More than ever, employers want employees who can produce results! Here are five qualities employers seek in such employees. 1. Attitude. You hear a lot about folks with an attitude. If youve got an attitude, lose it! Employers want employees with these attitudes: * Can do attitude
* Im willing to risk failing to give it a go attitude
* Im willing to apply myself and learn attitude
Smart employers hire for attitude and train for skill. 2. Process Thinkers. Doing your work well used to be good enough. Now employers need workers that both do their work well and think about how they do their work simultaneously! Do you ever perform a task more than once? Do you do it the same way the second time? Shame on you if you do! Think about what can be done: * Faster
* With less effort
* Smarter
Then change how you do it. Your employer will love you for it! 3. Problem Solvers. Face it, we consume someone elses product at work and produce a product for someone else. How well you manage the chain above you and support the chain below you effects how well the company works. Employers want folks who know how they affect everyone elses work and affect it positively. Communicate clearly what you need from the folks who produce the product you use. Be receptive to the needs of the consumers of your product. Youre all working to accomplish the same goal make the process as smooth as possible for everyone! 4. Emotional Intelligence. I rode the subway to and from work in Washington, D.C. for over 20 years. If I had a nickel for every conversation I overhead about bickering, uncooperative co-workers, Id never have to work another day in my life! Employers want employees who are: Not Judgmental. Give your co-workers the benefit of the doubt. Focus on getting a result or solving the problem at hand. Ask yourself, Do I know all the facts? Judging puts you in an emotional quagmire. Dont go there! Above Hearsay. In court, testimony is inadmissible unless the witness tells what he or she observed with his or her five senses. Dont repeat anything that you dont know first-hand. Build credibility by not taking sides or gossiping. Report only what you know! Dont speculate! Dont Project. Psychologists tell us that we see our own faults in others behavior. Know yourself and what you dont like about yourself, and then deal with it outside of work! Dont project it onto your colleagues. 5. Aligned with the Company. In their book, A Simpler Way, Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers posit that we gather in organizations to do work we cant accomplish alone. But we must make sure our personal life vision is aligned with the vision of the company. If we cant support the companys vision, we withdraw our energy from the company and invest it elsewhere. Neither you nor your employer is well served if you cant support your employers mission. Do your homework before, during and after your interview. Check the company website, its annual report and anything else you can find about it. If you cant support the companys purpose, find one you can support! Employees with results-driven attitudes, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, emotionally well adjusted and aligned with the company are worth their weight in gold! Figure out how to be this way yourself and employers will clamor to work with you! Copyright 2005 by Fruition Coaching. All Rights Reserved. |
