Attitudes

General Attitudes

Planning and organisational skills: in any job being able to plan and organise yourself can be import because it means being able to get up early for work, finishing tasks for deadlines and not being too late back after lunch.

Time management: this is the ability to get to work on time or even be early, having a good time management gives a good impression to an employer because it shows you are keen to work and are unlikely to waste time.

team working: this is highly valued by an employer because any employer will often need employees to work together to complete tasks for a company.

Verbal and Written communication: it is always important to have good verbal and written communication for any job may it be talking to customers about issues or writing down what is low on stock and needs to be ordered in. A good example of when you need both would be applying for a job, you need good written skills for writing out an application form or you may not be asked back for an interview and you need good verbal skills for an interview or the interviewer might think you won't be good with handling customers or working in a team.

Numeracy and other skills such as creativity: skills like these are important in any job, being able to count means you can be relied on working in a bank or at shopping till. The likes of creativity can also be valued by employers because any ideas that an employee can think up of may be used by a company to improve its business

Attitudes

Determination: this is setting your mind to do something no matter the situation, an example would be working many hours overtime to finish a task for deadline.

Independence: this is being able to get on with something without have to rely on someone else for help.

Dependability: this is being relied on to help someone when they need help or being trusted, for example being asked to look after a friend's dog while they are away for the weekend.

Self-motivation: being able to push yourself to do what you want, for example pushing yourself to get up early to catch a bus to get to work on time.

Problem solving: this is being able to sort out problems no matter how big they are, for example sorting out a argument between 2 members of staff.