Comments on: TC at TJ’s http://hrlori.com/tc-at-tjs/ Attempting to Unravel the Complex World of California Human Resources Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Janice Pence http://hrlori.com/tc-at-tjs/comment-page-1/#comment-28498 Janice Pence Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:36:10 +0000 http://hrlori.com/tc-at-tjs/#comment-28498 Don’t you just love walking into a store and find an employee that just makes you smile? I was in a Macaroni Grill the other night and the waitress just made you smile. She obviously loved her job and took pride in it. Isn’t that the real goal for all of us in HR? To match people with jobs they will love. To help them find that little piece of heaven most of us call job satisfaction. Your experience at TJ and mine and Macaroni Grill are the exceptions I imagine. Most people have a job and not a career. I actually try to test to find people who will be happy in a job. I firmly believe that anyone can do any job. However you must look to find someone who is happy with the tasks that a particular job entails. For instance, we could all be a garbage collector, but some people are actually happy doing that job – and take every opportunity to make those around them happy. I began using the <a href="http://www.knowyourtype.com" rel="nofollow">Myers-Briggs test</a> to look for this. Specifically I use their Career Report. If I can find people who will be happy in their job, then they will feel more fulfilled and work harder in their task. It seems simple enough right?!? I don’t know if the <a href="http://www.knowyourtype.com/mbti.html" rel="nofollow">MBTI</a> is the answer, but it was a starting place. Share more stories like yours at TJs. I do the same thing, when I find someone who goes out of their way I always ask if they love their job. The majority of the time they say yes. I want to find those people to work in my company. Don’t you just love walking into a store and find an employee that just makes you smile? I was in a Macaroni Grill the other night and the waitress just made you smile. She obviously loved her job and took pride in it. Isn’t that the real goal for all of us in HR? To match people with jobs they will love. To help them find that little piece of heaven most of us call job satisfaction.

Your experience at TJ and mine and Macaroni Grill are the exceptions I imagine. Most people have a job and not a career. I actually try to test to find people who will be happy in a job. I firmly believe that anyone can do any job. However you must look to find someone who is happy with the tasks that a particular job entails. For instance, we could all be a garbage collector, but some people are actually happy doing that job – and take every opportunity to make those around them happy.

I began using the Myers-Briggs test to look for this. Specifically I use their Career Report. If I can find people who will be happy in their job, then they will feel more fulfilled and work harder in their task. It seems simple enough right?!? I don’t know if the MBTI is the answer, but it was a starting place.

Share more stories like yours at TJs. I do the same thing, when I find someone who goes out of their way I always ask if they love their job. The majority of the time they say yes. I want to find those people to work in my company.

]]> By: Teri http://hrlori.com/tc-at-tjs/comment-page-1/#comment-28440 Teri Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:05:18 +0000 http://hrlori.com/tc-at-tjs/#comment-28440 You know, I'm surprised that the TJ's on 9th doesn't have a rep for having friendly cashiers. I've always been pleasantly surprised over how outgoing TJ's employees are in Southern and Northern California. Anyway, I just found your blog and look forward to reading the rest of your entries! You know, I’m surprised that the TJ’s on 9th doesn’t have a rep for having friendly cashiers. I’ve always been pleasantly surprised over how outgoing TJ’s employees are in Southern and Northern California.

Anyway, I just found your blog and look forward to reading the rest of your entries!

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