Group 2: A newly graduate that is seeking the job but does not pass the required job requirement such as pleasing personality.

I have chosen: Group 2: A newly graduate that is seeking the job but does not pass the required job requirement such as pleasing personality.
Job seekers have a lot to fulfill and comply when applying for jobs. These requirements that they need to comply depending on the industry they are applying. Usually, most requirements are objective but there are also subjective qualifications which these job seekers need to have.
In the industry, companies thrive and compete with each other to gain profit and fame. To succeed, most companies obviously invest in human resources. They invest in their skills and capabilities to which they believe will contribute to the plan of succeeding by the company.
Human resources contribute a huge help to most industries today and without them, wonderful ideas and amazing products would not come to life. Take Bill Gates as an example. Without him, Microsoft would not have been created. Without him, being a CEO, Microsoft would have been put to waste or probably it would not have been known and used by most people today.
Without the people from Google, various APIs, technologies, and web services would not have been created and used today. I can only imagine the challenges without those ideas and creative minds. It would be so hard for most ordinary internet user today and most developers would probably be limited to certain points if not for Google and its products.
All these things go back to point of human resources as a vital part of the success of many companies in today’s generation. However, the founders and the contributors of the said companies do not only have creative minds and wonderful skills. Their personalities have also contributed to the success and the betterment of the industry.
Certain CEOs like Elon Musk of SpaceX Tesla, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook possess outstanding personalities that lead them to success today. Are we not amazed or curious about the personalities of these successful companies?
In this world today, though, why is personality a big deal for most people? Should not people just be tolerable and objective in most things because personality is subjective and it really depends on the person? What if we did not include this type of criteria for people who would like to apply for a company? Should not there be more human resources which means a better chance of success?

How important is personality?
According to Matt Okeefe’s 6 Reasons Your Personality Is Important published in http://www.lifehack.org (n.d.), he said that although an individual’s appearance is nice and all, his/her personality still the one that is remembered.
For Matt Okeefe (n.d.), personality is what makes a person interesting. As I have read through his article in this section, I have pondered on a huge difference of making a person interested to you using your appearance and your personality.
It came to my mind that, he is right. Although today, a person’s physical appearance can make him/her interesting at first, as time goes by, this would more likely fade away. However, the interest would only fade if the personality is not as pleasing as we expected at first.
Most people today tend to stay with longer relationships, may it be friendly or romantically, because of the bond and their honesty to one another. Honesty cannot be seen on a person’s physical appearance, right? But it will surely reflect a person’s personality. As I have realized this, most people today would really stay and befriend people who have interesting and nice person rather than interacting and mingling with people who only have a good-looking face.
To be interesting means you have a pleasing personality. That’s all about it. If you would ask most of your friends why you are still friends with each other, he/she is more likely to say and compliment your attitude and the way you treat him/her. It would less likely to be just because of your appearance.
Furthermore, Matt Okeefe (n.d.) also stressed out that personality is important because it can be changed. How?
A person’s physical appearance can still be enhanced using make-ups. But his/her attitude cannot be improved using cosmetics. Since a person’s personality is subjective, it is changeable which means, personality can make a person be interesting and be a better human being.
Matt pointed out, “If you have a lot of anger buried inside you, for example, people close to you will be very pleased to see you change into a calmer person.” (n.d., para. 2). This means that bad attitude or unpleasing personality can be changed and it is not the end for unruly people.
Personality should be taken as an advantage for improvement because it can be changed. Not like cosmetics to enhance one’s appearance that would fade away after a certain span of time. People around us would want us to be more mature and developed in most aspects of our personality and that is the good thing about personality.
Aside from the factor that personality is changeable, Matt (n.d.) also said that through personality we distinguish ourselves. But what does this mean? Personality is somewhat relatable to start-ups and many software.
Personality makes a thing unique. If we based on most applications, they would stand out from other applications because they offer and display something unique. This uniqueness is patronized and acknowledged by many people. Through this, people will be able to distinguish the differences of software from each other.
For example, I can say that Facebook and Twitter are different with each other because you cannot tweet on Facebook but on Twitter you can. You may edit your posts on Facebook but on Twitter is irrevocable. These examples simply state that through differences we are able to point out which is which and how things are not the same with each other.
Going back to personality, it only means that it helps us differentiate ourselves from other people. It also gives us the knowledge of how our friends differ with each other. The best example would be the turtle and the rabbit. We know shallowly know that the turtle is slow and it has a small chance of winning a race. Meanwhile, the rabbit can hop as twice as much as the turtle can walk. However, what differs the two is their personalities. We all know that because of the ego of the rabbit he lost. The rabbit was too complacent of the turtle. He knew the turtle was too slow and so he did not even bother to run at first at gave the turtle a head start which led him to his defeat. Based on this story, personality really matters and it would be best not to judge a person solely based on his appearance and without even knowing his/her personality. Sometimes, it would be best if we also know how to deal with our personalities which may offend other people.
Aside from being able to differ with personality, Matt Okeefe (n.d.) added that one’s personality would not fade away. People would really have to deal with aging and changes. There will come a time people will get wrinkles on their face and have most of their teeth removed. What makes personality important is that it would fade away even though we old. It changes but it is still there.
Personality makes people better individuals. Through personality, they are able to make a good friendship with other people, a romantic relationship with their husband or wives, and strong bond with their families. Matt even pointed out that when a person dies, no one remembers them of how handsome they were. Instead, they are remembered for their personalities and the good times they had with them.
To sum these things up, personality makes a person unique and through this, we are able to differentiate a person from to other people. There are differences and attitude but it does not make us weak instead they make us strong. Personality makes us.
It also helps people to improve and be better individuals of society as it can be changed and it is not permanent that if he is born, he will be stubborn until he dies. No, personality is not static and that is the beauty of it. It can be changed to adapt and to be better individuals of the society.
Furthermore, personality does not fade away even if a person dies. Memories of good bonds and friendship will be remembered. It also made it clear to us that regardless how a physical appearance of a person is good-looking, his/her personality would still stand out and it will be the reason why most of their friends would stay.

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Not only is personality important per se, but it is also important in the aspect of the workplace. According to Woody Woodward’s Why Personality Matters in Workplace published on March 04, 2016 in http://www.foxbusiness.com, personality can be greatly described using a popular model called the Big Five. For woody, Big Five model is short to OCEAN.
O for Openness to experience
Most job seekers, sometimes composed of fresh graduates, look for jobs that are usually aligned with what they have taken up it college. The connection between their degrees is a must when they look for a job. However, not all things that are needed for work are taught in college. My teacher once said that true learning is outside the four corners of a classroom.
In relation to my course, Information Technology, most emerging trends are not taught inside the classroom. The class has heard of certain technologies but they do not really dive deep into learning it. Unfortunately, most jobs that I see is that they look for graduates with experience. If not, at least experiences with technologies that are not taught in school. This becomes a problem for many job seekers and its connection to one of the five models is that it depicts how individuals are close-minded and how they approach new experiences.
When fresh graduates get hired in IT firms, some of them, fortunately, undergo training under the company’s directive. Through this action, these graduates will be tested for their flexibility and how they adapt to new things. It is one the reasons why personality is important in a workplace because it makes companies know who to recruit and not to recruit.
If personality would not be used to filter job seekers, especially in tech companies, chances are, there would be a decline in the changes of getting a quicker road to success. Because more often than not, people who are more flexible tend to get a hold of new technologies unlike those who are not. In this field, being adaptable to the nature of technology is a must especially that technology is always changing.
Conscientiousness
The state of being conscious is a must, especially at work. According to Woody, “Individuals who are lower on the conscientiousness scale tend to be big picture thinkers and less interested in the details of how things get done.” (2016) People who tend to be more aware of their surroundings and has the personality to be conscious other people’s personality is somewhat a factor that is considered by companies.
Usually, in interviews, applicants are asked of how do they see themselves 10 years from the time they are being interviewed. This question somewhat reflects the personality of the applicant of whether he is really that interested in the job or not.
This factor really contributes to the success of a company, especially that people who have a good of vision or perception of what is more likely to happen is better than those with nothing. Woody Woodward also stressed out the word diligence because, in a workplace, a worker’s effort really matters to the entirety of the company. If the company neglects the importance of conscientiousness to a workplace, chances are, their workers would slack off and would not be productive at work.
That is why it would be best to eye on job seekers who have the personality to exert greater effort in work even if they are still fresh graduates. Some companies would really hire diligent workers despite the lack of training because they believe that training and support can just be given but the personality and the diligence are innate to a person’s attitude.
Extraversion/Intraversion
The personality of a person to be extrovert or introvert is said to be one of the most recognizable factors from an individual. How and why is it important to an individual?
Sometimes, when companies look for prospect workers they would ask if they work best under maximum or minimal supervision or if they work best with teams with or themselves. These questions somehow lead to a person’s attitude and traits, especially at work.
Knowing this before hiring is important because it helps companies know what is best for the staff and how they can contribute to the company. For example, an extroverted person will more likely to be assertive and open to his colleagues. With this kind of attitude, collaboration and teamwork are applied to the setup of work.
Extroverted persons usually interact and gain a boost from other people. They tend to work in groups because they cannot stand working with themselves. Aside from this, there may also be negative implications for extroverted persons. People like them can sometimes be overfriendly. “They can become overly friendly with staff and clients. Proper boundaries are a must if this manager is to maintain the respect of others” –Effective Management- Extroverts vs Introverts, by Rhett Power on July 9, 2014, published in http://www.inc.com
On the other hand, getting the personality of people with the tendency of introversion is also important to a workplace because introverts should most of the time work with themselves and not with a group.
Introverts gain a boost from working with themselves and they actually enjoy this. Knowing this before or after an application is important because it contributes to the productivity an introverted person can give.
If there would be a situation where they are involved with people they are unfamiliar and it is composed of many people, chances are, they would be intimidated leading to unproductivity. However, there is also a negative side to introverts.
“An introvert may not be comfortable speaking up when a general call for ideas is given. Ask him directly (possibly before the meeting) if he has suggestions.” – Effective Management- Extroverts vs Introverts, by Rhett Power on July 9, 2014, published in http://www.inc.com
Power (2014) added that introverts often have a hard time dealing and talking to other people. They are creative and nice people but sometimes, speaking their ideas out loud makes them uncomfortable and conscious.
Agreeableness
The importance of agreeableness to a workplace is that helps people to know whether a person is friendly or not. This relationship helps to have a better communication in a company and its success. Usually, people who are friendly emanate a positive behavior. This behavior would lead to a much better outcome and productivity on the project. However, if the person shows hostility to his/her colleagues, problems within the group are more likely to occur.
Communication is a vital factor in a company and problems within it will really affect the wholeness of the company. For people to agree with each other, there should be a clear means of communication. People should be clear with their thoughts and they should display positive behavior and direct approach to avoid miscommunication.
People who appear to be more agreeable tend to show positivity and a trustworthy personality. People like to have an easy chance of building a quick and solid relationship with a company. Unfortunately, there are also those who would usually oppose. Woody Woodward added, “Those high in agreeableness are more trusting and modest whereas those low in agreeableness are more suspicious and oppositional.” (2016)
At first, for job interviews, knowing people with these kinds of tendencies is really important because it can affect the flow of projects, the relationships, and the products of the company. If this is neglected, there a big chance of employing people who are hard to deal with and the unproductivity level would rise.
Neuroticism (Emotional Stability)
Another factor that contributes to why a pleasing personality is important to a company is because it deals with emotions.
In the article, Woody Woodward stated, “Those who are highly neurotic tend to be less stable and frequently demonstrate negative emotions.” (2016) Dealing with emotions, first of all, is a subjective thing that needs can only be dealt with ourselves. In a workplace environment, a person’s sensitivity to his/her colleagues is really important.
If a person would act immaturely and vent out his unpleasing personality that would spread negativity around the environment, chances are, there would be an emotional chaos. Not all people like these outbursts in emotions especially when working. I do not even like it myself because it is a distraction that keeps me from being productive.
Pleasing personality, that would contrast what was stated, is really important for workplaces. People who are mature and get a hold of themselves have a higher chance of getting hired because they can resist stress. They can manage emotional problems without disturbing other people.
In a place that is full of pressure and stress, people who are emotionally stable are commonly needed that those who are not. In short, pleasing personality also comes along with emotional intelligence or EQ.
Daniel Goleman, a writer, presents in his books – Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ and Working With Emotional Intelligence published on November 15, 1995, five categories of emotional intelligence should be also be considered when hiring people aside from pleasing personality.
First, is self-awareness. People who have self-awareness deals with words properly. Rather than taking them in as insults and complaints, self-aware people take them as constructive and beneficial for their development. Second, people to be recruited should be self-regulated. Self-regulated people are those who can get a hold of themselves and they know how to deal with their emotions. They are not the people who burst out of anger or make noises in a workplace. Not even those who bring problems from outside to work and just be unproductive. Third, motivated people. These type of people are usually optimistic and sees the good in things. They spread positivity in a work environment and they decrease the stress and pressure. Fourth, empathy. People who empathize with his/her workmates is very important because it allows other people to be open with each other with is vital in a collaboration or teamwork. Understanding each other in the context of emotions is really important because it helps build solid trust and concrete relationship which is beneficial for the company. Lastly, people skills. On top of it all, a company would not be called “company” if it only involved a single individual. Collaboration and teamwork contribute to emotional intelligence that is also needed when recruiting people for the company.
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To top all of it, pleasing personality is as much as important as the objective qualifications that are needed for work. However, these two may differ at certain points.
A pleasing personality will always stand out than a pleasing appearance. In today’s generation, society and companies do not really consider a person’s physical appearance if it looks good or not unless the company is somewhat related to an airline, marketing, or fashion industry. In most tech companies that I know, there is no need for a pleasing appearance. A pleasing personality would always have an edge because it contributes a huge factor to the success of a company.
Changes that may be applied to one’s personality is important because it is a must, especially in a work environment. Applying and working as a fresh graduate comes with certain tendencies of learning new technologies and adapting to innovations in technology. People with a much more flexible person who knows how to handle himself/herself under stress and pressure is needed other than those who are easily pressured and emotionally unstable.
A person’s neuroticism is important due to the fact that it contributes to a worker’s well-being, as well as the people around him in a workplace. A person’s capability to control himself/herself is really needed in a fast-paced environment. If companies neglect this factor in choosing their people, chances are, there would be outbursts and chaos inside the office they would not get a hold of themselves.
We also knew that neuroticism also comes with the emotional intelligence of a person because his emotions and personality depend on each other. Factors like self-awareness, self-regulation, and empathy are some of the factors that must be taken into consideration when looking for new people to work for a company.
The agreeableness of a person to a certain scenario is also important to prevent chaos from oppositions or conflicts from miscommunications within a workplace. It is best to filter out those who have the tendencies to cause conflict to avoid unproductivity and issues inside the company.
Knowing where people get their energy is also important. The introversion and extroversion of people should be known beforehand so that adjustments would be properly made. This should come along with a proper human resource management in order for people to be productive. A person’s conscientiousness is also vital to a project’s success because it keeps a clear goal inside the mind of the people. Also, the innate diligence of person is very much needed because it shows the willingness to exert effort to produce a quality outcome. These things, under the OCEAN, a big five model, simply states that personality is needed to filter out people in interviews and it is vital to the success of a workplace. A pleasing personality should be a factor in working as well.
Now going back to the original discussion, we are going to relate the importance of a pleasing personality too. The given situation is a new graduate that is seeking the job but does not pass the required job requirement such as pleasing personality.
There are a lot of possibilities why fresh graduates are not quickly hired by companies and it may be because of the lack of experience, the degree and the job does not coincide, or because the applicant does not have a pleasing personality. We have stated and stress out above that personality is an important thing in a workplace.

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Changing an unpleasant personality
Supposed a person does not really have a pleasing personality and it gives him/her a difficult time to change his personality, what should he do?
Well, there are a lot of things for people to have a better outlook on life and to simply have a pleasing personality. If we based these guides on what was stated above and follow the model it would not be so hard. Especially for that fresh graduate, if he really wants to work for companies instead of creating his own.
First, a person should probably be open. The openness that I am referring to is the openness in taking in various things may it be positive or negative. A person’s approach to the unknown and his openness in experiencing new encounters could be started. Second, people may try to be a bit more sensitive and conscious of other people’s actions and feelings. The condition of being cognizant is an absolute necessity, particularly at work. There would come a time that we would be so close to other people that we make jokes about them that sometimes it is insulting. During these times, it would be best to realize and improve a person’s personality. Being conscious would really be one of the best steps to have a pleasing personality because it directly deals with other people. Third, the knowledge of a person about themselves is also important so that they could properly adapt and adjust to the people around them. If you know that you are extroverted, sometimes, it would be best to also mingle with those who are introverted. Fourth, a person could try to be more agreeable. The significance of suitability to a work environment is that encourages individuals to know whether a man is agreeable or not. To be trustworthy is really important because it is a way to improve communication and relationship with a workplace. If this is not present, it somehow means that you cannot be trusted and agreed to easily maybe because of your unpleasant personality. Nevertheless, by simply being able to hear and respect other people’s opinion, it will slowly show that you are agreeable.
Lastly, for an unpleasant personality to change, one should be able to control rages and emotional outbursts.
In a place that is full of weight and stress, individuals who are sincerely steady are usually required that the individuals who are definitely not. To put it plainly, satisfying identity additionally joins passionate knowledge or EQ.
Maturity is not simply acquired. One needs to have a lot of experiences to be mature which means, to be emotionally stable, a person needs to be mature enough of his/her feelings.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Personality and Success:
On the side note, Mark Zuckerberg has said to be one of the perfect personalities to achieve most things in a quick manner – 8 Personality Traits of Mark Zuckerberg by Smita Bhardwaj published on May 9, 2017, in http://www.businessalligators.com.
Mark Zuckerberg appears to be an INTJ type of person. INTJ stands for Introversion, Intuition, Thinking and Judgment. Each of these represents a person’s personality, how he/she deals with almost everything.
Above, we have stated the differences between an extrovert and introverted person. We pointed out that extroverts gain energy from people while introverts gain energy from themselves. We also stressed out that extroverts are good at team plays and they do not really bother to work with a team, unlike introverts.
On the other hand, it appears that Mark Zuckerberg is introvert, unlike other CEOs. “… he is seen communicating very less during presentations to investors.” (Bharwadj, 2017) If we are going to base on society, we typically think that CEOs are more of extroverts because they usually deal with their human resources and converse with a lot of people. However, Mark Zuckerberg is different and this personality does not really define him as a successful CEO of Facebook.
Furthermore, Mark Zuckerberg seems to be intuitive based on his personality. Mark appears to be quick in understanding situations in his workplace and that he is able to comprehend things with easily. In a recent study from Paysa using Watson, IBM’s supercomputer, Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s personality was analyzed. In the results, it showed that Mark’s top 5 personalities showed a high level of intellect. This level is also similar to SpaceX Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
This personality fully complements his third personality which is Thinking. According to Smita Bhardwaj, “Being a typical INTJ, he has a vision and he works on the path to achieve his vision and goal.” (2017) Smita (2017) added that Mark tends to schedule and maintain control to achieve whatever he wants to achieve.
Furthermore, Mark Zuckerberg’s personality of Judgement makes him a great CEO because this personality somewhat signifies his decisiveness and objectivity when it comes to decision making.

How he became successful
The new graduate may extract inspiration from various CEOs and one could be Mark Zuckerberg. If the newly graduate intends to be the boss and create his own start-up company, he/she may use Mark Zuckerberg’s success as his outline.
“Like every other entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg’s passion for his work and ambition to bring it to the benefit of people was commendable.” (Bhardwaj, 2017). Smita Bhardwaj (2017) said the Mark was very passionate about his work. He exerted a lot of effort to attain what he has now. Also, Mark did the best that he could so that he could provide what was best for the majority of his people. Mark surely did have a challenging time throughout the years but it turned out that he succeeded and he continues to improve.
Mark embodies an attitude of a hardworking dutiful person. Despite the failures and challenges, he continued and faced them all.
Aside from that, Mark became successful because “Mark Zuckerberg had only one vision in his mind and that was to make a more connected and open world.” (Bhardwaj, 2017) According to Smita’s article, Mark did not really intend to have Facebook as a company. It was created to accomplish his goals to bring people closer together using the means of technology. This purpose of bringing people together actually turned out as success and because of this concentration to the vision, Mark succeeded in the goals that he wanted to achieve.
Mark Zuckerberg’s vision did not only focus on himself and his ideas but also to his team. Smita Bhardwaj pointed out, “He believes a great team is all you need to be successful. He knows very well that you cannot build a great company all by yourself. You need to know how to build just the right relations with the people.” (2017)
Even Mark knows that for an idea to succeed, one should not only deal with himself. Knowing the strengths and capabilities of your team is really helpful concept especially for succeeding. Trusting them is also a good thing. Additionally, Mark took any risks and he was never afraid of it. “Mark Zuckerberg was never afraid of taking risks when it came to Facebook. He had such a faith in his work that even while raising money for Facebook he canceled on his meetings, ignored some important phone calls, maintained distance from some major investors and all this he did to just build up the hype and demand.” (Bhardwaj, 2017)
It also appears that Mark Zuckerberg was assertive and strict but an encouraging leader. “It is true that Mark Zuckerberg gets aggressive when he doesn’t get the results on time. His teammates define him as a person who demands constant innovation as well as growth.” (Bhardwaj, 2017) Although Mark was somewhat strict in his workplace, he still gave his employees the freedom to innovate and think outside the box. Through this concept, his employees can say that Mark only wants them to grow and innovate more. Smita Bhardwaj also added, “He always pushes his employees to deliver more than what is required of them. He is over assertive and wants to get thing his way. But he knows when to stop and give away as well.”
Although Mark was strict at some point, he also knew when to stop which means that Mark is really a great and mature leader.
Mark was even a down to earth person according to Smitha Bhardwaj. Smitha said, “He is least bothered about his appearance and doesn’t care about getting in tune with the latest fashion which makes him a proper INTJ type person.” (2017) Smitha Bhardwaj (2017) also added that Mark likes to chat with regular people, and he even organizes question answers session, donate billions of his income to various organizations and charities.
This type of personality makes Mark a one of a kind boss that many CEOs should consider. It is because aside from his technical skills as a coder or CEO, he is an empathetic person that really wants to fulfill his vision of connecting people from around the world using technology.
Mark’s attitude of focusing on important things also gave him success. Mark Zuckerberg took words from other people constructively. Smitha Bhardwaj stated, “He always took all the criticism in a positive way and treated it as a source to fuel creativity, innovation, and actions that have resulted in his success.” (2017)
Smitha Bhardwaj further stated, “According to Mark Zuckerberg, moving fast is a personality trait that has enabled him and his team to build more things and learn faster. The idea here is that if you are not breaking anything then you probably are not moving at a fast pace.” (2017) Sometimes, it would be best to stay in middle: moving fast to grow and then move slowly to avoid potential threats that could harm the growth.
Lastly, one of the best things that contributed to the success of Mark Zuckerberg and his company according to Smitha Bhardwaj’s online article, Mark listened to the reviews and suggestions of his users. He learned to adapt and applied changes to Facebook based on his application’s user reviews. “Zuckerberg believes in listening to the users both qualitatively and quantitatively. He made a lot of changes in the Facebook based on the experience of the users and their feedback. A lot of innovation happened on the Facebook because of the interaction and feedbacks of the users.” (Bhardwaj, 2017) Smitha Bhardwaj added, “He learned that user experience mattered a lot and while making his decisions he adapted to include user experience as well.” (2017)

Importance of Technopreneurship to Personality
The importance of Technopreneurship to personality and vice versa can be defined in a lot of ways. According to Rajesh Shakya’s What is Technopreneurship?, “A technopreneur is an entrepreneur who is technology savvy, creative, innovative, dynamic, dares to be different and take the unexplored path, and very passionate about their work. They take challenges and strive to lead their life with greater success. They do not fear to fail. They take failure as a learning experience, a stimulator to look things differently and stride for next challenge. Technopreneurs continuously go through an organic process of continual improvement and always try to redefine the dynamic digital economy.” (2007)
Let’s dissect what Rajesh Shakya said. First, he stated that a technopreneur dares to be different and take the unexplored path. We have discussed earlier that people with pleasing personality is being themselves and they do not imitate other people. Thus, maybe the fresh graduate did not qualify as a technopreneur maybe because he/she was not being true to himself/herself. It was even stated earlier that personality, similar to technology, is what makes us unique to other people. That is why if we imitate other people, we are being like not and not what we really are. Furthermore, it was said that they take the unexplored path. One of the five models of personality discussed openness. In openness, the flexibility of an individual to get hold of the unknown, or new technologies is way better than those who stick and neglect change. It is not a good point to recruit people who are stagnant and neglectful to change especially that they are under the always evolving field of IT.
Rajesh Shakya (2017) also added that technopreneurs are very passionate about their work. Under the conscientiousness section of the OCEAN, the Big five model which Woody Woodward discussed, he made it clear the diligence is a must. Relating it to technopreneurs, diligence should really exist within themselves especially that it requires various factors to work on in Technopreneurship. – a business model, income generation, target audience, the main idea, development, etc.
People who are too clumsy and complacent not to work cannot just simply be a technopreneur. One really needs to work hard for their innovations to succeed. Additionally, Rajesh Shakya pointed, “…technopreneurs take challenges and strive to lead their life with greater success.” (2007)
Technopreneurs are somewhat daring in their field because they encounter challenges head-on. Sensitive people who cannot get a hold of themselves cannot simply just take these challenges. We even stated above that the personality of being emotionally stable is also a must in working, how much more in the field of Technopreneurship? In this field, there will be a lot of challenges, pressure, and stress around its environment and to be a technopreneur, you have to face it with emotional stability. Not only does Technopreneurship deal with its target market but it also deals with the one who generated the idea himself/herself. If the idea does not work, go to plan, or convince people from buying it, a technopreneur would more likely to continue and improve. Unlike people with unpleasing personality, chances are, they would stop, be discouraged, and easily give up.
Also, what makes Technopreneurship important to having a pleasing personality is that “…They do not fear to fail. They take failure as a learning experience, a stimulator to look things differently and stride for next challenge.”– (Shakya, 2007)
Technopreneurs deal failure with ease and they even take it as a learning experience, not as a hindrance. I do think they believe that failure is one of the keys to an improvement of being a better technopreneur. To be able to take it as a lesson, it all goes back to a person’s personality and how he/she is going to take failure.
It would not be that hard if his/her personality is accompanied by the five categories of emotional intelligence. We have discussed above that personality comes with EQ. Technopreneurs are probably self-aware. They deal with constructive criticisms professionally and do not think of it as complaints nor insults. If they fail, they are not like other people who burst out like a mad dog. Instead, they learn from it and prevent it from happening again. Lastly, Rajesh Shakya said, “Technopreneurs continuously go through an organic process of continual improvement and always try to redefine the dynamic digital economy.” (2007) For me, technopreneurs are awesome simply because they are matured individuals and they possess a pleasing personality. Technopreneurs know what to do in times of distress and pressure. They know how to deal with failure and get over it. Aside from their skills and capabilities on technicality and creativity, they are people who are being themselves–possessing a uniqueness that makes them mostly different from other people. The stated situation might have been because the newly graduated person did not qualify to be a technopreneur or he/she did not meet the standards of Technopreneurship. Pleasing personality meets Technopreneurship in various ways and it is amazing to think that personality greatly relates to Technopreneurship. It deals with its target-market after all.

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A newly graduate that is seeking the job but does not pass the required job requirement such as pleasing personality.
Although there are many factors that contribute to the stated situation where the fresh graduate did not pass the job requirements for his desired company, it still does not mean that it is the end for him. As what I have stated above, personality can still be changed and it does not mean that if he is somewhat unpleasing to other people, he is unpleasing forever.
A pleasing personality should coincide with Technopreneurship to meet success. Given that, it means that Technopreneurship and a pleasing personality is important to each other because they help each other to achieve the path to success. It may seem absurd but people, especially leaders like CEOs, who do not give value or worth to their people would more likely land on failure.
While those who possess pleasing personalities have better future in life even in they ought to be employees working for a boss or as a boss managing people for the betterment of the company.
Also, we made it clear that a person’s physical appearance would really matter especially in the tech industry. This subjective thing is most of the time defeated by a pleasing personality.
One of the importance of Technopreneurship to discuss in this matter is that if he cannot pass the interview or fulfill the requirements needed by other company, he can just make his own start-up company. Because instead of wasting his time for looking for work, he can just actually make his own.
There are also a lot of factors to look at when he wants to be a technopreneur and start his own company. However, this does not mean that if he becomes the boss of his own company, it does not necessarily mean that his personality should remain stagnant as what it is. The boss’ personality may still affect the start-up company that he is planning to create.
For example, the boss is sort of stubborn, unruly, and emotionally unstable. With this situation, chances are, if he is going to hire people to work for him, other people might think negatively of him which would result for the boss to have a difficult time to look for compose his own team.
Also, if he successfully creates his own team yet his personality does not change, there would be a possibility that his teammates would turn out unproductive and intimidated by him. Because of this effects, the start-up company would more likely to fail.
A technopreneur cannot just be so full of himself and think what’s best for his idea only. He should also consider the well-being of his team by being conscious of his personality and being empathetic to other people. Through this way, the positivity that would be emanated from the boss would depict positive vibes that will really help his team and the start-up company.
Regardless of what the fresh graduate is trying to achieve; may it be to apply as an employee for other people or to work as the boss and create a start-up company, a pleasing personality still matters.
If the fresh graduate really wants to work for a company, he needs to change his unpleasing personality because if he does not, chances are, he would be unemployed for quite some time. If he chooses to create a start-up company and boss around his people with his unpleasant personality, chances are, many of his people would quit and would unproductive at work. Personality is somewhat a double-edged sword. It may be unpleasant or pleasant for other people. Personality depends on one’s self and how he/she reflects on himself/herself and grow maturely to be a better individual of the society.
After all, the importance of Technopreneurship to a pleasing personality is that it leads to success. People who possess pleasing personality, may he be an employee or a boss in a start-up company, has the capability to have a positive outlook on life and treat trials or failures as a lesson. In Technopreneurship, the road to success has a lot of twists and turns and a man with an unpleasing personality would more likely to be challenged in most aspects of his life, unlike the one who has a pleasing personality.