Top 5 Skills Recruiters Look For In Employees
One of the key worries of fresh college graduates is that they have no idea what employers look for in prospective employees while recruiting. Well, the stress is not unfounded. Apart from the usual academic qualifications, companies do look for certain specific qualities when hiring a new employee. This is the reason why sometimes people with average grades are hired before those with better grades. The reason is the added advantage of having some essential skills which are highly valued by recruiters. These skills have nothing to do with your degrees and are nowhere related to your performance in exams.
We went to remote corners of internet, stalked our favorite recruiters and finally came up with this list of five skills which recruiters value in a possible employee.
Team Player: Nowadays almost every position in any company requires you to work in a team. Working in a team requires patience, co-operation, and the ability to maintain a balance between individual and team tasks.
Decision Making and Problem Solving abilities: Companies look for employees who can make quick and informed decisions and have a problem solving attitude. People who always come up with possible hurdles rather than solutions are not favored by recruiters.
Organize and Prioritize Work: In an organization, your role may involve multi-tasking or performing tasks of varying nature. In such scenarios, you will be required to have the ability to organize and prioritize your work. A company would not favor someone who spends the day finishing the least important task.
Good Communication Skills: Goes without saying, that you need to have good communication skills. With the world turning to a global village, any role in a company involves communicating with a variety of people. Your interaction may be limited to two people every day or twenty people in a day, but you are representing the company and hence you will need to have good communication skills. Communication with people within the organization is equally important and is another important component of functioning properly in a team.
Obtain and Process Information: Another important quality recruiters look for in job applicants is their ability to obtain and process information. As an employee you won't always be spoon-fed information and the company or organization where you work will require you to obtain information related to your area of work and process it accordingly to the maximum benefit of your employers.
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