Let's Get to Work - Qualities Employers are Looking For

Be a Great Employee!
The old fashioned principles of honesty, integrity and reliability remain the cornerstones of modern business.   Being on time is not good enough.  Being 10 minutes early allows you to be at your work station ready to work as scheduled.  This means you left your home in plenty of time to be to early.  This means you turned the TV off before midnight so you could get a good night sleep.  This allows you to get up on time refreshed and ready to put in an honest days work.  
Adding just a little extra time on your time card is not honest.  Using company time to text or talk on your cell phone is a major problem in today’s world.  Your employer is not paying you to take care of your personal business during work hours.  Use your lunch hours and breaks to make the necessary appointments and phone calls.  A favorite saying of mine is “When you clock in your personal life is put on hold until you clock out.”   Give your employer your undivided attention and you will be rewarded for your honesty.
Excessive absences are a problem in our society.  Sickness or death should be the only reason you can’t work as scheduled.  Your employer needs to have a doctor’s excuse if you are ill so they will know you have a valid reason why you are not at work.  We all have problems in life but work should be our first priority as we accepted the job and promised to do our best.
If you've got the right sort of attitude you can pretty much do anything.  Having the ability to listen and take instructions without being a know-it-all gives you a better chance to be hired and keep your job.  Being willing and able to learn on the job is so important instead of the attitude of “Well, this is how we did this on the last job I was on;” Or “Everyone does it”.
Most employers look for employees who are self-motivated and able to work independently with as little supervision as possible.  Technology is constantly changing and more and more employers are looking for employees who can improve their skills on the job.
Multi-tasking skills mean that you can effectively juggle more than one task at a time.  This is a skill that can be learned.  Answer the phone, receive and send faxes, use the copy machine, have a line of customers waiting, watch several machines at one time, stack the boxes, sweep the floor etc. is just a few examples.  There is always something you can do to be just a little bit better than the average employee or co-worker.
Always remember your boss or supervisor started out at the bottom just like you, but they have excelled above the rest to become the supervisor, plant manager, CEO or owner of the business.  They have worked nights and weekends, swept floors, washed dishes, waited tables, moved sprinklers, dug ditches etc. to be where they are today.  
Decide what you can do to become the best employee ever.  Be honest, be on time and be dependable and you will succeed.
Brenda Bailey,
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