Work Skills

Abstract

Work skills are the capabilities of an employee to perform efficiently and effectively on the job. They are inherent as well as acquired. Some skills are inherent in a person since birth and some are acquired through learning and experience. In either case, practice and learning contribute towards the refinement of these skills. The more experience an employee gets, the more polished his skills become. Good work skills contribute towards the professional growth of an employee. This paper discusses the advantages and different aspects related to work skills of an employee.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Work Skills4

Importance of good educational background5

How work skills relate to learning6

How work skills relate to professional working7

Experience in the work arena7

Proper knowledge of a job8

Some of the skills that companies usually look for in employees9

Leadership skills9

Communication Skills9

Problem Solving Skills9

Technical Skills10

Acquiring job related knowledge10

Applying knowledge in the workplace11

Advantage of good work skills11

Performance11

Growth12

Professionalism12

Personal Growth12

Conclusion13

Work Skills

Introduction

A person working for any other person or business entity is usually referred to as an employee. An employee is a person who offers his or her services to an organization or another person, usually in return for cash and other monetary benefits. Organizations are growing by the second. Companies that were previously operating in just one society or country now have their roots settled in multiple continents and nations. With the growth in companies and the size of organizations comes an increase in jobs and positions within organizations. Whenever an organization grows, vacancies get created. This usually leads to the process of recruitment and ultimately, the ideal candidate is selected for the job.

However, the population of the world is growing much faster than organizations. Due to this, there are at least three to ten candidates available for any one job vacancy that gets created in any company in the world. Organizations realize the abundance of candidates that exists in the world and use this to their advantage. They have the option of selecting the best employee out of all the applicants. This gives organizations an upper hand in the recruitment of new employees and this is the main reason why candidates applying for jobs in most organizations have to pass through extensive and rigorous recruitment processes (Merkle, 2009).

Work Skills

When an organization realizes that there is a vacancy within the organization that needs to be filled, they initiate the search for the ideal candidate to put in that seat. Mostly, companies choose and promote one of their own employees working on a lower level to that post but in some cases, new people are recruited. In either case, the person selected for the job is expected to possess certain skills and qualities that would help him efficiently perform on the job and contribute towards the overall growth of the organization.

Before selecting an employee for a certain position, companies form a job description for the vacant post. This job description encompasses all the functions that would be required from that employee. The main purpose of making the job description is that it helps identify the main work ...