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PROFILE : My journey to Professional Registration - Innocent Gininda

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Innocent Gininda shares his journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng), emphasizing the importance of mentorship, early preparation, and understanding ECSA requirements. He offers advice to aspiring PrEngs, highlighting the value of diverse feedback and a positive mindset. My journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) culminated successfully in November 2024. I was fortunate to begin my career at a company with a Commitment and Undertaking (C&U) Agreement with ECSA and a robust mentorship program. This commitment to training engineers to the standard required for Professional Registration provided me with essential resources and a structured path to track my experience against ECSA requirements. Early exposure to these expectations instilled a positive outlook on registration and solidified my desire to achieve this milestone. My views on Professional Registration have remained consistently positive throughout this journey. Working alongside ...
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CAREERTIP : Emotional intelligence is valuable, but perceptivity is essential.

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Emotional intelligence can provide insight into individuals' current emotions. However, understanding personality traits and deep-rooted issues is essential for a comprehensive understanding of someone. Perceptivity is associated with better performance, and enhancing it can improve decision-making related to people matters in the workplace.

For years, the idea that some people are innately better at judging character than others has been questioned by researchers, who believe that perceptivity is a learned skill rather than a natural ability. However, recent studies on "the good judge" of character suggest that some people may have a natural advantage in this area. The vast majority of professionals believe their judgment of others' personalities is accurate. However, they often fall prey to biases that distort their perceptions and lead to poor decision-making.

Numerous studies have established links between specific personality traits and strong job performance. Since these links are statistically significant, it is reasonable to assume that the ability to identify these traits in others provides a significant advantage.

Perceptivity offers an advantage over the superficial shortcuts and stereotypes commonly used in assessing others. Just like an X-ray machine in a doctor's office, perceptivity can provide an accurate and detailed picture of an individual's character, enabling you to see beyond superficial characteristics such as race, religion, socioeconomic status, and political beliefs. This insight can lead to better decision-making based on an understanding of core character.

Research shows that good judges of personality tend to be more relationship-oriented, agreeable, and positive-minded than others. However, even if we lack these innate traits, we can cultivate specific skills, habits, and tendencies that allow us to accurately assess individuals' character.

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