Positive character trait
Helpful
Providing useful assistance or making a task easier.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Offers help when they see someone struggling.
- Gives useful information or directions without being asked twice.
- Makes other people's tasks easier.
Fits when someone readily offers useful help without being asked twice
Not when the help is unwanted, or takes over a task the other person wants to learn
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Answered [number] [customer or colleague] questions a [day or week], with [satisfaction score or result] over [period].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is helpful: colleagues and [customers or students] go to them with questions because they always know where to look or who to ask.
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Report card comment [Name] is helpful in class: they tidy up without being asked and help classmates who are stuck.
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In a story, shown not told The tourist held the map upside down. The boy turned it the right way, then walked her to the corner and pointed.
The helpful librarian found three sources before the student had finished asking.
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