When you are looking for new employees, you want to be sure you make good hiring decisions that will benefit your company. There are specific personal traits recruiters believe are important and will bring value to your business and your team, according to www.fastcompany.com.
Following are 10 traits you may want to consider looking for when hiring an employee.
- Loyalty. You want someone who will be loyal to the team and the company, contributing to the success of team spirit.
- Integrity. As consumers more closely examine companies and judge their integrity, you want to look for an employee who has moral integrity.
- Sincerity. Sincerity is hard to measure and relies more on human judgment. When you are interviewing a potential employee, see whether you truly believe what he or she is saying.
- Adaptability. Your company likely had to learn to adapt in 2020, and you need employees who can take on new problems and opportunities.
- Persistence. You want an employee who will follow through and overcome challenges to meet goals.
- Kindness. You need a team that works well together and avoids unnecessary conflict, and kindness is key to building trust.
- Patience. It is important for a new hire to have patience—with co-workers and customers.
- Emotional intelligence. Good leaders have emotional understanding and compassion, and you need those traits in your employees to communicate effectively.
- Tolerance. Hiring an intolerant employee can create an unworkable environment and have negative effects.
- Open-mindedness. Look for someone who is willing to try new ways of doing business and new methods of working.
First impressions can be important, so decide which traits are most important to you and keep them in mind when interviewing a potential employee.
