Do You Have Qualities of Being a Great Employee?

Due to the current slump in the world’s economic conditions jobs in Pakistan and all over the world are not satisfactory. Local companies and multinationals all over the world are downsizing for cost effectiveness. Particularly, if we talk about the condition of jobs in Pakistan, so we see here are few sectors like banking, NGO, construction and IT, which are creating lots of job vacancies in Pakistan.  However, these sectors cannot provide the job opportunity to everybody. On the other hand, in agriculture and manufacturing sectors of Pakistan, unemployment is increasing due to the shortage of resources and government’s poor planning.

 

Moreover, people do not focus on career counseling and development in Pakistan. In this situation only those people can have best jobs in Pakistan who have qualities of being great employees. If you are talented and hardworking but do not have qualities of being a good employee, then I am afraid that you will face lots of problems during your job. If you are lacking in these qualities then you can adapt them and make yourself competitive. Some great employee qualities that managers appreciate are as follows:

Managing Yourself: A person who cannot manage himself/herself how he/she cannot manage the affairs of an organization. So in an organization manage yourself by knowing your roles and responsibilities. Improve your skills and lessen weaknesses through training or even self learning.

Managing Boss: If you know how to handle and manage your boss, then this could be the most important quality of being a great employee. It does not mean that you just start buttering your boss. It means knowing his/her nature, likes and dislikes and how he/she works and wants you to work. If you know this then you can become a key player of his/her team.

Managerial Attitude: No matter you are a manager or not, you must have a managerial attitude because sooner or later you have to be. Perform like a manager and see how things are done and how managers are behaving.

Managing Time: If you know the importance of time then you would definitely have a quality of being a great employee. Great employee knows how to manage his/her time well and even manage their boss’s time well. Prioritize your tasks and do not postpone work, especially where you are more involved because your delay can affect other people’s work.

Work to Get Results: Work objectively, means you should keep it in mind that what is the overall objective of the project and what is your role to achieve the goals? This is one of the important “great employee qualities”.

Can Do Attitude: Can do attitude is very useful for the employees especially for the newbie in the professional world. It shows that you are motivated for the job and figure things out even if they sound very challenging. Managers like those employees who have a “Can Do” approach in work. But keep in mind that there is a very thin line between confidence and over confidence.

Enjoys Work: A very famous Chinese saying is “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Employees, who enjoy their work, naturally bring their best to work. So no matter it is your routine work or other work, try to enjoy it while doing.

Work Relationships: In today’s professional life being nice to the colleagues and have great working relationships within and across different departments is important quality of being a great employee. Through this you can get lots of cooperation and build a strong network to get your work done.

Therefore, if you have above discussed qualities of being a great employee then there will be lots of options for jobs in Pakistan even anywhere in the world. If you do not have these qualities then start working on them because it will help you to move up the corporate ladder.