Specific/General attributes & Attitudes

Specific attributes	General attributes	Attitudes:
Security: Security is important in the workplace because offices and businesses can often be targets for theft, kidnapping, terrorism, unlawful entry and other crimes.  It is important that all businesses, whether it be a government office or a retail store, have a strong level of security to minimise crimes. Some offices will have strong security, such as identity cards used for opening doors and accessing certain parts of the building. Colleges will use identity cards to minimise members of the public who are not students entering the campus. Almost all retail stores will have some level of CCTV which is used by the police or security teams to catch criminals and use as evidence to convict the criminals.  Some colleges and other offices will have a security team that’s job is to stop crimes from occurring in the workplace. Security teams are in their right to use reasonable force against anyone they suspect of committing a crime in the workplace.  Work attitude: It is important to have a positive work attitude in the workplace. It is important to have Pride in the workplace. Pride will allow you to do more than just the minimum in the workplace, it helps you go out of your way to achieve.  However, it is important not to confuse pride with arrogance. When one has too high opinion of themselves it may come across as arrogant. Belief is also important in the work place. Believing in yourself is crucial, it will make you appear more confident and will allow others around you to feel more comfortable and thus work better. After all, if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will! Finally, passion is an important attitude in the workplace. If you don’t genuinely feel passionate about what you do, it won’t drive you through the hard times. A pay check isn’t enough to motivate you to do the best you can possibly do, without passion you won’t have a reason to get up in the morning and go to work. Health and safety: Health and safety skills are mandatory in the workplace. The law forces companies to strictly abide by the health and safety policies. This is due to the health and safety act of 1974, the aim to ensure the safety and health of all employees and clients in the workplace. It also includes catering for people who have disabilities such as  making doors, stairs passageways etc accessible for people will disabilities. Being trained in health and safety is a tick in the box for any employee because it means the employers won’t have to train you in health and safety	Organisation: Organisation skills are important to Employees because in the fast paced working world, Organisation skills are essential to keeping up with the heavy workload that employees are given. Being organised allows you to be more productive in the workplace, it minimizes clutter in your desk helping to keep things Organised. Lack of organisation skills can also result in the loss of important documents, forgetting meetings/scheduled appointments. In the workplace people are often faced with needing the work on different projects at the same time with different aims/objectives/deadlines, and being disorganised will often result in getting confused between the tasks, which in turn may cause harm to the company the employee is working for. Teamwork: Teamwork is also important  for employees because, when learning in the workplace, people tend to learn faster when they are in a team this is because when everyone is thinking together as one unit, they are less likely to get day dream/fall asleep. Also, with teamwork and brainstorming ideas are likely to be more fluently when brainstorming with a team. Teamwork also promotes better people skills and a more overall friendly atmosphere in the workplace, making everything easier for everyone. Teamwork also promotes healthy competition,  when people are working together and all giving input they are naturally wired to want give the most input and will push themselves more. And with healthy competition.  And Employees  are more likely to get noticed and promoted. Creativity: Creativity is valued by all companies and organizations, that being said any employee is creative will be more valued.  This is because Ideas can cut cost productive, create profit for companies. If someone is always contributing ideas, they are sometimes going to be good ideas. Having the confidence to throw ideas out there, without the fear of being wrong/laughed is something that is valued by companies. If an Employee’s creative ideas bring success to a company, they are likely to get more recognised and appreciated and overall viewed as more of an asset	Tolerance: Tolerance is crucial in the workplace because you might not always like who you are working with. However it is important to separate your personal opinions from business, because allowing personal issues to get in the way of success in the workplace is will hinder you. Integrity: Integrity is very important because not being honest in the workplace. It is very important to build a trust with colleges. If proven, of even suspected of not having integrity, people will view you differently and it will hinder your career . Leadership: Leadership is an important part of the workplace, because there will always be people that will look for leadership.  If you are seen as a team leader, you are responsible for the success, and failure of a task. It is important as a leader to maintain consistent and strong. If it appears that you have lost control of a situation, and lose your nerve, it will negatively  affect those around you and their work efficiency. It is also important as a leader to listen to advice of those around you, and not seem like a “control freak” while at the same time, sticking to your decisions. If you don’t find the balance between being too controlling and being a push over, people will lose respect for you and not view you as a real leader. Self-motivation: Self-motivation is important in the workplace because you need a reason to get up in the morning and go to work. One way to self-motivate yourself is to set yourself goals and go out of your way to achieve them. Ask yourself, why am I doing this? Where do you want to be in 5 years? And How am I going to get there? If you can answer those questions with passion and honesty, you are self-motivated. Dependable: Employers want consistency, and reliability. You are no use to them of you are not punctual, or not there for them when you need them. It is important to put your career first at times. If you are consistently dependable, you will be much more appreciated than people who take the day off when they are feeling a bit ill from the night before. Communication skills. It is important to be in sync with your colleges’ in the workplace because if you are not able to communicate with people you will not be able to get your idea/point across. At times, in some jobs you will have to deal with people who have poor communication skills. You may have to speak over the phone, or speak in a different accent/language.  But if you have good communication skills you can use them to understand what people are trying to convey.