We are all different, and we’re meant to be that way. Every employee has their advantages and disadvantages and their role within a team, but it seems that some of us are more perfect than others.

Svetlana Motenko, HR and administration director at medical assistance company, International S.O.S., believes in the ideal employee. She says that she comes across them rarely, but that every employer can name a bright star— an employee who meets the needs for the post ideally.

Requirements naturally vary according to the job and the employer. But they commonly include; patience: the ability to work under pressure: emotional stability: self-confidence and self-motivation. The list is endless.

Tatiana Golubina, client services manager at recruitment agency, Manpower, says that if the employee puts the company’s interests first; then everything else falls into place. She adds that an ideal employee doesn’t just join a company and then leave once they’ve learnt something; they develop their career within the company.

Golubina also highlights that in her opinion, all the employees of a good manager are ideal, because he spends a significant amount of time developing them, while on the other hand a bad manager does everything himself, because his employees can’t.

An ideal is something for all of us to strive towards. The first step is to identify what your employer wants and then having done that, to continuously aim for improvement toward this goal.