Employee Attributes

Employee attributes	Example	Why employer’s value it
Specific attributes
1.       Specific to the job	Technical knowledge	Employers value technical knowledge because if you don’t have the knowledge about a piece of software that you have to use regularly then there are things that could make your job easier. Another reason is that if you apply for a job with 0 GCSE’s and you know everything about everything you’re going to be doing then you’re more likely to get the job than someone with 10 GCSE’s that knows nothing about what they’re doing. while working with rainbow light you need to have the knowledge and understanding to be abke to work with the people within the organsiation for example being able to help someone who have bad sight.
	Health and safety	This is a major priority in any working environment because you need to make sure that the workplace is safe for everyone not just yourself. If you do not know anything about health and safety then you are a high risk to the company that employ you because if you don’t have a basic knowledge of it then you could end up costing the company a lot of money and you could lose your job. for example when working with rainbow light you need to work with clients under the health and safety law and make sure you are compying to it
General attributes
1.       General (soft skill)	Organisational Skills	organisation is the biggest factor in working in a company because if your unorganised then nothing will ever get done because you might have lost a sheet of paper that you might need and now something important has come up and that sheet of paper is needed you could lose your job of be suspended. for rainbow light they would need to organise excercises in different categories for the partially blind on computers that best helps them.
	Time Management	time management is a critical part of being an employee because no-one wants to take on someone that will turn up late every morning or someone that can’t get a piece of work done by when they said they could. Once again you could either receive a word from your boss if you’re not good at managing your time, but you could also possibly lose your job. when wokring with rainbow light you need to ensure that you always arrive on time becase if you arrive late or you are not there someone with blindness coud get hurt and you would be in big trouble.
Personal attitudes
1.	Tolerance	Tolerance can and can’t be a major factor in your job for instance if you’re working at a call centre then you will have to have a high level of tolerance because you can get some incredibly rude people on the phone to you so you have to tolerate them and maintain a professional attitude. you have to show tolerance within rainbow light due to having to help clients as some may give up or lose patience but you have to stand by them and be tolerant towards them to help them reach their goal
2.	Problem Solving	problem solving is the most important attitude for an IT technician because that’s all that you do is diagnose why the computer isn’t working properly. In some jobs it doesn’t matter if you are a good problem solver.

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