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EMPLOYEE ATTRIBUTESBy Ajay Sandhu


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WHAT IS AN ATTRIBUTE?

An attribute is a quality or ability that can berelated to the individual.

These are personal characteristics thatemployers expect you to have when you areapplying for a job.

These can be categorised into Specific Job

Attributes General Attributes Attitudes


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SPECIFIC JOB ATTRIBUTES

The employer will be looking at specific jobattributes for their new employees to have,they will usually be enlisted in the Job

Description that the employee is expected tohave and undertake.


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HEALTH & SAFETY

Health and Safety is one of the vital attributes needed for anemployee in a workplace. This concept would have been instilledin the employee from school or college.

However, the company will be expecting the employee to takeresponsibility for their safety and their colleagues around them.

Before starting work, the employee will be expected to have anunderstanding of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974and TheManagement of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999these acts outline the legal responsibilities of both employees andemployers within the workplace.

Employees are expected to know the basic health and safetyissues around the job in which they are signing for, and manycompanies will teach the employees other health and safetyregulations as they ensure you have a safe working environment.


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GOOD WORKING PROCEDURES

These procedures include Organisational skills which will affectyour attendance at work.

One example of a Working Procedure is where the employer

allows the employee to have Flexi-time this allows the employee

to choose what time they start and finish work. In addition, thisalso allows the employee to show how much additional/overtimethey have done at work (if they have done any).

The additional hours in some cases may be needed when theorganisation gets busy with work, the employee may be required

to work additional hours, but the company will allow the employeeto then take the hours back when the work is quieter.

The employee will need to keep a record of their attendance atwork, often referred to as a Timesheet which will need to be

shown when required.


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SECURITY

All organisations have confidential data which is onlyallowed to be shared within the company, and theemployees are also responsible to keep it safe.

Companies may ask employees to sign Non-DisclosureAgreementsmeaning the employees are forbidden to

discuss confidential information with other individuals orgroups outside the organisation, either whilst still employedat the company or after they leave.

Physical SecurityTechniques include: Alarm Systems;preventing access to certain computers or documents.

Some companies forbid the use of USB drives as they allowusers to make copies of data.

Logical Security Techniquesinclude: Encryption

Protocols (designed to scramble data and make it uselessto anyone who doesnt have decryption software) and

Password Protection.


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GENERAL ATTRIBUTES

These are a number of job-related skillsemployers are looking for in potentialemployees depending on what the job

entails.

The Employees ability to show they have

these skills can be highly influential on

whether or not they get the job.


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PLANNING & ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS

Employers are looking to see whether thecandidate can plan their time effectively andorganise their work, prioritising it to meet their jobs

objectives. Being well organised is very fundamental in a job,

as it removes stresses of being overloaded withwork, and being able to have the bring right

equipment needed for their job, if required.


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TEAM WORKING

Being able to work as part of a team, contributing thecandidates own ideas and listening to what othercollegues have to share.

Being able to work in a team, is a skill that is required inmany jobs, it can be learned however, many peoplepossess this skill naturally.

When working as a part of a team, its important toremember that the role they play is only a part of theoverall work, one person cannot control the wholeoperation (unless been elected leader).

When working in a team the candidate must be able totreat others ideas with respect and use them in any waythey can, rather than just dismissing them.


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VERBAL & NUMERACY SKILLS

Most employers use GCSE English & Mathsas a national bench-mark for achievement inthis area.

An employer will want the employee to beconfident in their numeric skills of Addition,Subtraction, Division, Multiplication and

Percentages. Percentages can be used tocalculate VAT if the job entails it.


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ATTITUDES

Work Attitudes are a number of behavioursthat employers look for in the employees tohave in the work place.


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DETERMINATION

Determination entails the strength of onesmind.

Its the driven force to allow the person to

achieve or succeed in a particular task in anenvironment.

For example, with my coursework tasks for

my ICT A Level, I am determined to pass andget the highest level achievable in the work Ihave created.


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INDEPENDENCE

Employers need reassurance theiremployees can work effectively withoutsupervision, having independence is a key

skill in the workplace. It helps in certain situations for example; if

your job included working in a team, youwould be responsible to lead and managethe team. You will have to be able to work byyourself, ensuring that your contribution isvital towards the teams overall work.


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DEPENDABILITY

Employers will be looking for the characteristic ofDependability, as it allows the company to depend onthe employee to finish tasks without having to worryabout them.

An example of using dependability skills is if theemployee was a Team Leader the co-workersshould be able to depend on their leader to give themdirection in their task, and the leader should be able

to give out help, should the others need it. The otherworkers of the team will also be dependent on theTeam Leader to fulfil their duties and contributions tothe overall task set.

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