What does a hiring manager want in an employee?

Universally, they want people who are:

•           Smart
•           Dependable
•           Hard working
•           Easy to work with
•           Able to work independently
•           Know when they need help
•           Able to solve problems (this may be the sum of all of the above)

For a given job, you need the main skills, but certainly not everything listed in the job spec. Then your job is to convince the employer of all of the above.