Work Ethic: (09/25/16)

Interpersonal skills determine how you interact and communicate with your co-workers, team, and people in general. These skills are one of the top characteristic employers look for as if you have strong interpersonal skills that means you will be able to work and communicate with co-workers and clients much easier. Thus making working together smoother and more efficient.

Initiative is a characteristic that can make you standout and get you noticed by your boss or coach in a good way. Initiative means no one has to be hassling you to do your part or it can mean you even do a job that is not necessarily yours, but needs to be done. You know by yourself when to do a job. This usually means you do not procrastinate. Thus you do not let the team down. When you do not have initiative you usually procrastinate and do not meet deadlines. This can lead to being dismissed.

Dependable much like interpersonal skills is one of the top characteristics employers look for when hiring. If you are not dependable no matter whether on a team or in a company you cost them time, lose, and even money. To be dependable you must be honest, punctual, and reliable. For instance you are dependable if you are that one worker that can cover last minute shifts because someone did not show up. You are dependable if you show up to a company meeting with not only a presentation, but a well developed and prepared presentation.

I have great initiative and am very dependable, but my interpersonal skills could improve. My mentorship is the perfect opportunity to not only build my interpersonal skills, but to make my initiative and dependability stronger.