26 Dec 11 How to get Through Your First Week at Work
Anyone starting a new job is really bound to feel a sense of apprehension. Going into the office on your first day, especially if you are in a relatively junior position can seem a daunting experience. After all, you dont even know where the toilets are, or where to make yourself a drink, so the first day and even the first week can seem quite slow and lengthy.
But there are some things that you can do to help yourself and make the settling in process a little bit quicker. Dont be afraid to ask. If you dont know how to do something or where something is, then ask, but try not to ask the same person all the time, or they may grow a little tired of it.
Dont be too forward on your first day. If you come in and try to change things too quickly, people may resent you. So just adapt to how things are done and dont keep telling people how your last employer did things: they probably wont be interested.
It is always important to be friendly but do not attach yourself to a particular individual until you know what is what in the office and understand the dynamics of the workplace. It is really easy to alienate people by inadvertently saying the wrong thing. Remember that these people are colleagues, not necessarily your new best friends.
If you are temping for a recruitment agency, then you probably will get used to settling into new work experiences very quickly, but you should still ensure that you dont rock the boat too much, whether you are temping or there on a permanent basis. Changes in the workplace often need to be handled sensitively and many people may be wary of a new person joining the team, so simply be yourself, but be slightly reserved until you start to understand how things work and what the office is really like. That way, settling in should be no trouble at all and you will soon be a valued member of the workplace.
Tags: Afraid To Ask, anxiety, Apprehension, Bound, Changes In The Workplace, Colleagues, fear, first week, help, Junior Position, Little Bit, Many People, New Best Friends, New Friends, New Job, Recruitment Agency, Rock The Boat, Settling, Starting A New Job, Toilets, Work Experiences
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08 Dec 08 How To Improve Your Job Prospects
When you are employed it is really easy to get complacent about job prospects. You settle into a nice routine, you get used to how things work and the only time you ever seriously think about your career prospects is when you are thinking about applying for a new job. Then suddenly you find out that everyone else has so much better prospects than you do and you are very much at the bottom of the pile. So the time to actually think about improving your job prospects is now!
There are lots of things that you can do to make you stand out from your colleagues and be that little bit more employable. Voluntary work is a great way of picking up new skills, showing that you have a sense of community responsibility and that you are not afraid of hard work.
Studying in your own time can also really improve your career, even if the subject matter isnt wholly relevant (although the more relevant, the better) studying helps sharpen your analytical skills and helps you to become much more confident in general.
New skills can also be something that you can help your CV stand out. These could be organisational skills or learning how to manage, in different settings etc. So being in charge of a group of Scouts or Brownies certainly shows that you can be in charge, lead and (probably) that you have the patience of a saint. So dont discount learning new skills, even if they dont seem to be directly related to your work.
In the workplace, whether you are permanently employed or a temp working for a recruitment agency, make sure that you are flexible about work, as efficient as you can be and that you are always willing to take on new challenges. Adopting a Can Do attitude will also boots your job prospects.
Tags: Afraid To Ask, Anxiety, Apprehension, Bound, Changes In The Workplace, Fear, Junior Position, Little Bit, Many People, New Best Friends, New Friends, Posi, Recruitment Agency, Settling, Starting A New Job, Toilets, Work Experiences, Workplace Colleagues
29 Mar 10 How to get Through Your First Week at Work
Anyone starting a new job is really bound to feel a sense of apprehension. Going into the office on your first day, especially if you are in a relatively junior position can seem a daunting experience. After all, you dont even know where the toilets are, or where to make yourself a drink, so the first day and even the first week can seem quite slow and lengthy.
But there are some things that you can do to help yourself and make the settling in process a little bit quicker. Dont be afraid to ask. If you dont know how to do something or where something is, then ask, but try not to ask the same person all the time, or they may grow a little tired of it.
Dont be too forward on your first day. If you come in and try to change things too quickly, people may resent you. So just adapt to how things are done and dont keep telling people how your last employer did things: they probably wont be interested.
It is always important to be friendly but do not attach yourself to a particular individual until you know what is what in the office and understand the dynamics of the workplace. It is really easy to alienate people by inadvertently saying the wrong thing. Remember that these people are colleagues, not necessarily your new best friends.
If you are temping for a recruitment agency, then you probably will get used to settling into new work experiences very quickly, but you should still ensure that you dont rock the boat too much, whether you are temping or there on a permanent basis. Changes in the workplace often need to be handled sensitively and many people may be wary of a new person joining the team, so simply be yourself, but be slightly reserved until you start to understand how things work and what the office is really like. That way, settling in should be no trouble at all and you will soon be a valued member of the workplace.
Tags: Afraid To Ask, anxiety, Apprehension, Bound, Changes In The Workplace, Colleagues, fear, first week, help, Junior Position, Little Bit, Many People, New Best Friends, New Friends, New Job, Recruitment Agency, Rock The Boat, Settling, Starting A New Job, Toilets, Work Experiences
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08 Dec 08 How To Improve Your Job Prospects
When you are employed it is really easy to get complacent about job prospects. You settle into a nice routine, you get used to how things work and the only time you ever seriously think about your career prospects is when you are thinking about applying for a new job. Then suddenly you find out that everyone else has so much better prospects than you do and you are very much at the bottom of the pile. So the time to actually think about improving your job prospects is now!
There are lots of things that you can do to make you stand out from your colleagues and be that little bit more employable. Voluntary work is a great way of picking up new skills, showing that you have a sense of community responsibility and that you are not afraid of hard work.
Studying in your own time can also really improve your career, even if the subject matter isnt wholly relevant (although the more relevant, the better) studying helps sharpen your analytical skills and helps you to become much more confident in general.
New skills can also be something that you can help your CV stand out. These could be organisational skills or learning how to manage, in different settings etc. So being in charge of a group of Scouts or Brownies certainly shows that you can be in charge, lead and (probably) that you have the patience of a saint. So dont discount learning new skills, even if they dont seem to be directly related to your work.
In the workplace, whether you are permanently employed or a temp working for a recruitment agency, make sure that you are flexible about work, as efficient as you can be and that you are always willing to take on new challenges. Adopting a Can Do attitude will also boots your job prospects.
Tags: Afraid To Ask, Anxiety, Apprehension, Bound, Changes In The Workplace, Fear, Junior Position, Little Bit, Many People, New Best Friends, New Friends, Posi, Recruitment Agency, Settling, Starting A New Job, Toilets, Work Experiences, Workplace Colleagues
09 Feb 09 Activity Plan for Those Who Lost Their Jobs
The fear of loosing a job is overwhelming every wise person. But the actual event is no tragedy, no matter how big a loss it. All the professional psychologists advice not to fall into the state of constant depression, but to work the way out of this dreadful situation. Everything depends on the level of motivation. There are two possible options for people that changed their status to unemployed: either to continue searching for another job in the sphere of prior employment, or seek luck in the fields that are unknown.
If you feel like you want to be involved in the same sphere you started in the simplest decision would be to call the competitors. Do not follow the standard procedure and submit your resume to the personnel department, but contact the authority directly, offering your services in a very polite manner. All a good boss has to know about a future employee is professional experience Tell him about your professional experience, education, personal traits and features that will help an employee to develop and professionally grow making a contribution to the company. Be sure to stay business like and try to inform the future employer only about heshe has to know, any previous failure of yours can be used as an argument to lower your cost at the job market. According to the statistics, those who change their places of employment have more chances to be promoted than those who work there all their lives. The results of the research show that those who change work have more chances to be promoted than those who work in one company all their lives. Look for a place in spheres you feel comfortable with. If you get stressed out because of the constant strain and noise in a large company, look for a place in smaller ones. Another statistics shows that employees of the smaller, but fast growing companies get to the top of a career ladder faster than those who get lost among thousands of employees in a big company. If none of the mentioned above options work for you, start looking for a part time job. You have to realize that proposals will not be piling up in front of your door; you have to hunt for them. There is nothing more important than an ability to cover the bills. In this case all the possible variants are acceptable. You can get a part-time job of a freelancer or get employed by a company in terms of a contract. This is a convenient way for big companies to control the process. The employer is responsible for the project and works o it from the beginning to the state of completion. This way you will have time to find a good full-time job.
Part-time job gives you an opportunity to cover your bills. In this case it doesnt really matter if the job you are going to take part-time participation at is related to the field where you have previously worked. Be sure not to include this employment in your resume unless it really contributes to your list of skills.
Tags: Boss, Career Ladder, Depression, employment, Experience Education, Failure, fear, Jobs, Motivation, People, Personal Traits, Personnel Department, Polite Manner, Professional Experience, Professional Psychologists, Resume, Sphere, Spheres, Tragedy, Wise Person
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29 Sep 10 Career Change – Develop The Mental Strength To Bring the Change
Advising others to change career sounds very simple and a workable proposition. When it comes to us, it becomes one of the toughest decisions to implement. A career change needs lot of mental preparation. If you have a family, that may get disrupted by your career change. The income may stop for some time. The decision itself may turn out to be a wrong one. It needs mental strength to change career. Let us see what it requires.
A change of career shifts us from a comfort zone to a zone full of discomfort in the beginning. For a full time production engineer, a change to a career as human resources consultant may need a total about turn, back to school and learning new skills for the new job. Some people change careers so totally that it looks incredible. Let us talk about changes that can be done more smoothly. I am talking about learning about a new career along with the old one and then shifting to the new career slowly. This process also requires mental strength, because it needs lot of extra work.
The first barrier that one encounters while thinking of career change is- how did I get into a wrong career? What if my new decision also turns out to be wrong? What if I continue with my present career? Why should I change my career? Some of these questions need head to answer and some questions are for the heart such as asking why did I chose the wrong career to begin with, may involve damage to self esteem, and acceptance of failure.
Before thinking of changing career, one needs to do analysis of life goals, and deciding about how the present career does not satisfy those goals. Only after deciding that something drastic needs to be done can one think about changing career. One has to develop mental and emotional strength to undergo these changes and emerge a winner again.
Tags: Career Change, Career One, Career Resources, Change Careers, Change Of Career, Changing Career, Comfort Zone, Decisions, Emotional Strength, Failure, Full Time, Human Resources Consultant, Job Careers, Job Change, Life Goals, Mental Strength, New Job, Production Engineer, Self Esteem, Time Production
Tags: Boss, Career Ladder, Depression, Employment, Experience Education, Failure, Fear, Jobs, Motivation, People, Personal Traits, Personnel Department, Polite Manner, Professional Experience, Professional Psychologists, Resume, Sphere, Spheres, Tragedy, Wise Person
27 Nov 08 Activity Plan for Those Who Lost Their Jobs
The fear of loosing a job is overwhelming every wise person. But the actual event is no tragedy, no matter how big a loss it. All the professional psychologists advice not to fall into the state of constant depression, but to work the way out of this dreadful situation. Everything depends on the level of motivation. There are two possible options for people that changed their status to unemployed: either to continue searching for another job in the sphere of prior employment, or seek luck in the fields that are unknown.
If you feel like you want to be involved in the same sphere you started in the simplest decision would be to call the competitors. Do not follow the standard procedure and submit your resume to the personnel department, but contact the authority directly, offering your services in a very polite manner. All a good boss has to know about a future employee is professional experience Tell him about your professional experience, education, personal traits and features that will help an employee to develop and professionally grow making a contribution to the company. Be sure to stay business like and try to inform the future employer only about heshe has to know, any previous failure of yours can be used as an argument to lower your cost at the job market. According to the statistics, those who change their places of employment have more chances to be promoted than those who work there all their lives. The results of the research show that those who change work have more chances to be promoted than those who work in one company all their lives. Look for a place in spheres you feel comfortable with. If you get stressed out because of the constant strain and noise in a large company, look for a place in smaller ones. Another statistics shows that employees of the smaller, but fast growing companies get to the top of a career ladder faster than those who get lost among thousands of employees in a big company. If none of the mentioned above options work for you, start looking for a part time job. You have to realize that proposals will not be piling up in front of your door; you have to hunt for them. There is nothing more important than an ability to cover the bills. In this case all the possible variants are acceptable. You can get a part-time job of a freelancer or get employed by a company in terms of a contract. This is a convenient way for big companies to control the process. The employer is responsible for the project and works o it from the beginning to the state of completion. This way you will have time to find a good full-time job.
Part-time job gives you an opportunity to cover your bills. In this case it doesnt really matter if the job you are going to take part-time participation at is related to the field where you have previously worked. Be sure not to include this employment in your resume unless it really contributes to your list of skills.
Tags: Boss, Career Ladder, Depression, employment, Experience Education, Failure, fear, Jobs, Motivation, People, Personal Traits, Personnel Department, Polite Manner, Professional Experience, Professional Psychologists, Resume, Sphere, Spheres, Tragedy, Wise Person
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29 Sep 10 Career Change – Develop The Mental Strength To Bring the Change
Advising others to change career sounds very simple and a workable proposition. When it comes to us, it becomes one of the toughest decisions to implement. A career change needs lot of mental preparation. If you have a family, that may get disrupted by your career change. The income may stop for some time. The decision itself may turn out to be a wrong one. It needs mental strength to change career. Let us see what it requires.
A change of career shifts us from a comfort zone to a zone full of discomfort in the beginning. For a full time production engineer, a change to a career as human resources consultant may need a total about turn, back to school and learning new skills for the new job. Some people change careers so totally that it looks incredible. Let us talk about changes that can be done more smoothly. I am talking about learning about a new career along with the old one and then shifting to the new career slowly. This process also requires mental strength, because it needs lot of extra work.
The first barrier that one encounters while thinking of career change is- how did I get into a wrong career? What if my new decision also turns out to be wrong? What if I continue with my present career? Why should I change my career? Some of these questions need head to answer and some questions are for the heart such as asking why did I chose the wrong career to begin with, may involve damage to self esteem, and acceptance of failure.
Before thinking of changing career, one needs to do analysis of life goals, and deciding about how the present career does not satisfy those goals. Only after deciding that something drastic needs to be done can one think about changing career. One has to develop mental and emotional strength to undergo these changes and emerge a winner again.
Tags: Career Change, Career One, Career Resources, Change Careers, Change Of Career, Changing Career, Comfort Zone, Decisions, Emotional Strength, Failure, Full Time, Human Resources Consultant, Job Careers, Job Change, Life Goals, Mental Strength, New Job, Production Engineer, Self Esteem, Time Production
Tags: Boss, Career Ladder, Depression, Employment, Experience Education, Failure, Fear, Jobs, Motivation, People, Personal Traits, Personnel Department, Polite Manner, Professional Experience, Professional Psychologists, Resume, Sphere, Spheres, Tragedy, Wise Person
