Jobs are disappearing every day. The key to saving yours or even improving your position is making yourself valuable to the company聴being promote-able rather than dispensable. Here聮s a quick list of things you can do every day (starting with Day One) to boost your own job security:
-- Make your boss look good. If you聮re key to making your boss succeed Cheap Sean Monahan Jersey , and she gets promoted, you increase your chances of being promoted, too.
-- Put forth your very best effort in everything you聮re asked to do, no matter how trivial it may seem. It聮s probably not trivial to your boss.
-- Dress like those who are one level above you in the organization. If you look like the guy at the bottom of the totem pole, you聮re more likely to stay there Cheap Matthew Tkachuk Jersey , because that聮s how others will think of you.
-- Keep a notepad and pen with you at all times to keep track of names, deadlines, and promises made. A big part of your job is to make your boss succeed. If she doesn聮t take good notes, yours might 聭save?them sometime聴making you even more valuable.
-- Offer opinions only when asked; offer solutions and helpful information as often as possible. Bring problem situations to the attention of your boss only after you have formulated at least one solution or improvement that you can present at the same time聴unless, of course Cheap Mikael Backlund Jersey , it聮s an emergency that聮s time-critical, but still try to have at least one even-partially-formulated potential solution.
-- Always keep up with reading the most important publications associated with your line of work. It may be the local paper, the Wall Street Journal, or a professional journal聴either subscribe, go to the library Cheap Kris Versteeg Jersey , borrow a copy, or read it online, but keep up with the news and trends in your field so you will always be current.
-- Never hand in the first draft of any written work聴put extra effort into accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail (especially grammar and spelling). Use writing aids or take a class Cheap TJ Brodie Jersey , if necessary. In a professional office environment, your chances of promotion are pretty slim if you don聮t have good writing skills.
-- When you聮re not very busy, don聮t sit back and relax. Ask for more work聴but take on only as much as you can accomplish at a high level of quality.
-- Try to meet as many people as possible in order to build your professional network of contacts. You聮ll want to keep in touch with these people when they, or you, leave the company.
-- Always follow the unwritten rules of the workplace to a 聭T.?If you 聭rub someone the wrong way?or end up on the wrong end of a political struggle Cheap Mark Giordano Jersey , you may ruin your chances of being promoted or could even lose your job. What you see as independence or creativity may be seen by your superiors as rebellion or inflexibility.
-- Be a team player. Devote your energies to helping your project team or department succeed, and make an effort to get along well with your teammates聴always giving credit where it聮s due. Taking the credit for work or ideas that are not yours always ends up backfiring, sooner or later.
-- Improve on, or learn, foreign language skills. Companies with international offices Cheap Jaromir Jagr Jersey , or planning to expand, will use these as criteria for making international assignments or promotions into management. It聮s becoming more important every year.
-- Learn the business聴cross-training is critical. It聮s great to be an 聭expert?in your own field or department, but if you can find ways to learn about other departments, projects, or teams Cheap Johnny Gaudreau Jersey , you make yourself even more valuable. If cross-department projects come up, volunteer for them. Or take night classes to learn the fundamental skills of a different department than the one you聮re in.
-- Keep your eye on the details of your work. Grasping the Big Picture is great and valuable, but staying intimate with the details of your projects will prevent anything from 聭falling through the cracks?that could jeopardize your credibility or job.
-- Network, network, network聴inside and outside your company. The more people who know of you and your abilities Cheap Calgary Flames Hats , the greater your opportunities will be for better assignments, promotions, and future job leads in other companies. Waiting until you need contacts is not the time to start networking!
-- Be a problem solver. Always look for ways of finding and distributing valuable information; offering solutions to problems; brainstorming ideas for improving procedures; or creating new products or services. Never be critical about the way things are now; just offer ways to make things better.
-- When working on a project, don聮t assume everything will go smoothly. It probably won聮t. Stay positive, but also try to anticipate problems and have solutions ready so you don聮t get pulled down and lose focus.