We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are some important characteristics of a co-worker (someone you work closely with)? Use reasons and specific examples to explain why these characteristics are important.

Having good co-workers 1makemakes our professional 2liveslife 3meaningful, whilemeaningful while bad colleagues can make our life miserable. Since people spend a considerable amount of their time in their workplaces, characteristics of their co-workers greatly affect the level of job satisfaction. Friendly behaviour, team spirit, helpfulness and professionalism are some important qualities that make someone a great colleague. To begin with, 4friendly behaviour in an employeefriendly behaviours of an employee 5makeswould make things easier for other workers. When someone joins a company, the first thing 6they look for among their colleagueshe looks for among his colleagues 7is friendly behaviouris the friendly behaviours. Second, team spirit is another important aspect 8that makesthe make 9workers' livesworker's life easier in a company. Without it, some employees would 10struggle to producesuffer greatly to produce the expected output. This is why companies these days look for this trait 11in employeesamong the employees. Third, helpfulness of an employee makes 12other employees' lives a lot easierthe life of other employees lot easier. A helpful colleague would share his knowledge, help finish a project 13and be amiable to othersand amiable to others. For instance, during my three years professional life, I have always liked the people who have 14offered a helping handraised their helping hands whenever needed. My experience taught me that those are good people to rely on. Finally, 15professionalismthe professionalism is a quality that drives people to work closely to attain a common goal. Thus 16such peoplethose sorts of people would value 17others' opinionsothers opinion, criticism and feedback. They would also 18advise junior employees and guide themadvise junior employees and would guide them in difficult times. Alfred Stuart, a former colleague of mine, 19was highly professionalhad a great professionalism and that is why he was reliable, a great team 20leaderlead and a person to seek advice. All things considered, good qualities like friendliness, helpful mentality, professional attitude and team spirit among co-workers make our working environment healthy and enhances our job satisfaction.