Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
I began my internship with Talent Metrics after seeing the posting on LinkedIn for a remote Summer consulting research internship. I was immediately intrigued because after submitting my resume I was asked to complete a general I-O knowledge test along with providing a work sample of my writing. While I had samples available from class, they asked for me to generate one related to information they provided, which I thought was a cool way of evening the playing field if an applicant did not have a suitable work sample. After interviewing, I was extended an offer after a conversation of what projects were being worked on, which I also appreciated because it felt as close to a realistic job preview as possible prior to signing an NDA. It was wonderful to see the techniques that I have learned about in class being used, in real time, on me. I completed two major projects with as a Consulting Research Intern with Talent Metrics, along with providing general support for other projects. General support included the formatting of real-world data, contributing opinions and questions to the development of a situational judgement test, and contributing to improvement of the onboarding process for new interns. The two projects I completed were a DEI white paper and the validation report of a survey. The DEI white paper was important to me because it was my first chance at writing for the specific audience that Talent Metrics caters to. I experienced the challenge of the scientist-practitioner gap of translating science into actionable business knowledge. I also completed a validation report of an employee engagement survey. This process included cleaning and running data, as well as writing about the psychometric properties of the survey. One interesting challenge was formatting the document in a way that made sense for clients. At Talent Metrics, I learned how to handle real world data and how to be creative in organizing and approaching data analysis when the data is messy. I also honed my skills in writing scientifically for an audience that may implement and use the science. I felt that I was able to succeed in this internship because Talent Metrics applied the lessons of I-O psychology and created a psychologically safe environment where I could perform and ask questions.
Date
10-16-2021
Subject
Industrial and organizational psychology
Document Type
posters
Language
English
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License
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Included in
Being annoyingly high in psychological safety: an internship
I began my internship with Talent Metrics after seeing the posting on LinkedIn for a remote Summer consulting research internship. I was immediately intrigued because after submitting my resume I was asked to complete a general I-O knowledge test along with providing a work sample of my writing. While I had samples available from class, they asked for me to generate one related to information they provided, which I thought was a cool way of evening the playing field if an applicant did not have a suitable work sample. After interviewing, I was extended an offer after a conversation of what projects were being worked on, which I also appreciated because it felt as close to a realistic job preview as possible prior to signing an NDA. It was wonderful to see the techniques that I have learned about in class being used, in real time, on me. I completed two major projects with as a Consulting Research Intern with Talent Metrics, along with providing general support for other projects. General support included the formatting of real-world data, contributing opinions and questions to the development of a situational judgement test, and contributing to improvement of the onboarding process for new interns. The two projects I completed were a DEI white paper and the validation report of a survey. The DEI white paper was important to me because it was my first chance at writing for the specific audience that Talent Metrics caters to. I experienced the challenge of the scientist-practitioner gap of translating science into actionable business knowledge. I also completed a validation report of an employee engagement survey. This process included cleaning and running data, as well as writing about the psychometric properties of the survey. One interesting challenge was formatting the document in a way that made sense for clients. At Talent Metrics, I learned how to handle real world data and how to be creative in organizing and approaching data analysis when the data is messy. I also honed my skills in writing scientifically for an audience that may implement and use the science. I felt that I was able to succeed in this internship because Talent Metrics applied the lessons of I-O psychology and created a psychologically safe environment where I could perform and ask questions.
Department
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dept. of Psychology