An employer is an organization, institution, government entity, agency, company, professional services firm, nonprofit association, small business, store, or individual who employs or puts to work, a person who is called an employee or a staff member.
Below are some key qualities employers look out for when recruiting and they include:
1. Communication skills
Too many people tend to take this for granted. it is important to be able to express yourself and it is even more important to be seen to be able to do so. Communication is an integral part of a job. No employer wants to hire a person who cannot communicate effectively.
2. Detail oriented
Employers love individuals who pay attention to detail – A wrongly spelt word or a grammatical error has been known to hurt brands. For instance, spelling ‘Tecno’ as ‘Techno’ is a mistake that could take millions to rectify. So, employers love men and women who pay enough attention to detail in their work to avoid slips of this nature.
3. Ability to stay calm under pressure
What usually happens to you when you are put under pressure? Do you stay calm and focus on the job or do you crack and explode like fireworks? Employers go for individuals who are able to handle the pressure that often comes with meeting deadlines and multitasking.
4. Team Player
Are you a team player or are you that kind of person who believes solely in your skills?
5. Ability to be flexible
Are the kind of person who can accomplish a task in more than one way? Do you find creative ways of dealing with tasks and deadlines. When you find yourself against a wall, do you collapse against it or do you knock a hole into it and keep moving? How you answer these questions go a long way in determining what employers think about you. The more flexible you are, the higher your chances of getting hired.
6. Ability to learn
You should love to learn and the reason is just simple. No man is an island, which explains why employers love individuals who are eager to develop their skill-set and improve themselves.
7. Drive and enthusiasm
Some employees are highly enthusiastic about completing their tasks and looking forward to the next one while we have those who take forever to complete any given task and might even sigh whenever tasks are assigned to them. Which of these two are you? It’s important to ask yourself this question because employers have a natural soft spot for the former.
8. Leadership skills
There are always two kinds of leaders – Good ones and bad ones and usually, employers do not need to rocket science to find out where you belong. Your CV and how you respond to interview questions go a long way in showing where you belong. So, if you’ve got great leadership skills, good for you and if you’re not so great at it, work on it.
9. Organisational and management skills
Employers are always glad to hire people who have good management skills. Projects have been known to fail and succeed over this singular skill and it covers management of time, resources and decision-making capacity.
10. Thinking outside the box
Are you the type to take the initiative and come up with an out-of-the-box idea to move an organisation closer to its goals or do you just sit behind your desk waiting for instructions? Employers love people who are creative and have fresh ideas.
