“Curious collaborator” techie persona
Are your employees good at developing personal connections? You many have identified a 'curious collaborator'. Find out more about this techie persona.
How to identify “curious collaborators”
Techies who fit within this persona will generally come across as sociable and personable. They are not just good talkers but also good listeners and are able to find a source of connection with almost anyone. While they are extroverted, they are not overwhelmingly enthusiastic; in fact, they have a fairly calm demeanour.
To identify a curious collaborator, evaluate the interviewee’s understanding of your product/services, and try to gauge how they would use these to solve a specific business problem. A curious collaborator is likely to display high levels of inquisitiveness and a strong interest in learning – their problem-solving methods are likely to be innovative and deliberate.
Interested in:
- Developing personal connections
- Intellectually stimulating roles
Industries of interest:
- Open to all industries*
Preferred specialities:
- Cybersecurity
- General IT
View our report on the different temperaments of a techie here
Hiring and retention for this group:
If a company is looking for a new tech hire who will increase the sociability of a group, making connections and perhaps bridging gaps across different teams, a curious collaborators is ideal. The area to focus on in order to attract this persona is how the role would be intellectually stimulating, providing a real challenge. Again, this comes on top of an attractive salary, benefits and a healthy work-life balance, which will also help to retain these employees.
Most curious collaborators are likely to stay in a role for over 5 years. So, as long as their main needs are met (in terms of work-life balance and salary), it shouldn’t be too difficult to keep them in the company.
The curious collaborators voiced no specific industry they would like to work in. Again, this perhaps highlights differing priorities; making connections is key for them, irrespective of the industry. That said, compared to the other groups, they were more likely to want to work in Education, although it did still rank fairly low for them.
They favoured Cybersecurity above other specialties, jointly with General I.T. They were least interested in working in Blockchain and Devops. A relatively high proportion said that they have no preference of specialty – as with their (lack of) industry preferences, they may be less bothered about specialising because their primary focus is on building a wide network of professional connections.
From comparing the curious collaborators to the personalities of all of the individuals in tech roles in Good&Co’s database, there are relatively high numbers of them in the Manufacturing & Utilities industries. They are especially prevalent in Architect roles (e.g. Network Architect, Systems Architect), Infrastructure roles (e.g. Information Systems Technician), and Software Developer roles. They closely fit more roles than any other persona, which, again, points to their open-mindedness when it comes to speciality for the sake of growing their network.
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