What Employers Are Looking for in Employees

Now a day employers look for many skills in workers. There are many reasons why worker are not get a job or they are getting fired, but there is one reason why that is happening. That reason is that many employers need people with good skills, qualities and attributes. There are many workers out there, who don’t have the skills that are need in the current workforce. Well that is going to change and there the career and work counsellor come in. “For years, employers have been aware of employee engagement and maintenance issues in their workplaces. As the millennial generation (also commonly known as Gen-Y and includes births from 1982 – 2000) grows in the workforce and baby boomers retire, managers and human resources professionals will need to develop new engagement models take into account the generational differences between baby boomers and millennial (Gilbert, 2011 ).”According to the article “THE MILLENNIALS: A NEW GENERATION OF EMPLOYEES, A NEW SET OF ENGAGEMENT POLICIES” there was a research done that show that baby boomers are the largest generation of workers, who are organizational memory, confidence and there are willing to longer hours. (Gilbert, 2011) what does this mean in the current workplace is that many baby boomer are retiring early or there are quit their job because there don’t have the skills that are required in the current workplace. In this essay I will be analysing the skills, qualities and attributes workers need in today workplace. Also how does this affect the career and work counsellors.
The important skills needs in today workplace are: communication skills, flexibility, able to adapt to new technology, positive attitude, thinking skills, and teamwork skills. A communication skill is very importan...

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... so like a single mother or father with little children, have no place to keep them is another barrier. So in some case it is difficult but at the end it is all worthy because you will have new skills and you old skills will be new again. Also you will have a better job which will support you family.

Overall how does a career and work counsellor play the role in this is by helping clients to get those skills that are important in the workplace and telling them that many employers look at these skills. As a Career and Work Counsellor it is you job to help the clients understand the skills they have because when it could to the workplace it is explain differently to them. If you get clients who want up to date their skills or those who don’t have the skills that are required, as counsellor you could tell them the free programs where they could upgrade their skills.