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December 10, 2012

The next new buzzwords for your resume: Social Sensitivity

Submitted by Larry Petcovic on Mon, 2010-11-01 11:49

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Journal reference: Science, DOI:

10.1126/science.1193147

That s

right; Social Sensitivity. The referenced Science article is yet another study providing evidence for the

value you can bring to a team or work group as a full participant while demonstrating

your ability to foster the full participation of all other team or work group

members. It s another study that finds

the collective intelligence of the group (called the c factor ) to be better

than any one individual, especially the real-bright bulbs! Social sensitivity

has hit the Wall Street Journal and

every other business journal.

What

this implies for resume writers and readers is that it will soon be NOT GOOD

ENOUGH to use I was a team member language.

The behavior-based interviewers will be asking, Give me your most

recent experience in the role of a team member when you demonstrated exception

social sensitivity. As for the resume,

you need statements like as a team, we adopted social sensitivity techniques

which I reinforced by taking the time necessary to ensure every member of the

team provided input before we . Start

thinking about when, if at all, you ever practiced social sensitivity at work

or any other environment.

Social sensitivity will be especially difficult

for postdocs to master. As a budding

EXPERT, the need to answer questions first and with authority is coupled in the

mind as demonstrating scientific expertise. This will not be welcomed behavior

in industry. So who do you think will

get the job: the me sensitive scientist with publications, first-in-class

citations, and the immature need to be recognized as the smartest one in the

group; or the equally published scientist, top 10% of class, but with a focus

on developing the best science in fellow team members?

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