Haringa first heard of Knack he thought it might make things easier for him to pick people with ideas that genuinely deserve the attention that can improve the company. Hans considers that this datafication with the involvement of these games could help him in hiring employees that actually have good ideas for the company. With this being said he took it upon himself to try it over the next couple years and the results were tremendous. He asked all idea contributors he could find to play Wasabi Waiter and Dungeon Scrawl which analyzed the strategies of each individual committed. The game tests their ideas if they made it all the way whether they got the funding they needed. How many times it took to complete their goal? This was done when Knack put them in a category separating the weak ones with the stronger ones. As a result, Hans met the individuals of the game whose plan strived and worked the best. Knack didn't even know nothing about the possible candidates, background education or ever interviewed them. However, they found it plausible that people they identified plans had worked out. According to Peck “This is when Knack identified six broad factors in whose ideas would succeed at Shell: “Mind wandering”, Social intelligence, “goal orientation fluency”, implicit learning, task switching ability, and conscientiousness.” (cite source). All of these things were in the candidates that were chosen and fell in the strong category. If a person wanted to be a strong contributor there are factors you must meet. A person must be able to stick to an idea and also take dangerous risks, hoping to succeed. Hans says “ You need to be disciplined” and “ at all times you must have your mind open to see other