Hiring a Registered Nurse? Here’s Your Ideal Candidate According to Behavioral Science

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the fifth blog in a series about “ideal candidates”.

We take a position, run it through TalentSorter’s scientific algorithm, and provide you with the behavioral characteristics of an “ideal candidate” (note: download the full report at the bottom of the post).

Because of the way TalentSorter has been designed, it is able to compare the personality traits and other attributes of an individual to those of people who have been high performers in a given role, and generate a FitScore™ that is a very accurate predictor of success.

Learn more about our behavioral hiring science here.

Ideal Candidate Traits: Registered Nurse

Extraversion: Degree to which one requires social interaction and authority.

A Registered Nurse position calls for people that display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate is content working in a group setting, and often seeks out a leadership role.

Agreeableness: Tendency to be friendly, approachable, and easy to get along with.

This position calls for people that display this trait like most people. The ideal candidate usually cooperates with others in order to ensure group harmony as long as their goals do not drastically differ from those of the candidate.

Conscientiousness: Tendency to strive for perfection, sometimes at all costs.

Registered Nurses should display this trait differently than most people. The ideal candidate usually develops a thorough plan before beginning a task.

Stability: Degree to which one reacts positively to negative or stressful situations.

This position calls for people that display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate is usually objective in their decision making and actions, even in trying circumstances.

Openness:  Willingness to try new ways of doing things.

Registered Nurses should display this trait like most people. The ideal candidate usually appreciates being able to try new methods, but is able to accept tried and true methods as well.

Resolve: Willingness to work for the intrinsic benefit of work and its ability to enhance character.

This position calls for people that display this trait differently than most people. The ideal candidate tends to be passionate about their work and get a lot of enjoyment and pleasure out of it.

Reliability: Tendency to behave in an uncompromising and consistently honest, moral, and ethical manner.

This position calls for people that display this trait differently than most people. The ideal RN candidate always follows through on their commitments to others to the extent they are in control of a situation.

Compliance: The degree to which an individual is willing to follow policies, external controls and supervision, and to work within the rules.

A RN should display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate is comfortable interacting and taking direction from those in authority.

Acumen: Tendency to use logic and objective information in decision-making process.

This position calls for people that display this trait differently than most people. The ideal candidate prefers to base their decisions on factual information rather than intuition.

Tact: Tendency to consider the feelings of others when communicating.

A Registered Nurse display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate often masks their true feelings when they are expressing themself to others in order to avoid interpersonal conflict.

Compassion: Willingness and ability to identify with, or vicariously experience, the feelings and emotions of others.

This position calls for people that display this trait more prominently than most people. The ideal candidate is generally known for their ability to identify with others and is often moved by others emotions.

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