- 6 YOUR INQUIRING COLUMN This month, your Inquiring Column turned the tables and asked a group of supervisors, "What qualities do you look for in an qmployee?" The answers were: Leroy Calhoun, KnittingDepartment foreman of Plant #4; "Qualities I look for in an employee are reliability, depend- ability, coopera tiveness, truthful ness and honesty. He should be a person of good character and one who will take pride in his job in orderto get the best quality of work pos sible for his company." Dave Frazier, KnittingDepartment foreman of Plant #7: "First of all, I would like to know that he is reliable. An em ployee should al- ways have confi dence in himself as well as in his employer. His ability to get along with others is very important. He should always be willing to learn and to apply new ideas. He should also be ambitious and honest. " Sam Dale, fore man of the Greige Goods Department of Plant #1: "En thusiasm, depend ability and pride in seeing a job well done. He should be willing at all times to cooperate with his foreman and his fellow workers. He should also keep a clean, orderly work place and display the right attitude at all times--show a sense of appreciation when offered help ful criticism. " J GeorgeF razier, B oar ding Depart ment foreman of Plant #1: "I look for an employee who is willing to cooper ate, someone who is willing to try to do the things he has been instructed to do. Also, I think an employee should show as much consid eration for his supervisor as he expects from his supervisor." Bob Duggins, Tabulating Depart- ment supervisor: "I believe that if an employee will apply the Golden Rule, he will have all of the desirable qualities. In addition to prac ticing the Golden Rule, I think an em ployee should never be satisfied that the present method of doing a thing cannot be improved. " Elmer Hoover, KnittingDepartment foreman of Plant # 1: "Neatness in ap pearance, honesty, safety -conscious ness and the ability to get along with fel low employees. He should be able to follow instructions and apply himself each day on the job order that he might obtain a thoroug knowledge of his job. Also, he should not resent being approached about hiS work. " (Continued on page 7 ) D J