15 Personal Skills You Need on the Job

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Article on Personal Skills - Employers are looking for workers who have that special something: the skills, tendencies and attributes that help to keep productivity-and-profits-up.

Article on Personal Skills

Article source: www.act.org/workkeys.

Employers are looking for workers who have that special something: the skills, tendencies and attributes that help to keep productivity-and-profits-up.

What are they? Businesses are looking for employees with strong "personal" skills, according to ACT research. Keep this in mind, because employers certainly are.

Carefulness: Do you have a tendency to think and plan carefully before acting? This helps with reducing the chance for costly errors, as well as keeping a steady work flow going.

Cooperation: Willingness to engage in interpersonal work situations is very important in the workplace.

Creativity: You've heard of "thinking outside the box"? Employers want innovative people who bring a fresh perspective.

Discipline: This includes the ability to keep on task and complete projects without becoming distracted or bored.

Drive: Businesses want employees who have high aspiration levels and work hard to achieve goals.

Good attitude: This has been shown to predict counterproductive work behaviors, job performance and theft.

Good will: This is a tendency to believe other are well-intentioned.

Influence: Groups need strong leaders to guide the way. Influence includes a tendency to positively impact social situations by speaking your mind and becoming a group leader.

Optimism: A positive attitude goes a long way toward productivity.

Order: "Where did I put that?" A tendency to be well organized helps employees to work without major distractions or "roadblocks."

Safe work behaviors: Employers want people who avoid work-related accidents and unnecessary risk-taking in a work environment.

Savvy: This isn't just about job knowledge, but knowledge of coworkers and the working environment. It includes a tendency to read other people's motives from observed behavior and use this information to guide one's thinking and action.

Sociability: How much you enjoy interacting with coworkers affects how well you work with them.

Stability: This means a tendency to maintain composure and rationality in stressful work situation.

Vigor: This is a tendency to keep a rapid tempo and keep busy.

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