Some people are willing to leave their jobs because of incompatibility or problems with their superiors. So, before making a choice, applicants can find out clearly the details of the job and the leadership style in the company.
This can be done during the interview process. So don't just promote yourself to be accepted by the company. Applicants can ask questions to find out more about the company.
According to Organizational Psychologist Andre Martin, there are three things that job applicants can do to find out more about the job and the company.
- How it Works
For a job to be a good fit, the first thing that needs to be aligned is expectations about how things work at that company. This determines whether you will like the way of working in the new job or not.
"How do workers at the company manage conflict? How do they develop human resources and socialize ideas?" said Martin, quoted from CNBC, Saturday (23/9/2023).
One important thing to know during an interview is the profile of someone who is successful in that workplace. For example, what qualities they have, what skills they demonstrate, and how much time they spend at work.
- Top Profile
A Gallup survey in 2020 found that 70% of the quality of employee work in a company is influenced by managers. This is why you need to make sure you work with a leader who meets your expectations or not.
At least job applicants also have their own leadership criteria, starting from leadership style, how to approach a team, how to approach, recognition and development, to personality.
So, you can ask questions during a job interview to find out whether the leader at the company meets your criteria.
The question might be, for example, "What positive feedback did you (leader/manager) give to the team and how did you implement it?" for example.
- Don't get hung up on job descriptions
The job description in the announcement distributed by the company is of course all the things you might be able to do in that job.
"And then you can ask yourself, are the short-term results of that work viable in the short term?"
You must be able to answer this question yourself, because this determines whether you can stay at the company or not, and then whether you can improve the quality of your work or not.