8 personal skills you need on the job

Here are 8 of the 15 Personal Skills You Need on the Job:

1. Carefulness: Do you have a tendency to think and plan carefully before acting? This helps with reducing the chance for costly errors, as well as keeping a steady workflow going.
2. Creativity: You've heard of "thinking outside the box"? Employers want innovative people who bring a fresh perspective.
3. Discipline: This includes the ability to keep on task and complete projects without becoming distracted or bored.
4. Drive: Businesses want employees who have high aspiration levels and work hard to achieve goals.
5. Goodwill: This is a tendency to believe others are well-intentioned.
6. Order: "Where did I put that?" A tendency to be well organized helps employees to work without major distractions or "roadblocks."
7. Savvy: This isn't just about job knowledge, but knowledge of coworkers and the working environment. It includes a tendency to read other people's motives from observed behavior and use this information to guide one's thinking and action.
8. Stability: This means a tendency to maintain composure and rationality in stressful work situations.