When you apply for a job, you know that your resume needs to showcase your experience and abilities. When you get to the interview stage, however, you want to demonstrate that you possess a few of these intangible personality traits if you really want to stand out among the other applicants.
AMBITION
Ambition is more than just having big dreams. To show a RenaudExec recruiter that you have ambition come to your interview as prepared as you can be to not only answer their questions, but also to demonstrate why you are the right person for this job. Learn as much as you can about the company and the industry and have some questions prepared so you can open a dialog. Establish some career goals that you can fit into their corporate structure and be prepared to expound on your skills in a creative, anecdotal way so they start to see how you might work together.
CURIOSITY
One of the reasons you want to ask the right questions at an interview (instead of just answer them) is that it shows curiosity and curiosity is a sign of an agile brain. If you have an agile brain it means you want to learn and that means you are willing to be a good student. Curiosity is the key to problem solving as well as social interaction, and is a definite asset in any professional environment.
HUSTLE
Hustle is basically the evidence of your ambition. It can appear on a resume as steady progression in your work history (promotions from past jobs) or as awards or accolades. It can also appear in your life as a healthy savings account or a good credit score. People who have hustle are naturally curious and willing to explore their own limits but also follow direction, often combining these things to see how far they can go beyond the basic expectations.
HUMILITY
Even if your job is isolated, there is a good chance you are going to be part of a bigger team. Of course, this means you should have good teamwork and collaboration skills (and no, they are not the same thing), and in order to exude these things, you need to have humility. Humility is the ability to take both direction and criticism and channel them into improved production. Humility is taking responsibility for your role in your successes and failures and to take ownership of self-improvement.
