Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive
one.- Hans Selye
When
you start up a company, the two important arms of business are getting business
and delivering good quality service/product simultaneously. Delivery of
service/product is solely dependent upon the skill set of your team but is
having a desired skill enough to deliver?
For
a highly technical and senior position, skills and experience are overriding. But
for a fresher who are yet to be trained, and to learn skills, attitude is
certainly a major deciding factor. As they say, hire for attitude and train for skill.
What
is right attitude? Well, it could be anything
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Passion for the job/learning a new skills
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Resilience
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Ability to ask questions
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Do the math
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Ability to take criticism positively
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Ability to be proactive
1. Passion: If you are passionate about the new career you have chosen,
you will find it easy to learn new skill sets and coping with the changing
environment.
Takeaway: It's easier to be successful if you love what
you're doing.
2. Resilience: The key is to hold on. Don’t give up. You may be facing
lot of difficulties but you need to find a way to dig in and keep going even
when it seems everything is going against you.
Takeaway: Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow could be worse,
but the day after tomorrow will be what you have been waiting for.
3. Ability to ask questions: How
well do you ask questions? From my experience, most fresher fail to think about
this issue. But asking questions effectively is a major underlying part of the
learning process of a fresher— which suggests that it might be worth giving
this attitude attribute a little more focus.
Takeaway: We get wise by asking questions, and even if
these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its
answer on its back as a snail carries its shell. - James Stephens
4.
Do
the math: You need to know about your efficiency; productivity every
hour. What you have learnt; how far you have come; where to go and how much
time & effort, it will take to reach there. You should have this
calculation going inside your head, if you really want to learn
Takeaway: It's hard to achieve success if you don't
understand how it's measured.
5. Ability to take criticism positively: If
you don’t know how to accept criticism with grace and appreciation, it is
almost impossible for you to learn a new skill. One could take criticism as
hurtful and demoralizing, it can also be viewed in a positive way: it is
honesty, and it can spur us to do better.
Takeaway:
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without
destroying his roots. - Frank A. Clark
6.
Proactive:
Being proactive at work not only boosts your self-esteem, but
also gets to teach you skills real fast. When you are a proactive fresher, you
seek to resolve your queries before they even become a problem. Being proactive
is not limited to helping yourself, but others around you as well.
Takeaway:
Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. If I
am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past. - Kenny Loggins
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at Turacoz
Healthcare Solutions
hire for the best combination of skills and attitude. We believe that your
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