P1- Explaining the Personal Attributes Valued by Employers

There are many personal attributes that employers value, many of these are valued because they are useful and can be applied to the job that you are going for, while many are general personal skills that employers value because it shows a level of professionalism, and shows an ability to perform tasks capably.

Attitudes Which are Useful Around Employers:

Determination:
Before an employer considers the person applying, they must show a high level of determination, if you don't it shows laziness, and can be taken as rude to the employer if it doesn't seem that you don't even want to do the job. The reason it is important to show determination is because it shows a level of trustworthiness because of the you put across that you are keen.

Leadership:
If you show leadership, and team management skills, this immediately makes you more valuable an employer, as it shows you can handle a team, and command people what to do effectively, also showing leadership shows that you will be a key employee rather than someone who sits backs and waits for instructions.

Posture/Appearance:
Another important attitude around employers is being able to behave professionally, firstly having the right posture, hands in pockets shows laziness and being relaxed, arms crossed looks quite aggressive or shy, while hands, and back straight looks professional. Also appearance is important clean smart clothes such as a suit is ideal.

General Attributes Which are Useful:

Grammar/Handwriting:
When writing something such as a CV by hand it is extremely important that all of your grammar and spelling is correct, because if it is not than the employer will immediately disregard you application, the reason for this is because showing a professional level of English will show employers that you will be useful at any writing task.

Numeracy:
If you show to an employer that you have a fairly high level of numeracy, this will also show him that you are capable at helping out in many types of jobs such as the accounting in many jobs, this also means that you are more useful for a larger variety of different jobs.

Organising and Planning Skills:
Showing organisation and planning skills shows firstly to an employer that you know how to do time management effectively, as well as being more trustworthy, the reason for this is because if you show that you can plan correctly it means you show a level of confidence as well as ability to solve many problems.

This shows that many skills and attributes that are highly valued by an employer, if you acquire and master these skills and abilities then you will be highly valued by a future employer, many of these a common knowledge and may seem obvious, but are none the less important, while some of these skills you may have to practise to get correct.