Description: A short article about Global English and Workplace English
Instructions: Read the short article and answer the questions
Twenty-three employers in New Zealand were asked what they are looking for in new employees. The employers represented a wide range of occupations from a car dealer to a manager of a rest home for the elderly to a Head of School at an education institute.
Table 1:
When you are employing a new employee, what are the qualities that you look for?
Competence in the work skills/experience
16 of the 23 employers
Qualifications
6 of the 23 employers
Attitude
14 of the 23 employers
Communication and people skills
7 of the 23 employers
Attitude was defined by the employers as: presentation, flexibility, commitment, honesty, being positive, reliability, enthusiasm