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Personal Traits Sought By Employers

Employers are requiring more of their employees today in a technologically fast paced world. Employees must be able to not only adapt and thrive to an ever-changing world, but also must possess many skills and traits that will showcase and make them stand out from the crowd when job searching.

A resume must not only show potential employers a wide array of skills, work experience, accomplishments, but also character traits. The following personal traits in this article are some of the most sought-after qualities found on resumes; ones that are sure to get the attention of potential employers.

Professional

Professionalism is the ability of an employee to ‘be professional’ [remain calm, respectful, and keep their verbal / physical composure], within a variety of diverse, complex and/or stressful situations. Professionalism extends to appropriate appearance/dress for the position. Professionals complete high-quality work on time.

When an employee becomes part of a company, they also represent that company. Most employers desire candidates that will represent their company properly. When you tell your potential employer that you are professional, you are assuring them that you will do your best to represent the company well through your appearance, behavior, and work ethic.

In addition to adding this trait to your resume, you must also dress the part. Professional employees dress-to-impress, have great interpersonal skills, and offer up a great interview. These workers conduct themselves as they should at work, always thinking of the company first. Professionals are also ambitious and have integrity. They are friendly, hardworking, and enjoy improving the company.

Flexible

Most jobs require their employees to not only perform multiple tasks, but to prioritize those tasks. By adding in flexibility to your list of personal traits on your resume, you’re telling your future employer that you are able to adapt to any situation. An employer needs to have workers that can complete tasks on their own, and be able to change their priorities when necessary.

A flexible employee is able to adapt to changes in the company, job, and world. Flexible employees also adapt quickly; prioritizing their tasks properly. They can perform more than one task at a time, work the hours necessary to complete a task, and react to changes in their environment calmly and efficiently. Employers need their workers to be flexible, so that daily changes can always be managed.

Motivated

No employer wants to hire a person who isn’t motivated. Possible candidates should never be lazy and lack ambition. When you show your future employers through your resume that you are motivated, they will know that you are determined and ambitious. Ambitious employees will always go above-and-beyond the necessary task.

Motivated employees are more positive about their company and career, and typically put more effort into their work. These types of employees are also able to perform tasks on their own, are self-driven, and have a desire to move up in the company. Potential employers know that those who wish to move up in the company have greater motivation to their jobs to perfection.

Dependable

Ambition and flexibility count for nothing if an employer cannot rely on their employee. Dependability is an extremely important quality in any person, but especially employees. Bosses want to know that they can rely on their workers, and that they are responsible. By adding this trait to your resume, you not only show potential hirers that you can be trusted with company responsibilities, but that you can be relied upon.

Dependable employees show up to work on-time, when they are scheduled, and are always reliable when it comes to communication. They can be trusted to reply to calls and messages, pick up shifts, and tell the truth. They typically have wonderful work ethics, and are typically the first in line to become leaders and managers.

Confidence [Not Arrogance]

Being knowledgeable to the point of being able to excel in your position brings confidence in your own ability. Employers need employees that they can depend on to successfully complete projects, run programs, and step in for colleagues. Taking time to learn what you don’t know builds confidence.

Honest

Employers are always looking for potential candidates that can be trusted; who are reliable. They need to trust their company to their employees, so being able to trust them with daily tasks, information, and reliability is essential. When you can show a hiring manager that you are an honest person and worker, they know you have a key ingredient: integrity.

Honest employees own up to their mistakes, learn from them, and never lie. They can be trusted to do their work and protect the interests of the company. People who are honest not only keep their jobs, but move up the ladder quicker than unreliable employees. If a company cannot trust an employee with simple tasks, they certainly cannot trust them with more responsibility. Those who can be trusted in the little things, can be trusted in the larger things.

Positive Attitude

A positive attitude is contagious and will make other team members motivated and want to work with you.
It also will make you the kind of person that your customers, vendors and clients would want to work with. And your employer will be pleased to support and promote you within the organization. During your employment with the organization as well as in the job seeking process, genuine enthusiasm and an energetic personality can ‘win-out’ over being completely qualified. It is an important element within employee/team motivation to remain positive when faced with challenges.

Self-Directed

Also known as self-motivated. Employers need employees that they don't have to watch over constantly (employers aren't babysitters). Employees need to cultivate ways to develop their own drive for success within the organization and for the organization. Self-directed employees enable busy supervisors to be productively focused on their own set of responsibilities, while providing little direction. A self directed employee will demonstrate initiative to their employer, and that will provide an accomplished feeling.

Conclusion

A potential job candidate with strong personal traits are in a position to be attractive to employers who want good people to work for them and represent their organization. Employers are always looking for motivated, honest, dependable, flexible professionals to help their company grow and prosper.

These personal traits can boost the appeal of a resume, by only using a few words. By putting your best foot forward with your resume first, you may be on your way to your dream job.

We’ve all been there. Someone asks us a question, but we do not know the answer. If it is a friend or family member, we can likely lead them to someone else nearby who has the answer to their question. If it is a stranger asking for directions, we can usually point them to someone who might have the answer. What if this happens during a job your big interview? Not only can it be an embarrassing situation, but it can also derail your chances of getting the job. It doesn’t have to a devastating experience, though. How well you stand up to the test can make all the difference in the outcome. Even if you don’t get the job, you can respond in a way that maintains the professional atmosphere of the interview.

I clearly remember one such personal situation that I found myself in. I had finally scored a big interview with a Federal agency that needed someone who possessed the specialized skills needed to conduct job analyses. My professional human resources career started with my training as a test developer with State government, so I prepared, practiced and prayed. I was ready. My interview started great. I knew how to use the software that they used. I was intimately familiar with the parameters required to program the system to generate the reports that guided the job analysis process. I also knew how to read the reports to determine the next steps in the process. Then it happened. They asked me if I knew how to perform the statistical analysis manually. In my mind, I was thinking, “Manually…without a computer?” I was totally blindsided. As much as I had prepared, I had not even considered this question because my training and experience had been in a totally automated environment. So, needless to say, I did not have the answer that I needed to keep the positive momentum of my interview going. What did I do?! You know that one of my mottos is that honesty is the best policy. So, I explain that I was not familiar with the manual process, but that I was willing to learn. I felt the atmosphere transition from excited anticipation to unspoken disappointment, but the interview panel remained courteous and professional towards me. I asked how important that aspect was to on-the-job success and they explained that it was very important. Although I knew at that moment that I was no longer a top candidate, but I continued to actively participate in the process. In the end, I thanked each panel member for their time, then went home and wrote out thank you notes for each member and sent them. I definitely didn’t get the outcome that I hoped for, but I left that meeting with my dignity and my interviewers’ respect.

As you can see, this is another epic example of the vast importance of preparation. I do realize, however, that you don’t know what you don’t know. So, if you can’t relate any of your professional experience to an interview question that is posed to you, there are three (3) possible ways that you can respond: 1) Say I don’t know/I don’t have the answer and offer no additional response. This, to me, is the least desirable approach to take because you’re just cutting the discussion of without leaving the door open for the interviewer to possibly state the question from a different perspective; 2) If possible think of a possible solution that you would implement if you were to find yourself in that situation. If you take this approach, you will show creativity and “out-of-the-box” thinking. These are both qualities that employers often look for in new team members. It also shows initiative and a “can-do” spirit. So, take a gamble and try it. Be honest and lead in by saying that you’ve not yet found yourself in that type of situation at work, but you would do X, Y, and Z to resolve the issue. 3) If you have been in a comparable situation personally, present that scenario. Describe the situation that you faced. Share the outcome that you desired and the actions you took in order to achieve the desired outcome. Then share with the interviewer(s) what the actual outcome was. This works particularly well in situations involving conflict resolution and/or big projects like moving from one home to the other. Conflict resolution scenarios involving family members or close friends are some of the most emotionally-charged conflicts that occur. So, if you are able to successfully navigate such scenarios, the employer will likely determine that you would also be skilled at contributing to the successful resolution of workplace conflicts. Keep in mind though that you don’t need to share every little detail of your personal situation. Share just enough detail with the interviewer…not too much. As with the previous option, lead in by letting the interviewer(s) know that while you have not experienced such a scenario professionally, you have faced it personally.

If the question that you need to respond to is project-based, planning a move from one home to another is especially attractive. Think about it, you are not only managing your physical move, but often also planning how to live in a moving zone, and possibly planning renovations or upgrades to your new place to make it your own. So, if you are a person who uses lists, spreadsheets, etc. to manage the process, the interviewer will see you as a project manager who anticipates needs and has a plan of action for the “what-ifs.” This way, you will be helping the employer see you in action as someone on their team.

As always, don’t think of a challenge as an absolute roadblock. Think of it as the challenge that it is and overcome it with a little mental ingenuity and broad thinking. You’ll be glad you did.

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Just wanted to share with you what happened to me. I am new in New York. I have been working in Asia for 10 years of my life. Have had good paying solid jobs but when I came to New York, I started from scratch. I graduated Major in Information Technology, but I havent used my skills because the job opportunities that came back then were call center jobs. So in NY, I got accepted for a job of IT Helpdesk Admin. I am very grateful that my boss took me in and trusted me that I can do my job even though I didnt have experience. The only bad thing is, my team is messy. The guys I am working with are very lazy. They will try as much as they can to dodge jobs that are given to them. But even though it is challenging, it benefited me in many ways. I had to do initiative to learn things on my own and do the job myself because I genuinely love to help people. And because of this, I have become a more experienced IT person. One thing though, being that this Was an entry level job for me, I was paid like a newly grad college. Anyways, 2 years now and I decided I nEed to find another firm that knows how to value me, and will pay me market value. Here I am, going to start my ne job soon, and got $14k more or what Im getting plus bonus. The bad situation I was in my team was kinda useful. It paved the wah for me to now find a better opportunity.
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