What are the most desirable qualities for job seekers in the 2000 workplace? Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm, offers the following list of in-demand skills:

1. Willingness to share information and ideas.
2. Commitment to teamwork.
3. Responsiveness to change.
4. Ability to work under pressure.
5. Sense of ownership of work and ideas.
6. Willingness to take calculated risks, without fear of consequences.
7. Multicultural experience and/or ability to speak multiple languages.
8. Ability to communicate clearly and honestly with peers, managers, customers.
9. Understanding of business strategy and how you create shareholder value.
10. Commitment to continuous learning, skills development.

A job seeker wrote asking whether it was okay to send his resume as an attachment to an email he sent to a potential employer.

Get your foot in the door with E-mail
Plus: how to keep your recruiter happy

A job-seeking visitor to this website contributed some HOT TIPS of her own, and here they are:

I bring paper copies with me to interviews, but these days, I get in the door by Email. Granted, I work for internet access companies, but more and recruiters and HR staff have email addresses. They will see electronic resumes long before papers copies reach the post office. Some tips I would suggest:
. Match the recruiter’s requested format. If someone requests “text only” or “no attachment” and you send a Microsoft word document, they may discard it without looking.
. If you make a resume in HTML, try looking at it with several different browsers (or have a friend look at it). What looks okay your computer may look horrible on someone else’s.
. Beware if your web-resume links to your home page or otherwise might lead people to look at your home page. Unless the page supplements your resume in some way (for example, you or at least after you’ve had an interview.