After a long career ending in the CEO suite of a company with 42,000 employees, I think the hardest qualities to find in an employee are trust and dependability.

If someone comes across as a person you can trust and depend on, there is a place for that person in almost every company.

Where that person fits will depend on their other skills, because it is hard to "test" for these qualities, but if you are someone an employer can trust and rely on, you need to make that clear.

But don't lie. If that is not who you are, they will figure that out and feel lied to. I was that kind of person, and my career was amazing, going from new hire entry level to SVP of a major publicly traded company over 8 years and later on CEO. I have had the privilege of propelling others into similar successful careers.

Some of the stuff in this narrative is true to some extent. Most people are not loyal or dependable and so as an employer, you still have to find people that can "fill a slot in your organization".

Funny when I was 10 years old, my friend asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told him, I was very good with numbers, people could trust me, and I worked hard... someone would be willing to pay for that... and it turned out that was true...