Work Ethic You Want (When Young)

I work with kids, teens and young adults daily, from camps to careers. I try to help them develop their innate skills, and discover and nurture others. It's a great jump start to listen to what successful individuals have to say about behaviors and traits they seek out when hiring young people.

Some great insights can be gleaned from the NY Times article, A Work Ethic Shaped At An Early Age. The founder of TransPerfect, a translation service, shares the traits young people should have:

• Working from an extremely young age, and ideally not having stopped
• Work hard, gain experience to become self-sufficient
• That type of upbringing usually translates to becoming good employees
• Adversity, overcoming some sort of challenge is important
• People who play competitive sports, come from entrepreneurial families, tend to have a desire to succeed
• Being accountable and transparent
• Being able to "tell me about yourself;" this indicates if they are a logical thinker and an effective communicator
• Positive energy, proactive problem resolving
• Collaborative and good listening abilities
• Idea generation and detail orientation
• The desire to take risks
• Humility

Knowing this now should help teens - and kids - to work early on developing and mastering these essential work, and life, skills. Summer is a good time to take stock and nurture your strengths and weaknesses.

 

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