Why How You Work Gets You Hired
How work-style behavioral alignment influences hiring outcomes
Key Findings at a Glance:
Hiring Has Shifted From Credentials to Work-Style Behavior.
Degrees, job titles, and technical skills no longer reliably predict performance or retention.
Employers are replacing credential-based hiring with work-style behavioral alignment as the
primary signal of long-term success.
Skills Open Doors. Behavior Determines Who Gets Hired.
Technical skills show what a candidate can do, but work-style behavior reveals what they
will do under pressure, ambiguity, and collaboration. Most hiring failures occur when
this behavioral dimension is ignored.
Work-Style Can Be Measured Scientifically.
Modern behavioral hiring is grounded in validated psychometrics, most notably the Big Five
behavioral framework. These and related assessments quantify how individuals think, decide,
collaborate, adapt, and perform across environments.
O*NET Is the Gold Standard for Predicting Job Success
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database defines 16 work-style traits empirically linked to
success across 900+ occupations. Mapping candidate behavior to O*NET benchmarks turns hiring
from intuition into predictive science.
Behavioral Alignment Delivers Measurable ROI
Organizations that hire for work-style alignment see lower turnover, faster productivity,
and higher profitability. Behavioral alignment reduces role stress, improves engagement, and
directly impacts financial performance.
The TraitDNA™ Work-Style Assessment:
- Developed and scientifically validated by I/O PhD psychometric psychologists at
GlobalProsLabs.
- Benchmarked against O*NET occupational success traits.
- Role-specific alignment scoring, not personality typing.
- Designed for hiring relevance, not self-description.
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