Effective employees need to be reliable and positive. Our culture supports teamwork. Having a positive attitude and displaying that to co-workers and customers sets the stage for a good outcome.

I don't want to live here for the rest of my life but I want to be able to come back to visit my mum.

This certainly demonstrates an employee's willingness and dedication to do whatever it takes to produce the best results.

We just wanted to make the school look better, ... When we first got together, we had no idea what we wanted to do, but we knew we wanted it to have something to do with activities and sports. So we brainstormed.

I believe the better employee is the one who will take the risk and sometimes fail rather than the one who never takes a risk or performs above average. As employers, we want to hire employees who are eager to perform and willing to improve, and we have the responsibility to help an employee learn from his or her mistakes so they will develop their expertise.