Few tips for keeping holidays work-free:
1. Manage your workload prior to vacation time and predict what work needs to be done during your absence
2. Tell your manager about your upcoming vacation time and make a plan of action while you are away
3. Help other co-workers with an excess workload during their time off and ask for the same in return
Showing posts with label Job. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Job. Show all posts
Friday, June 3, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Goal Tending
People often make self-imposed excuses like:"I don't have the right education." or "I wouldn't be good at that."
Listen to some of the excuses you make-they might be holding you back, and may not even be valid.
Julie Jansen: "I don't know what I want, but I know it's not this: A step-by-step guide to finding gratifying work.
Listen to some of the excuses you make-they might be holding you back, and may not even be valid.
Julie Jansen: "I don't know what I want, but I know it's not this: A step-by-step guide to finding gratifying work.
Communication
Good communication can make or brake any relationship.
Communicating with colleagues in a non-threatening way, rather than getting frustrated can prevent misunderstandings.
Communicating with colleagues in a non-threatening way, rather than getting frustrated can prevent misunderstandings.
Importance Index 2006
What your company's priorities are?
-office expansion and business growth: 21%
-employee training and development: 20%
-recruiting and hiring: 19%
-cutting costs: 11%
-streamlining and outsourcing business processes: 10%
-office expansion and business growth: 21%
-employee training and development: 20%
-recruiting and hiring: 19%
-cutting costs: 11%
-streamlining and outsourcing business processes: 10%
Friday, May 20, 2011
Speak Out
Strong communication-key to new job.
In terms of motivation, managers with poor communication skills are more likely to do just bare minimum to get by.
An open kind of communication climate is important in creating a good working atmosphere.
"Open communication climate" simply means that boss is open to hearing input from others; everyone can feel free to discuss their feelings on certain matters and make changes to things that affect them.
Bosses who have superior attitude and are not tolerant of other ideas create a negative working atmosphere.
Sometimes we get caught up in our job and ignore people around us.
In terms of motivation, managers with poor communication skills are more likely to do just bare minimum to get by.
An open kind of communication climate is important in creating a good working atmosphere.
"Open communication climate" simply means that boss is open to hearing input from others; everyone can feel free to discuss their feelings on certain matters and make changes to things that affect them.
Bosses who have superior attitude and are not tolerant of other ideas create a negative working atmosphere.
Sometimes we get caught up in our job and ignore people around us.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Day No 1
Start new job in inquisitive, friendly manner.
Your big goals are learning and building personal credibility on your first day.
Make personal connections with the people with whome you will work directly: boss, peers, but you should also reach to support staff.
Take the time to introduce yourself as the starting point fopr building a good impression and productive working relationships.
The first day on a new job is a great time for fresh start, especialy if you didn't like the way things went at your old job.
Think about how would you like to improve your reputation, speak up in meetings, offer your opinions and ask more pointed questions if you like to be seen as more confident.
Your big goals are learning and building personal credibility on your first day.
Make personal connections with the people with whome you will work directly: boss, peers, but you should also reach to support staff.
Take the time to introduce yourself as the starting point fopr building a good impression and productive working relationships.
The first day on a new job is a great time for fresh start, especialy if you didn't like the way things went at your old job.
Think about how would you like to improve your reputation, speak up in meetings, offer your opinions and ask more pointed questions if you like to be seen as more confident.
Show some Gratitude
According to the poll of 150 senior executives, 88% said that sending a thank-you note boosts candidate's chances of landing the job.
Simple act of following up your interview with a thank-you note is VITAL.
Simple act of following up your interview with a thank-you note is VITAL.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Goal Tending
Do you have career goals you'd like to meet, but find yourself afraid to tackle them?
Listen to some of the excuses you make-they might be holding you back, and may not even be valid.
People often make self-imposed excuses.
'I don't know what I want, but I know it's not this'- Julie Jansen (Penguin)
Listen to some of the excuses you make-they might be holding you back, and may not even be valid.
People often make self-imposed excuses.
'I don't know what I want, but I know it's not this'- Julie Jansen (Penguin)
Extra
When creating a resume, don't forget to include any extracurricular activities you may have been involved with at school.
Employers look for people that are able to go beyond the standard parameters of a job.
If you organized basketball league or helped raise money for grass roots organization, put it on your resume.
It shows that you're capable of a little bit more than your classmates.
Employers look for people that are able to go beyond the standard parameters of a job.
If you organized basketball league or helped raise money for grass roots organization, put it on your resume.
It shows that you're capable of a little bit more than your classmates.
Get it write
If you successfully navigate the job market and find a job, don't settle for a firm handshake and pat on the back when you receive the actual job offer.
Instead, ask for everything in writing, including your new salary and benefits package.
You should also ask for a written job description, so you know exactly what's expected of you.
It will provide a blueprint for your initial work and give you a concrete guide for comparison during your first review.
Instead, ask for everything in writing, including your new salary and benefits package.
You should also ask for a written job description, so you know exactly what's expected of you.
It will provide a blueprint for your initial work and give you a concrete guide for comparison during your first review.
Great Leaders
Effective leaders see people as appreciable assets with unlimited potential.
They clearly define competecies for key roles.
They integrate performance development as well as selection with those competencies, and establish an infrastructure that reinforces learning and feedback.
They clearly define competecies for key roles.
They integrate performance development as well as selection with those competencies, and establish an infrastructure that reinforces learning and feedback.
Stress Break
To use stress breaks effectively, you need to build them routinely into your work week and when you're not working.
Know when you have reached your stress quotient.
Know when you have reached your stress quotient.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
- You can never send too many resumes
- Working more than 4-6 hours a day can result in anxiety, exhaustion and a poor quality of life. Although some employers may scoff at the idea, researchers believe a shorter work day will increase productivity.
- You can never really learn everything about a workplace's environment - a crucial element to overall job satisfaction-by just asking questions about it during your interview. Instead, tour the facility and notice the employees: do they look happy, bored, stressed? A quick assessment of the facility and its workers can help you decide if it is a workplace environment where you can thrive.
- Working more than 4-6 hours a day can result in anxiety, exhaustion and a poor quality of life. Although some employers may scoff at the idea, researchers believe a shorter work day will increase productivity.
- You can never really learn everything about a workplace's environment - a crucial element to overall job satisfaction-by just asking questions about it during your interview. Instead, tour the facility and notice the employees: do they look happy, bored, stressed? A quick assessment of the facility and its workers can help you decide if it is a workplace environment where you can thrive.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
What not to share with your co-workers
By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer
It’s happened to everyone before. The constant flow of words that just keep coming, long after you’ve made your point (if there ever was one) and even longer after people stopped caring. The kind of gibberish that just won’t stop unless someone else starts talking. The type of chatter that inevitably ends with you wishing you’d put a sock in it.
Yes, verbal diarrhea is never a good thing.
Some people talk to hear the sound of their own voice;
others share because they don’t really have a life and, by revealing details you’d rather not know, they create the illusion of one,
then there is the person who believes gossip, even about them, creates instant emotional intimacy. It doesn’t.
Walk the line
Some workers have trouble drawing the line between business and friendship, says Susan Solovic, co-founder and CEO of SBTV.com, and author of three books, including “Reinvent Your Career: Attain the Success You Desire and Deserve.”
“It’s a social environment as well as a work environment. However, you must remember while you can be friendly and develop a good rapport, business is business and friendship is friendship.”
Most workers don’t realize that what they say has as much impact on their professional images as what they wear. People who say too much, about themselves or others, can be seen as incompetent, unproductive and unworthy of professional development.
To avoid your next case of verbal diarrhea, here are 13 things to never share or discuss with your co-workers.
1. Salary information
What you earn is between you and Human Resources. Disclosure indicates you aren’t capable of keeping a confidence.
2. Medical history
Nobody really cares about your aches and pains, your latest operation, your infertility woes or the contents of your medicine cabinet.
3. Gossip
Whomever you’re gossiping with will undoubtedly tell others what you said. Plus, if a co-worker is gossiping with you, most likely he or she will gossip about you.
4. Work complaints
Constant complaints about your workload, stress levels or the company will quickly make you the kind of person who never gets invited to lunch. If you don’t agree with company policies and procedures, address it through official channels or move on.
5. Cost of purchases
You don’t want others speculating on the lifestyle you’re living –or if you’re living beyond your salary bracket.
6. Intimate details
Don’t share intimate details about your personal life. Co-workers can and will use the information against you.
7. Politics or religion
People have strong, passionate views on both topics. You may alienate a co-worker or be viewed negatively in a way that could impact your career.
8. Lifestyle changes
Breakups, divorces and baby-making plans should be shared only if there is a need to know. Otherwise, others will speak for your capabilities, desires and limitations on availability, whether there is any truth to their assumptions or not.
9. Blogs or social networking profile
What you say in a social networking community or in your personal blog may be even more damaging than what you say in person. Comments online can be seen by multiple eyes.
10. Negative views of colleagues
If you don’t agree with a co-worker’s lifestyle, wardrobe or professional abilities, confront that person privately or keep it to yourself. The workplace is not the venue for controversy.
11. Hangovers and wild weekends
It’s perfectly fine to have fun during the weekend, but don’t talk about your wild adventures on Monday. That information can make you look unprofessional and unreliable.
12. Personal problems and relationships – in and out of the office
‘Never get your honey where you get your money.’
13. Off-color or racially charged comments
You can assume your co-worker wouldn’t be offended or would think something is funny, but you might be wrong. Never take that risk.
It’s happened to everyone before. The constant flow of words that just keep coming, long after you’ve made your point (if there ever was one) and even longer after people stopped caring. The kind of gibberish that just won’t stop unless someone else starts talking. The type of chatter that inevitably ends with you wishing you’d put a sock in it.
Yes, verbal diarrhea is never a good thing.
Some people talk to hear the sound of their own voice;
others share because they don’t really have a life and, by revealing details you’d rather not know, they create the illusion of one,
then there is the person who believes gossip, even about them, creates instant emotional intimacy. It doesn’t.
Walk the line
Some workers have trouble drawing the line between business and friendship, says Susan Solovic, co-founder and CEO of SBTV.com, and author of three books, including “Reinvent Your Career: Attain the Success You Desire and Deserve.”
“It’s a social environment as well as a work environment. However, you must remember while you can be friendly and develop a good rapport, business is business and friendship is friendship.”
Most workers don’t realize that what they say has as much impact on their professional images as what they wear. People who say too much, about themselves or others, can be seen as incompetent, unproductive and unworthy of professional development.
To avoid your next case of verbal diarrhea, here are 13 things to never share or discuss with your co-workers.
1. Salary information
What you earn is between you and Human Resources. Disclosure indicates you aren’t capable of keeping a confidence.
2. Medical history
Nobody really cares about your aches and pains, your latest operation, your infertility woes or the contents of your medicine cabinet.
3. Gossip
Whomever you’re gossiping with will undoubtedly tell others what you said. Plus, if a co-worker is gossiping with you, most likely he or she will gossip about you.
4. Work complaints
Constant complaints about your workload, stress levels or the company will quickly make you the kind of person who never gets invited to lunch. If you don’t agree with company policies and procedures, address it through official channels or move on.
5. Cost of purchases
You don’t want others speculating on the lifestyle you’re living –or if you’re living beyond your salary bracket.
6. Intimate details
Don’t share intimate details about your personal life. Co-workers can and will use the information against you.
7. Politics or religion
People have strong, passionate views on both topics. You may alienate a co-worker or be viewed negatively in a way that could impact your career.
8. Lifestyle changes
Breakups, divorces and baby-making plans should be shared only if there is a need to know. Otherwise, others will speak for your capabilities, desires and limitations on availability, whether there is any truth to their assumptions or not.
9. Blogs or social networking profile
What you say in a social networking community or in your personal blog may be even more damaging than what you say in person. Comments online can be seen by multiple eyes.
10. Negative views of colleagues
If you don’t agree with a co-worker’s lifestyle, wardrobe or professional abilities, confront that person privately or keep it to yourself. The workplace is not the venue for controversy.
11. Hangovers and wild weekends
It’s perfectly fine to have fun during the weekend, but don’t talk about your wild adventures on Monday. That information can make you look unprofessional and unreliable.
12. Personal problems and relationships – in and out of the office
‘Never get your honey where you get your money.’
13. Off-color or racially charged comments
You can assume your co-worker wouldn’t be offended or would think something is funny, but you might be wrong. Never take that risk.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Zip It and Get Involved
(**) Badmouthing a former boss always leaves a negative impression on the interviewer.
Criticism of your prior boss may come across as an excuse of blaming him for your failure.
It also may suggest that you can't work with certain types of people - if you suggest that you are inflexible, you'll probably lose the job to someone who is easier to work with.
(**) Find the way to help others with one of your talents: you'll make new contacts, sharpen your skills and , most importantly, make the world a better place.
Criticism of your prior boss may come across as an excuse of blaming him for your failure.
It also may suggest that you can't work with certain types of people - if you suggest that you are inflexible, you'll probably lose the job to someone who is easier to work with.
(**) Find the way to help others with one of your talents: you'll make new contacts, sharpen your skills and , most importantly, make the world a better place.
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