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Old Jan 03, 2015, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by CosmicRose View Post
I agree with you nonightowl. It seems like employers are always in favor of outgoing bubbly extroverts who have the energy of an energizer bunny. Which makes me wonder...is there any jobs out there where employers would actually prefer an introvert?

I was always made to feel weird for being quiet. I literally got called weird, and stuck up by people. I never thought being quiet would make someone seem "stuck up", this really confused me. My sister even went so far as to say I "seem rude" because I wasn't actively contributing to a social party/setting and was acting more of a wall flower.

I would assume that extroverts would be the ones hindering introverts. I can't really imagine how an introvert would hinder an extrovert...it's not like someone who is quiet would in any way get in between an extrovert and their work. There's a big difference between not doing a job you're supposed to do and being quiet...
I agree.....I've never seen ANY ad that says "introverts preferred." WTF? The world is ruled by extroverts, just like it's ruled still (mostly) by men.

Whether one can do the job should be the point, not how quiet someone is. I can understand employers asking for outgoing extroverts for SALES jobs. But for Pete's sake, for a job stocking shelves in the storeroom??? I guess they want to be the Energizer Bunny (good one!) around your co-workers too.

Extroverts can sometimes be so busy being "outgoing" and "friendly" that they are not doing their jobs......

THEY get in the way with their "in-your-face" personalities, getting in the way of quieter people being heard and recognized/appreciated.

I'll never buy what that article says.

All my life (though less now as an adult) people would act like being quiet is a FLAW. I also used to be called stuck up all the time, but at one time I was REALLY SHY. I didn't think people were too good for me; I thought I was not good enough for THEM. Hence, the shyness.

Some theories have been that outgoing people are uncomfortable around introverts because they don't know what they are thinking. Yeah, I'm plotting to kill you so you'll shut up, LOL.

Not shy now...I will say and write what I want these days.

People SUCK. Assume so much about people without knowing them first.
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