{"id":4619,"date":"2018-08-21T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T20:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2019-01-16T23:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:35:12","slug":"this-is-the-no-1-quality-youre-being-judged-on-when-job-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/this-is-the-no-1-quality-youre-being-judged-on-when-job-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: This Is the No. 1 Quality You&#8217;re Being Judged On When Job Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Job seekers focused on putting their best foot forward should make sure they&#8217;re armed with examples of their excellent work ethic.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because work ethic is the number one quality people look for when they&#8217;re hiring someone, according to the latest reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/154-which-of-the-following-qualities-is-most-important-when-hiring-someone-new-for-your-company\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing query<\/a> by Comparably. The other choices were &#8220;integrity,&#8221; (22%), &#8220;good culture fit&#8221; (21%), &#8220;resourcefulness&#8221; (16%) and &#8220;prior experience&#8221; (8%).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/WORKETHIC.jpg\" alt=\"WORKETHIC\" width=\"698\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/WORKETHIC-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/WORKETHIC.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 people across the tech industry participated in the query.<\/p>\n<p><b>From a department perspective<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Workers of all ethnicities, experience levels and ages rated &#8220;work ethic&#8221; as the top choice, though the results skewed when examined from a department standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>People in the HR department said the number one quality they look for is &#8220;good culture fit&#8221; (36%), which people in executive roles rated &#8220;integrity&#8221; (30%) the most attractive quality in a candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4624 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/HR.jpg\" alt=\"HR\" width=\"342\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/HR-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/HR.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 85vw, 342px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Executive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4625 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/exec.jpg\" alt=\"exec\" width=\"341\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/exec-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/exec.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Men vs. women<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There was little difference in the way men and women rated the top quality they look for when hiring.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4626 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/workethic2.jpg\" alt=\"workethic2\" width=\"545\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/workethic2-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/workethic2.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 85vw, 545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest reading is as of Aug. 21, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job seekers focused on putting their best foot forward should make sure they&#8217;re armed with examples of their excellent work ethic. That&#8217;s because work ethic is the number one quality people look for when they&#8217;re hiring someone, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. The other choices were &#8220;integrity,&#8221; (22%), &#8220;good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/this-is-the-no-1-quality-youre-being-judged-on-when-job-hunting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read full-story <i class=\"cm cm-right-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,65],"tags":[188,59,204],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6405,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions\/6405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}