5 reasons why multipotentialites are the best people to hire…

Multipotentialites or Generalists are people with multiple interests and creative pursuits. They possess the knowledge of multiple skills, however they may or may using all their skills at a given point in time. However it is always best for the employer to identify multipods with a desired mix of skill-sets and hire them.

Below is the list of top 5 reasons/skills to hire them –

1. Adaptability — As employers are increasingly relying on flexible job roles, adaptability is most sought after requirement that they look for. The changes in technologies, work culture and globalization have resulted in increased demand for more adaptable employees. They have always fulfilled this requirement as they possess valuable experience in multiple roles; hence adaptability comes naturally to them.
2. A Beginner’s mind — Whenever a multipotentialite is hired, even though he is experienced beforehand yet he will start with a all-new afresh mindset i.e. a beginner’s mind. This may lead him to think and understand the new role critically but once he’s got the momentum, he leads and can even outperform others.
3. Easily Trainable — Experts believe a beginner’s mind is more often easy to train and excited to learn new concepts. When it comes to training, there are no rules that apply because a lot of factors count in to train the person. My personal experience is because multipods are good at bridging the relationships among different skills and then present all-new creative solution to the business problem, it is a rare gift to them than anyone else.
4. Amazingly Creative — They are able to connect dots and a person who has the ability to connect dots and then reach at meaningful conclusions is always creative. Actually, their creativity is spread in all the directions, so whenever organizations want to uncover those creative solutions; multipotentialites are the secret key to success.
5. Knowledgeable — They possess multi-level knowledge as they give a lot of importance to explore new dimensions of knowledge. It helps them expand their vision to something beyond and far where sometimes specialists can actually miss the mark.

For more details, please watch our video chat session with Arnold Beekes where we’ve discussed about Multipotentialite jobs and explored various reasons — why the world needs Multipotentialites.

Originally published at www.multipotentialites.com on May 1, 2016.