What Do Employers Expect

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What Do Employers Expect?
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Traits Employers Look For

• Soft or Interpersonal Skills
• Should be common sense
• Non-technical characteristics

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Positive Attitude

• Love for the job
• Professional presence that allows others to work
  alongside one another
• Avoid emotional ruts

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Skills for Success in Workplace

• Cooperativeness
• Willingness to follow directions
• Willingness to learn
• Initiative
• Responsibility
• Loyalty
• Self-Management

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Cooperativeness

• MOST IMPORTANT AMONG EMPLOYERS
• Members of teams may disagree
• Everyone has different backgrounds, values,
  training, and other variables that give the team
  an advantage over similar viewed assembled teams

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Loyalty

• Dont speak badly of company or employees
• Have sense of pride in your company

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Ethics

• Principles of conduct that govern a group or
  society
• 1 unethical behavior
• Lying to supervisors

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Honesty

• About Time
• Work the hours you say you will
• About Money
• Pocketing money from cash drawer
• Respect employer property
• Dont take company supplies for personal use

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Interacting With Others

• Keep information confidential if appropriate
• Avoid prejudice
• Treat everyone fairly, openly, and honestly
• Consequences include being fired and/or being sued

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Handling Unethical Practices

• Is it isolated incident?
• Consider you options
• Customer
• Employee
• LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS, NOT REVENGE!