| More than ever, employers want employees who | | | | Ask yourself, "Do I know all the facts?" Judging |
| can produce results! Here are five qualities | | | | puts you in an emotional quagmire. Don't go |
| employers seek in such employees.1. Attitude. | | | | there!Above Hearsay. In court, testimony is |
| You hear a lot about folks with "an attitude". If | | | | inadmissible unless the witness tells what he or |
| you've got "an attitude", lose it! Employers want | | | | she observed with his or her five senses. Don't |
| employees with these attitudes:* "Can do" | | | | repeat anything that you don't know first-hand. |
| attitude | | | | Build credibility by not taking sides or gossiping. |
| * "I'm willing to risk failing to give it a go" attitude | | | | Report only what you know! Don't speculate!Don't |
| * "I'm willing to apply myself and learn" | | | | Project. Psychologists tell us that we see our own |
| attitudeSmart employers hire for attitude and | | | | faults in others' behavior. Know yourself and what |
| train for skill.2. Process Thinkers. Doing your work | | | | you don't like about yourself, and then deal with it |
| well used to be good enough. Now employers | | | | outside of work! Don't project it onto your |
| need workers that both do their work well and | | | | colleagues. 5. Aligned with the Company. In their |
| think about how they do their work | | | | book, A Simpler Way, Margaret Wheatley and |
| simultaneously!Do you ever perform a task more | | | | Myron Kellner-Rogers posit that we gather in |
| than once? Do you do it the same way the | | | | organizations to do work we can't accomplish |
| second time? Shame on you if you do!Think about | | | | alone. But we must make sure our personal life |
| what can be done:* Faster | | | | vision is aligned with the vision of the company.If |
| * With less effort | | | | we can't support the company's vision, we |
| * SmarterThen change how you do it. Your | | | | withdraw our energy from the company and |
| employer will love you for it!3. Problem Solvers. | | | | invest it elsewhere. Neither you nor your |
| Face it, we consume someone else's product at | | | | employer is well served if you can't support your |
| work and produce a product for someone else. | | | | employer's mission. Do your homework before, |
| How well you manage the chain above you and | | | | during and after your interview. Check the |
| support the chain below you effects how well the | | | | company website, it's annual report and anything |
| company works. Employers want folks who know | | | | else you can find about it. If you can't support the |
| how they affect everyone else's work and affect | | | | company's purpose, find one you can |
| it positively.Communicate clearly what you need | | | | support!Employees with results-driven attitudes, |
| from the folks who produce the product you use. | | | | critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, |
| Be receptive to the needs of the consumers of | | | | emotionally well adjusted and aligned with the |
| your product. You're all working to accomplish the | | | | company are worth their weight in gold! Figure out |
| same goal - make the process as smooth as | | | | how to be this way yourself and employers will |
| possible for everyone!4. Emotional Intelligence. I | | | | clamor to work with you!Copyright 2005 by |
| rode the subway to and from work in | | | | Fruition Coaching. All Rights Reserved.Rick Hanes is |
| Washington, D.C. for over 20 years. If I had a | | | | a life and career coach, writer, outdoorsman, |
| nickel for every conversation I overhead about | | | | gardener and tireless advocate for living life with |
| bickering, uncooperative co-workers, I'd never | | | | purpose and passion. He founded Fruition Coaching |
| have to work another day in my life!Employers | | | | in 2004 to lead the fight against leading lives of |
| want employees who are:Not Judgmental. Give | | | | quiet desperation. Check his website at to contact |
| your co-workers the benefit of the doubt. Focus | | | | him about rekindling the fire of your life! |
| on getting a result or solving the problem at hand. | | | | |