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CEO: When I meet someone with these 4 traits, I immediately want them to work for me—even if I’m ‘not hiring’
CNBC ^ | June 17, 2025 | Suzy Welch

Posted on 06/17/2025 9:52:11 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 06/17/2025 9:52:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Glad I’m retired.


2 posted on 06/17/2025 9:56:21 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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No wonder, in my IT career as a contractor, my contract manager always loved sending me out on interviews, because I always got the job. I ended up working for 17 companies between 1994 and my retirement in 2021. One turned into being a full time employee until I quit to move from Seattle to Kentucky to get out of that mayhem.


3 posted on 06/17/2025 9:56:31 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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Tampon Tim: “When I look for someone to hire, I look for these traits”
1) Crazy in a crazy kind of way.
2) Loves to play dress up with or without a mask.
3) Resume indicates they have never really done anything in life.
4) Has easy access to fake cop cars and uniforms.


4 posted on 06/17/2025 9:56:49 AM PDT by Zathras
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You beat me to it


5 posted on 06/17/2025 9:57:31 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Red Badger

Sorry about that narcissistic post. I just noticed the four attributes qualified for how I handled my career and blurted out that post before I had a chance to think about it...

🤔


6 posted on 06/17/2025 9:57:34 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Red Badger

Curiosity
Conceptual Thinking
Creativity


7 posted on 06/17/2025 9:58:11 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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It was fine, fuhgeddaboudit...............


8 posted on 06/17/2025 9:58:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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It sounds like a nightmare.

And kids think they have decision making skills the day they graduate. No wonder they are so frustrated in entry level jobs.


9 posted on 06/17/2025 10:01:32 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: cuban leaf

Skill churn is a euphemism for “replace with cheap Indian labor.”


10 posted on 06/17/2025 10:02:13 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: cuban leaf

That took “nerve.” Ha Ha.


11 posted on 06/17/2025 10:02:18 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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These skills sound like an easy fit for a future AI.

They will keep calm and collected even if a bomb drops on corporate HQ.

As for empathy for their fellow employees: “I know you may be a few pounds overweight but I would strongly encourage you to...Run!”

Lol.


12 posted on 06/17/2025 10:02:33 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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Yep. I switched jobs when the indians started having an impact. I went for a “communication intensive” job, precluding any foreign competition.🤣


13 posted on 06/17/2025 10:03:46 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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“What we need in the business world is the quick wit to think our way out of a difficult situation, the independence of mind to see a new track, the courage to make a quick decision even if it does not coincide with the general opinion, and the backbone to put it over when we know we are right.”

Henry Timken

http://www.quoteswise.com/henry-timken-quotes.html

I saw that quote in a San Diego museum.

“If you want to lead in any line you must bring to it independence of thought, unfailing industry, aggression, and indomitable purpose.”

“To get anywhere, a man must first see his goal, then lay his plans to attain it, and be prepared to buck up stiffly against every obstruction which threatens his way, beating them back until he conquers them.”


14 posted on 06/17/2025 10:06:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Re: “Sorry about that narcissistic post. I just noticed the four attributes qualified for how I handled my career and blurted out that post before I had a chance to think about it...”

Lol, it gave credibility to the article being more than an ad


15 posted on 06/17/2025 10:07:45 AM PDT by MikeyB806
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I am 1 for 4, but those are all superb traits in an alpha worker destined for greater things. I was sound, steady, reliable. I flunked the rest of the list.


16 posted on 06/17/2025 10:08:23 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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The employee evaluation criteria “tolerance for uncertainty” has never sat perfectly well with This Guy.

It always sounded like: How well does this individual tolerate having steaming heaps of manure dumped on his or her head for months on end without even thinking about complaining.


17 posted on 06/17/2025 10:09:58 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Kind of forgot trustworthiness, couth, intelligence, and a willingness to compromise. All good traits in a world of business. Without them, you will commit suicide as your employees and supervisors won’t want to work with you.

wy69


18 posted on 06/17/2025 10:10:15 AM PDT by whitney69
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I think he is missing the top trait in a worker. Honesty and Integrity. Unless your work is scamming and conning people, my top valued trait is honesty and integrity. People with integrity do their best, work when you are not around, are reliable, won’t clean you out, won’t sabatoge you behind your back.


19 posted on 06/17/2025 10:10:43 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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#1 — deep connection to the corrupt federal money machine


20 posted on 06/17/2025 10:12:14 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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