This document discusses the different types of attributes employers look for in employees. It outlines three main types: specific job attributes which are requirements for a particular role, general attributes which are desirable personal traits, and work attitudes which are preferred behaviors. Some examples of specific attributes mentioned are health and safety, good working procedures, and security. General attributes include time management, teamwork, communication, tolerance, integrity, and dependability. Employers seek employees that demonstrate these attributes in order to ensure efficiency, respect, honesty, and reliability within the workplace.

2.  An attribute could be defined as a
quality or characteristic specific to an
individual.
 With this in mind, in terms of
employability, there are three types of
attribute; specific job attribute, general
attributes, and attitudes.

3.  Specific job attributes the requirements
an employer will be looking for, in order
to fulfil a certain job.
 Examples of specific job attributes
include; health and safety, good
working procedures, and security.

4.  Health and safety attributes are
important for an employee to have
because it is important for an employer
to be sure that workers will be safe in the
working environment if left alone.

5.  Working procedures are elements that
affect the way you work.
 An example of this is a to be flexible with
the hours the work, known as Flexi-time,
this means that you will work extra hours
when it is busy, and then you can take
these hours back when things are
quieter.

6.  Security is an important attribute
because companies may have
confidential and sensitive information
that it needs to keep safe.
 Therefore the employer will be looking for
an employee that they can rely on to do
this.

7.  These are personal attributes, employers
are looking for employees that possess a
variety of positive traits.
 Work attributes are a series of positive
behaviours that employers would expect
employees to have.

8.  Time management skills are important for
an employee to have because a
company wants to be confident that its
workers can set realistic deadlines and
meet them.
 This will allow the company to be more
efficient when completing tasks.

9.  Team working is part of a wider skill
known as working with others, and to
some employers it is as valuable as the
ability to work independently.
 Employers will want employees that
understand how their role attributes to
the overall success of the company.

10.  This is a skill employers look for because
they may want employees that have a
good ability to demonstrate their ideas in
a variety of ways, written and verbal
communication makes this possible.

11.  In terms of attributes, employers are
looking for employees that can
demonstrate a variety of positive
personal traits.
 Work attitudes are a series of preferred
behaviours, that are desirable
employees to have.

12.  Tolerance is about the ability to get on
with others around you in order to
complete the task in hand.
 Employers will want colleagues that are
respectful of the views, practices, and
opinions of others.
 This is because if there is tolerance
between employees, there is less likely to
be conflict in the workplace.

13.  Integrity is a measure of honesty, and
sense of duty and respect.
 Employers will be looking for employees
that are punctual, and that don’t steal
from the organisation.
 Employers will want employees that
always strive to achieve the best results
for the company, this is also integrity.

14.  An employee that is trustworthy and
consistent will be valued by the
company.
 Employers will want employees that can;
work under minimum supervision, and
not take advantage of the organisation.
 If an employee is dependable in terms
of; quality of work, timeliness and
willingness to work, they will be valued by
the employer.