22 Jan 10 Avoid Being Burnt Out By Your Job

Getting jaded by your job is no good. Makes you hate your job, and makes the work you have to slog through all the more difficult. In a recession, where finding a new job is extremely difficult, you can’t really afford feeling burnt out at your job. Managing your work, and environment is key to staying happy, and productive at your job.

Plan and prioritize your projects so that you don’t feel overwhelmed by having too many things to do at the last minute. Figure out what you need to complete now, so that you can push a few things off until later. By creating a schedule ladder of importance, you can focus on the tasks and complete them with plenty of time. Taking the stress off, allowing you to relax a bit, and keeping you happy as well as productive.

Remember to take your breaks. Even if you have a ton of work, and you want to skip a break to work through it, don’t! Skipping your breaks will only make you feel more disheartened and overwhelmed. Take that break so you can get some fresh air, maybe a cup of coffee, and relax for a few minutes. You’ll feel better, and will work more effectively when you resume your duties.

Know when to ask for help. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s just finding a solution to a problem that you can’t solve yourself at the moment. What’s worse that having to ask for help, is not getting your work done because you didn’t. Failing on your own instead of succeeding with help should never sound like the better option.

Always stay polite and courteous no matter what. Keeping in a positive mind with a positive attitude is the best way to work through the problematic times. By staying positive you’ll feel better, as will the people around you. You’ll all get more done, and you’ll be much less apt to get overwhelmed, or feel unhappy at your job.

Tags: Cup Of Coffee, Few Minutes, Finding A New Job, Fresh Air, Many Things, Plenty Of Time, Positive Attitude, Problematic Times, recession, Resume, Schedule Ladder, Stress, Work Environment

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13 Nov 09 Bounce Back From Interview Tardiness

Being late to an interview is horrible, but not necessarily a job death sentence. While this is most definitely not the best first impression you can make, you can still save face. Sometimes there’s an emergency that is completely out of your hands. Or even traffic mishaps that you can’t control.

Although the best way to save yourself from being tardy to an interview, is to make sure you’re not late in the first place. That means mapping out your route beforehand. Know the territory, and leave a few minutes earlier than needed.

If you cannot avoid being late, then always call ahead immediately to notify your interviewer of the situation. You have a cell phone for a reason. If there’s bad unexpected traffic, or an accident, call them immediately to let them know you’ll be late. Explain the reason, apologize, and tell the interviewer that you’ll be there as quickly as possible.

When you arrive, don’t rush into the office. Stay calm and composed. Turn this into an opportunity to show your grace under pressure. Being late to an interview could be considered a huge lapse in credibility. But you can spin that by keeping your posture confident, and your demeanor positive and courteous.

By rushing in you show nervousness, which is essentially weakness. If you crack under the stress of getting to an interview on time, are they going to want you during a real work crises? Show that you can stay composed and confident in any scenario.

A good tactic actually is to rush as quickly as possible to the interview, then take a few moments before you enter the building to compose yourself. The key here is staying calm, if you can’t stay calm you’re not going to make a good impression. You’ve already got the tardiness strike against you, so your interview has to be stellar.

Tags: Cell Phone, Credibility, Crises, Death Sentence, Demeanor, Few Minutes, Few Moments, First Impression, Grace Under Pressure, Interviewer, Job, Nervousness, Posture, Stress, T Rush, Tactic, Tardiness, Unexpected Traffic

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09 Sep 09 Brush Up Those Customer Care Skills

Customer service skills are important to have at a variety of jobs, as almost every business is a for profit industry. Part of working for profit is getting people to pay you for a service, and likely at some point you’ll have to directly deal with those people. Your customers are important, they are the lifeblood of your company and your job. So knowing how to handle them in the proper way is invaluable. Even if you don’t typically deal with customers at your job now, it’s good to have the knowledge on hand. You never know when you’ll end up with a job where you just might have to.

First off it’s important to know how to maintain an appropriate work demeanor. Remember that your customers are the basis of your business, and treat them as such. Without their money you don’t have a job, so part of your task is to ensure that they are happy with what their money is doing for them. Keep everything professional but be courteous, and always take someone’s mood into account. At times you have to relay information that can anger a customer, and work through it with the customer. Don’t give up or let their bad mood control yours.

Don’t bring your stress to the customers. If you’ve had a bad day, or feel that something just didn’t go your way, don’t take it out on your customers. Keep your personal feelings personal. This way you can maintain a professional atmosphere that people will want to participate within. Always keep professional and courteous, that’s pretty much the name of the game.

You basically need to have the patience of a saint sometimes. So just remember, you’re being paid to do a job, and part of that job is waiting for customers to work through their own frustrations. Whether it’s you having to explain the same points over and over again, or if they just seem to have an angry disposition, work through it. Don’t let their mood or inability to quickly understand you affect your mood. You’re there to help, and are being paid to do so, so jut take everything in your stride and have the patience to deal with customers effectively. So just don’t take anything personally, and get the job done remaining professional and courteous.

Tags: Anger, Bad Day, Bad Mood, Customer Care, Customer Service Skills, Demeanor, Frustrations, Job, Jobs, Lifeblood, Money, Mood Control, Name Of The Game, Patience Of A Saint, People, Personal Feelings, Professional Atmosphere, Stress

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