What a "Must Have" Employee Looks Like

Looking for a job isn't always simple. Sending out a resume and hoping a company calls you in for an interview may be the easiest process, but it might not be the most productive. A lot of work goes into catching the eye of would-be employers. Unfortunately, a host of applicants fails to stand out from all the many competitors vying for attention. Appearing more attractive to employees contributed tremendously to being in demand.

Increasing your profile to become sought after by employers doesn't always require dramatic steps. Following a few logical and well-established tips human resource professionals advocate would be a good move.

Flexibility and Versatility

A busy office may require its employees to multitask quite a bit. Those already employed and looking for promotions would benefit from displaying their obvious flexibility in the office. Being asked to handle additional mundane administrative tasks should not be looked at as a burden. Instead, see the added work as a way to show you can be a team player and are willing to help out in the office to the maximum level.

Persons seeking a job can demonstrate their potential to be flexible by displaying a versatile array of skills. A resume should not veer off and present material that has nothing to do with the job, but supplementary skills serve as a nice addition. Devising a section of the resume that displays ancillary skills might properly display a wide collection of skill sets.

Present Unique Online Skills

Learning anything and everything you can about the internet could help you stand out tremendously in the eyes of employers. Persons with skills in internet marketing, web development, social media, blogging, and more could be very valuable to employers. Even those whose primary job duties don't necessarily involve online work would benefit from learning such skills.

Displaying Self-Motivation

Employers like people who are self-starters. No employer wishes to deal with someone who constantly has to be prodded to perform daily duties. A person who only wishes to do the bare minimum to get by won't exactly be someone a company intends to promote. Jobseekers truly must get across the trait of being self-motivated. Doing so keeps them from being confused with a lazy employee. Simply listing "strong self-motivation skills" as a proclamation on the resume won't cut it, though. Clear experience on the resume should display this beneficial attribute.

Revealing that you once performed volunteer work would indicate a level of self-motivation. A person who contributed time and effort to help a charity or assist a local community theater isn't motivated by money. Nor is someone who constantly writes entries on a blog. An individual who does things like this clearly displays the valuable trait of self-motivation and a desire to accomplish things. Noting such experience on a resume won't exactly hurt.

The Ability to Lead

Any accomplishments that display the ability to lead may be met with great fervor by a potential employer. A person with leadership skills can develop into a manager in the future. Employers don't necessarily want to see those hired in non-managerial positions remain in such jobs. In time, executives and middle managers may depart the fold. Hiring a replacement from the outside can be a risk. Grooming someone currently in a support role to assume the duties of a manager can be the preferable strategy.

Leadership skills could be reflected in seemingly unimportant positions such as acting as the captain of a softball team. In truth, nothing that displays leadership abilities should ever be looked at as unimportant. All leadership positions may carry weight with a potential employer.