What Are the Ingredients of a Professional Employee?

            Like the recipe to an excellent dish, professional employees need certain ingredients, or characteristics, which help them stand out from other employees.  Professional employees must be reliable, hardworking, and loyal. Without these characteristics, employees can never reach the professional level that they and their employers want them to reach.

                Employees must be competent so that employers can rely on those employees to complete the tasks they are assigned. They must know how to do their job and have the capability to do what they are asked. If employees cannot execute their responsibilities, then they cannot be trusted to get the job done right(Sundheim, 2013).

                In order to show that they are hardworking, employees must be action-oriented and autonomous. Professional employees do not wait to be told what to do. Rather, they take initiative and get the job done. They do not waste time while at work, but choose to fill their space with meaningful tasks.

                Above all else, professional employees are honest and loyal. It doesn't matter how talented employees are if such employees are not honest in the work they do(Ingram, n.d.). Dishonesty in the workplace will cause problems and lead to the company losing clients. Employers need to know that their employees are doing what they are assigned to do.

                In order for employees to be professional, they must be trusted, diligent, and honest. These qualities will allow professional employees to stand out among the crowd just as fine dining can be distinguished from fast-food. 

References:

Ingram, D. (n.d.). The qualities of a good & professional employee. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from smallbusiness.chron.com

Sundheim, K. (2013, April 2). 15 Traits of the ideal employee. Forbes. Retrieved from www.forbes.com