Today’s DNA of Success attribute: Practicality

The most successful workplaces combine a balance between work practicality and home comforts for their workforce. Finding employees with practical experience can be very beneficial to your company. Practical work experience teaches valuable soft skills that employees can bring to the table for the well-being of the company. Some of these soft skills include things such as discipline, perseveranc

e, teamwork, leadership skills, communication skills, and problem-solving skills.

When looking to hire top employees that will positively impact your company, look for those individuals who show practical characteristics. The job seeker should focus on carrying out concrete actions and being results-oriented. If your company hires practical individuals, then they have employees who are realists, determined, and risk-takers. Practical employees know how to prioritize, which leads to a chain of actions with excellent results. If your company is facing difficulties that require an immediate solution, it is these practical employees who will step in and save the day.

Across the long term horizon, employers have seen a continuous shift in the applicant pool for every position in a distribution operation. Compare the industrial revolution through the Second World War and then jump to today… the processes are similar, but the jobs are very different. Across your career, you will see tremendous shifts in behavior and technology offerings intended to make the people and processes more efficient. The one constant however, is the DNA of Success.

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