punctuality: you are on time every time (and if anything is impeding your punctuality, you’re calling ahead as soon as you are aware)
pliability: you follow directions (and if you have trouble, you’ll openly and plainly ask for instruction and clarification)
predictability: you do not cause drama or make waves (and if anything disruptive DOES occur, you’ll document it)
everything else can be trained,
if you satisfy these three prerequisites, you can almost always be trained, and,
if you don’t satisfy these three prerequisites, you’re probably not trainable at all.
Seriously. Lie on your resume. We expect it. All we care about is that when the time comes, you can do the job.
Source: IT business owner for 25 years who lied like a motherfucker in his resume when necessary.
PRECISELY FUCKING REAL.
Employers only actually care about three things:
everything else can be trained,
if you satisfy these three prerequisites, you can almost always be trained, and,
if you don’t satisfy these three prerequisites, you’re probably not trainable at all.