Qualities Employer Seek(雇主寻求的品质)

knowingwhatanemployerislookingforinapotentialemployeecanhelpanapplicanttoprepareforaninterview.aninterviewerforamajorcorporationwasaskedthesequestions:whatspecificskillsareyoulookingforinapplicants?andhowdoyouidentifytheseskills?heresponded:

mostimportantforusinthewayofskillsistheabilitytocommunicatecanpeoplespeakclearly?cantheyarticulatethekindofpersontheybelievethemselvestobe?inwhatkindofworksituationsdotheyperformwell?

whataretheirstrengthsandweaknesses?wewanttoknowaboutthepersonalqualitiesoftheindividual,soitrytoaskquestionstodrawthembutandattempttofindoutiftheyhaveasenseofthemselves.iftheydohavegoodcommunicationskills,theywillbeabletodothislogicallyandconcisely.

iamlookingforcreativitycantheybeinstinctive?iwillasksome"off-the-wall"questionsjusttoseeifthisthrowsthem.howdotheyrespondinthesetoughsituationscantheybecreativewiththeiranswers?thisisveryimportantwhentheyareoutinbusinesssituationswithcustomers.

theywillhavetorespondtoverysuddenchangesandproblem-solvingsituationsthattheyarenotnecessarilyfamiliarwith,andiwanttoknowiftheycanhandlethem.

whatwelookforthemostarepersonalqualitiesassertiveness,self-motivation,drive,ambition,andacompetitiveinstinct.theyshouldbehighachieversandwanttoworkhard.icanusuallytellaboutthesequalitiesfromthewaythepersonpresentshimselforherselfandsomeoftheactivitiestheyhaveengagedin.

ipickupthingsfromtheapplicationsandresumehowtheyhavewrittenthemandthekindsofthingstheysay.howtheypresenttheirexperiencesisoftenveryinformative.forexample,anassertivepersonwillsay,"1candothesethings"and"1decidedonthiscourseofaction,"whereasamorepassivepersonmightsay,"thesearetheexperiencesihavehad."allofthesethingsdescribethepersoninsomeway.