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Keep Your Job
_How to Keep Your Job
Thanks to the global economic crisis, many people are struggling with job security. Although a company may appear to be in good financial shape, the competition for any position has heated up considerably. If you think your job will still be around this time next year, here are some tips to make certain you are still the one performing it.
Respect Your Job
So many people grumble about having to go into work and perform the job they were hired for. They show up at work unmotivated, waste time at the coffee machine and chatting with colleagues and spend the day doing as little actual work as possible. Although this may seem like the face of most corporate companies, it’s not.
There are several people who are excited and motivated to get to work in the morning. They arrive with personal goals and new strategies to achieve them. This shows a true interest in achieving peak performance and typically, their company will recognize it.
Remember, if you accepted a job, it’s your duty to perform it to the best of your ability. Otherwise, what will motivate the company to keep you around?
Respect Your Boss
From a position of upper management, this would seem like a no brainer but it’s amazing just how many employees decide to make their boss the bad guy in the work environment.
Expressing a negative attitude towards upper management or gossiping about them with employees by the water cooler are not things that can get you fired, but they are things that show you have little respect for your job. Undermining those who have been assigned to lead you is not an indicator to anyone that you are interested in the company’s best interests.
It’s within your best interest to always show respect and assistance to your position, and that includes the group that makes up your superiors. If you’re like most ambitious employees, you probably think you’re capable of doing your boss’ job better than he does.
Remember, your boss may be equally worried about the economic crunch. If your boss feels you are against him, there’s little to motivate him to keep you around.
Respect Your Co-Workers and Competitors
It’s important to gain a reputation that other people would want to work with. Being friendly to your co-workers and competitors puts you in an optimal position if the worst were to happen. If you are let go from your job but have cultivated positive relationships, these are the people to draw on to help find you a new job.
If people have seen you in your former work environment and respect your performance, they are much more likely to recommend you to an opportunity they may have heard about. In an economic crunch, it is always a smart move to plan ahead. Use the resources around you to be sure you stay at the top of your game.
Good luck out there. For those who love their jobs, the above should be easy steps to take to add that extra insurance to keep them. For those who don’t, start thinking through whether or not you should take the plunge yourself to switch careers. There’s no point in staying someplace that makes you unhappy.
Thanks to the global economic crisis, many people are struggling with job security. Although a company may appear to be in good financial shape, the competition for any position has heated up considerably. If you think your job will still be around this time next year, here are some tips to make certain you are still the one performing it.
Respect Your Job
So many people grumble about having to go into work and perform the job they were hired for. They show up at work unmotivated, waste time at the coffee machine and chatting with colleagues and spend the day doing as little actual work as possible. Although this may seem like the face of most corporate companies, it’s not.
There are several people who are excited and motivated to get to work in the morning. They arrive with personal goals and new strategies to achieve them. This shows a true interest in achieving peak performance and typically, their company will recognize it.
Remember, if you accepted a job, it’s your duty to perform it to the best of your ability. Otherwise, what will motivate the company to keep you around?
Respect Your Boss
From a position of upper management, this would seem like a no brainer but it’s amazing just how many employees decide to make their boss the bad guy in the work environment.
Expressing a negative attitude towards upper management or gossiping about them with employees by the water cooler are not things that can get you fired, but they are things that show you have little respect for your job. Undermining those who have been assigned to lead you is not an indicator to anyone that you are interested in the company’s best interests.
It’s within your best interest to always show respect and assistance to your position, and that includes the group that makes up your superiors. If you’re like most ambitious employees, you probably think you’re capable of doing your boss’ job better than he does.
Remember, your boss may be equally worried about the economic crunch. If your boss feels you are against him, there’s little to motivate him to keep you around.
Respect Your Co-Workers and Competitors
It’s important to gain a reputation that other people would want to work with. Being friendly to your co-workers and competitors puts you in an optimal position if the worst were to happen. If you are let go from your job but have cultivated positive relationships, these are the people to draw on to help find you a new job.
If people have seen you in your former work environment and respect your performance, they are much more likely to recommend you to an opportunity they may have heard about. In an economic crunch, it is always a smart move to plan ahead. Use the resources around you to be sure you stay at the top of your game.
Good luck out there. For those who love their jobs, the above should be easy steps to take to add that extra insurance to keep them. For those who don’t, start thinking through whether or not you should take the plunge yourself to switch careers. There’s no point in staying someplace that makes you unhappy.