unit 1.1

Attitudes

Attitudes	Description of attitude	Why do employers value this attitude
Hard working	Works hard and is committed.	Because all work will be done and will be reliable.
Independent	Can work by themselves this would be good for someone who fixes computers by themselves.	Because they will be able to work by them self and not need help or support with tasks set.
Determined	Not going to be stopped and pay full attention to tasks.	They won’t let any one stop them doing what they want to do.
Tolerant	Don’t get angry or annoyed easily.	They wouldn’t react to any fights or arguments this will mean they communicate well with everyone and create a good working environment.
Leadership	Can take charge of a situation and influence a group of people. This would be good for a manager.	Can help others and take charge when needed. Companies like knowing who the leader of a situation is and also to know what everyone is doing.
Dependable	They are consistent and reliable in performance.	The employer will trust and rely on the employee to complete all tasks set.
Confident	They believe in themselves.	They will no what there doing and will not need other people to help them all the time. This is why employers value the attribute so much.
Problem solving	They can solve problems	They will be able to complete tasks that they don’t completely understand

General attributes (for any job)

Attribute	Description of attribute	Why do employers value this attribute
Planning skills	You will have knowledge to plan things in advance. This again would be good for someone who plans events.	They like having people that can plan things out in advance and get tasks done in the amount of time provided.
Organisational skills	Someone who is organise. They will be able to organise events with ease and do it well.	They like this because it would everything simpler and they won’t forget anything.
Time management	They can finish tasks on time without making mistakes.	They like this because they will be able to get work done in the time provided.
Verbal skills	The skill to talk well and clearly and use different dialects to communicate with different audiences.	They will be able to discuss effectively and get on with everyone in the company.
Written skills	Able to write well and clearly and be able to write and informally and formally.	They can write reports and generally anything that needs to be written
Numeracy	Able to work well with numbers	They can do accounting and work well with any numbers that appear in there work
Creativity	The person will be creative and come up with various ideas and have there own personality	They will be able to come up with good ideas so employers value that very highly

Specific attributes (ICT Job related)

Attribute	Description of attribute	Why do employers value this attribute
Technical knowledge	They will know how to use technical equipment such as computers.	Employers value this because they will be able to use a variety of technology.
Good working procedures	They will no what to do and when to do it. Such as they would save things in the right place and makes things easier for the whole company.	The employer will know that all work will be done on time and to a certain standard and make it organised.
Health and safety	They will no how to help people that have a problem regarding to illness or injury	Because they know that they will follow the safety guidelines and not put themselves or others in danger
Security	They know how to deal with hacking and other things and would be able to keep the companies privacy	They like security as they can protect the company from various things
Keeping up to date with technology	They will know how to use other equipment and know facts about other equipment other than a computer and more modern software on the computer	They value this as they can use more modern up to date programmes