Imagine that, in your role as HR manager for Pacific Coast Credit Union, you have been asked to administer a personality test to candidates applying for a management trainee position. Management trainees will rotate among various branches to gain a solid knowledge base and will ultimately be expected to manage a branch, which involves achieving specific objectives and managing staff. You select a tool that measures the five dimensions in the five-factor model.

• Which personality traits would you consider to be most important for this type of job and why?
• What "caveats" would you want to apply when analyzing the results? For example, what might you share with the hiring panel about the respective merits and deficiencies about using personality profiling to make a hiring decision?
• Thinking about what you learned about stress management and happiness, what other qualities might you look for in these candidates?