Employees who are invaluable are willing to constantly upgrade their skills and take on extra work that may be outside the realm of their job description, said Kelly Cantele, human resource executive at Hypercom Inc., a Phoenix data communications company. Going the extra mile to help the company often means speaking up and offering advice on problem solving. That kind of input tells the company the employee cares about the firm and the quality of its output. Elana Azzarita, human resource executive at Neuville Industries, a Hildebran, N.C. hosiery company, commented, We value employees who can generate new ideas. An employee who enhances his or her view of the industry through external education can help us look 'out of the box' for new solutions.
Education can come from involvement with other companies and trade organizations.
Stress can generate the energy that motivates. Employers are looking for workers with a your concerns are my concerns attitude. An employee who displays that attitude is likely to be the last one replaced with a part-time or contingent worker. Make the workday clockless. Employees should make themselves available for problem solving by adopting management s clockless definition of the workday.