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- The best way to succeed at work or get a job is to show you have the traits that bosses want.
- Career experts named seven characteristics that are crucial for employees in any industry.
- Resilience, focus, and likeability are all important in the workplace.
Every employer looks for different experiences and skillsets in their workers.
But while your professional background is important, your character “will have the greatest impact on whether you get the job you want,” said Brian Tracy, author of “Earn What You’re Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market”.
Tracy and other careers experts named seven traits that managers in any industry want.
Vivian Giang contributed to the original version of this post.
Resilience
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Marc Cenedella, CEO of Ladders, said resilience separates those who flourish from those who falter in the workplace.
“Bosses are looking for employees who can stick to their goals through difficult challenges, bounce back when things go wrong, and see projects through to success,” Cenedella told Business Insider.
Judge Graham, entrepreneur and career coach, agreed that having the resilience to be able to handle stress is crucial.
“You can’t allow stress to affect their performance or attitude regardless of how intense the situation may get,” Graham told Business Insider.
Time-management skills
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It’s not all about spending 12 hours at the office. Managers are more impressed by those who can do a lot in a smaller amount of time.
Tracy said much of your productivity is determined by time-management skills — your ability to plan, organize, set priorities, solve problems and to get the job done.
“Everyone is on the clock, so this means an employee needs to value the time it takes to take on different projects and use that time effectively,” Graham said. “Maintaining a steady, assured pace allows you to really hone in on decision-making capabilities.”
Read more: 26 time-management tricks I wish I’d known at 20
Courage
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Another trait that sets entrepreneurs apart is not fearing failure, even when there is a “high degree of uncertainty and the possibility of failure,” Tracy said.
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos is one of many successful folks who advocates for the idea of accepting failure.
“To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment,” Bezos said. “Most large organizations embrace the idea of invention, but are not willing to suffer the string of failed experiments necessary to get there.”
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