You have probably been to a few interviews and received the same
outcome. I believe it’s time you sat
down to really find out what is wrong. What are employers really looking for in
candidates ? Do you have these qualities or are you willing to develop them? SAO.
Every employer has had a certain amount of experience with
both good and bad employees. For this reason every employer has a pretty good
idea of what he or she wants more of. Here are the big seven:
1. The first quality
that employers look for is intelligence.
In every study, it has been found that fully 76 percent of
the productivity and contribution of an employee will be determined by his or
her level of intelligence. Intelligence in this sense means the ability to
plan, to organize, to set priorities, to solve problems, and to get the job
done. Intelligence refers to your level of common sense and your practical
ability to deal with the day-to-day challenges of the job. The key to
demonstrating your intelligence is for you to ask intelligent questions. One of
the hallmarks of intelligence that is immediately evident is curiosity. The
more you ask good questions and listen to the answers, the smarter you appear.
2. The second quality
sought by employers is leadership ability.
Leadership is the willingness and the desire to accept
responsibility for results. It’s the ability to take charge, to volunteer for
assignments, and to accept accountability for achieving the required results of
those assignments.
The mark of the leader is that he or she does not make
excuses. You demonstrate your willingness to be a leader in the organization by
offering to take charge of achieving company goals and then committing yourself
to performing at high levels.
3. Integrity is the
third quality sought by employers.
It’s probably the most important single quality for
long-term success in life and at work. Integrity begins by being true to
yourself. This means that you are perfectly honest with yourself and in your
relationships with others. You are willing to admit your strengths and
weaknesses. You are willing to admit where you have made mistakes in the past.
Especially, you demonstrate loyalty. You never say anything negative about a
previous employer or a person whom you have worked with or for. Even if you
were fired from a previous job, never say anything negative or critical.
4. The fourth quality
that employers look for is likability.
Employers like people who are warm, friendly, easygoing, and
cooperative with others. Employers are looking for people who can join the team
and be part of the work family.
Men and women with good personalities are invariably more
popular and more effective at whatever they do. Teamwork is the key to business
success. Your experience in working as part of a team in the past and your
willingness to work as part of a team in the future can be among the most
attractive things about you in applying for a job.
5. Competence is the
fifth quality sought by employers.
We spoke about this earlier. Competence is terribly
important to your success. It is really the foundation of everything that
happens to you in your career.
In its simplest terms, competence is the ability to get the
job done. It is the ability to set priorities, to separate the relevant from
the irrelevant tasks, and then to concentrate single-mindedly until the job is
complete.
6. Courage is the
sixth quality that employers look for.
This is the willingness to take risks. Courage also means
the willingness to accept challenges, the willingness to take on big jobs or
even new jobs where there is a high degree of uncertainty and the possibility
of failure.
Courage also means the willingness to speak up and say
exactly what you think and feel in a difficult situation. Employers admire men
and women who are not afraid to speak their minds. And you demonstrate this in
a job interview when you ask frank and direct questions about the company, the
position, and the future that you might have with the organization
7. The final quality
employers look for is inner strength.
Inner strength means that you have the determination and the
ability to persevere in the face of adversity. Inner strength means that you
have the quality of persistence when the going gets rough. You demonstrate
inner strength when you remain calm, cool, and relaxed during the job
interview. If you are calm and cool during the interview, it is a good
indication that you will be calm and cool in the inevitable crises that occur
during the day-to- day operations of the company.
Above all, it is your character, which is the sum total of
all your positive qualities, that will have the greatest impact on whether you
get the job you want. Your job now is to continue working on your character by
practicing the behaviors of top people at every opportunity.
Culled from http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/
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