Hound finds 'hidden jobs'
   Send a Friend Free Trial
Forgot Your Password?
  How Hound Can Help You
Search Jobs Direct from Employer Career Pages

Need Help? Call us at (800) 680-7231
Keywords Location  Organization

example: Marketing Manager

example: Pasadena, CA or 91101

+ Browse Jobs   + Advanced Search   + Preferences   + Search Tips

Jobs >> Jobs Articles >> Self Improvement >> Basic Qualities to Achieve Success

  Resources

Career Feature (570)
Self Improvement (146)
Featured Employers (416)
Interview & Resume Tips (187)
The Scoop (1)
Self Improvement

Basic Qualities to Achieve Success

 Dated: 07-21-2014

Were you a bright student in college completing all your assignments on time, helping friends, being popular amongst people? If yes, you can be a great employee as well. Most recruiters and employers at organizations shortlist job applicants on some basic qualities like how you speak, your body language, the way you think, act, and react to situations etc. These qualities do not come along with your college degree. These are interpersonal qualities that one can work on and improve to achieve great success at work and in personal life.

Membership to Hound gives you instant access to over 70,000 employer jobs. Enter your email address below to become a Houndie.

Email Address (Used as your profile ID)
  
 

Here are some essential self-improvement tips one can follow to possess all the basic qualities for a successful life:

Think before you act: We all face ups and downs in life. Problems can be big, small, simple or complex, difficult or easy to fix. Be it in a professional life or personal, it is important that you think and find ways to resolve the issues. The thinking process is challenging as it requires you to be patient, calm and think out of the box. Employers look for candidates who can deal with various organizational issues effectively without cribbing, blaming or cursing the difficult situations.




Change your Attitude: The way you think and react to situations in personal and professional life displays your attitude towards life. This essential factor differentiates successful people from the rest. People with positive attitude towards work and life overcome the most difficult situations easily and get all tasks completed effectively may what comes. Every organization flocks for candidates who carry positive and right attitude.

Communicate Well: The way you interact at work or in your personal life displays your personality. Communicating well means you listen, understand, acknowledge and then interact. Be an extrovert and interact with people, grow your social network and share your inputs. Your communication skills determine how effective you are in your personal and professional life.

Take Ownership: Taking ownership means taking the responsibility of any task assigned to you. Meet deadlines and take ownership of all the tasks assigned to you without any reminders. Successful people who take ownership of their work contribute to generate extra revenue by reducing the cost for employers.

Learn from mistakes: We all make mistakes and errors in life. However, you need to carry the right attitude and learn from your mistakes. Remember that your best teacher is your last mistake. You should always strive for constant improvement and develop new and innovative ways of completing a task.

These are some basic self-improvement tips and qualities that one can work on to achieve great success at work and in personal life. Come out of your comfort zone and work on improving yourself for a bright and great future.



 Create Job Alert   |    Email to Friend   |  




Browse Jobs  |   Search Jobs by Industry  |   Our Sites