Topic: What Employers are Looking for in Job Candidates

All organizations, is about combining men, money and materials to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. This assertion holds for commercial companies, non-profit organizations and civil service.

The key to optimization of organizational performance is the human capital. An unproductive employee is some investment – in terms of cost of recruitment as well as in terms of salary and emoluments. So a recruitment error (an individual recruited but found to be unsuitable) at the end of the day is a drain, and usually a drag on the system.
This is a highly condensed summary of a presentation. You can read the full article at

The big question is what do employers want in a potential employee? The following qualities are desired by most employers


Basic competence
A candidate must indicate he knows how to do the job for which he is to be employed.

Communication skills.
Can you easily understand instructions, and pass on instructions to others. How good are your writing skills?

Inter-personal skills.
Interpersonal skills are required to establish, build and maintain relationships.


Adaptability.
Will you welcome change, and be able to adapt to changes that may be required and vastly different from you previous experience?

Willingness to learn.
Rapid changes in technology and an extensive availability of information make obsolescence commonplace occurrences. Do you realize that learning is on-going and never ending? Is the candidate organized and predisposed to learning?

Initiative and independence. The direction is to empower each of every employee. But is the employee ready to take on-the -spot decisions with infrequent errors?

Cooperation and Collaboration.
Employers desire employees that can work on their own, and also able to achieve within teams.

Motivation.
Employers desire candidates with a high level of self-motivation and inner strength to do well.

Commitment.
Employers want employees that are reliable and responsible. He expects that you will be committed to doing the job at hand and

Integrity/Character.
Employers want employees that can do things right as well as those that can do the right things.

Positive Attitude.
Every position has its own content of frustrations, disturbances distractions, but all of these are easily surmountable with the right mental attitude.

Analytical skills.
The ability to make reasonable jugedments and assess expected and unexpected situations is of great value on any job.

Personal presentation.
Employer consider that job candidates, indeed all of their employees to be well dressed and groomed.

SENIOR EXECUTIVES

In addition to those stated above, senior managers must have the following:
o EXPERIENCE AND KNOW HOW.
o TRACK RECORD OF PERFORMANCE.
o LEADERSHIP.
o ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT COMPETENCE.
o INTRAPRENEURSHIP.

NOW WHERE DO ALL THESE LEAVE THE JOB HUNTER?

? jobs are lost and won often times on the basis of these attributes. A
lot of times, more than the number of required candidates ties on the
level of basic qualifications and experience. In instances like this,
candidates may be chosen the basis of which seemed

? aside from your educational attainments, these desirables when
combined well form your unique selling point.

? match the key attributes you possess with the specific requirements of
the employer for the position.

? and finally, you must communication those attributes in the course of
job interview

that was a nice piece