You may not pay much attention to some of the situations that happen at work, the style of communication with colleagues, but we urge you to pay attention to these things so that you do not get fired later.
1. Discuss with management. Any person will not like to be discussed behind his back, even if he has developed immunity to this. You should not discuss or spread gossip about your boss’s personal life, especially if you are not sure that it is true.
Also, do not criticize his actions when communicating with colleagues. Say only what you can repeat to your manager’s face. Otherwise, if someone reports on you or your boss approaches you without you noticing, you risk being fired or losing your career prospects at this job.
2. Solve personal matters. Talk to a friend on the phone, talk about your unsuccessful love, enroll your child in a clinic, arrange a visit to a cosmetologist - try to do all this outside of working hours. This may irritate management, which is, in principle, logical. After all, you come to work to work!
3. Be late. Undoubtedly, no one is immune from force majeure circumstances, but if you are systematically late, this is a good enough reason for at least a fine. Try to find a different route to work if there are traffic jams. Or make a detailed plan for getting ready for work so you can follow it and not be distracted by extraneous activities. Also, a prepared image in the evening will free you up a good half hour in the morning.
4. Use office equipment for personal purposes. Some bosses are loyal to this, and some control it quite strongly so that employees do not print out coursework for friends or entire books in electronic version on a working printer. This is also a fairly reasonable requirement. After all, if every employee of the company begins to use office equipment for their own needs, costs will increase greatly.
5. Dress inappropriately. This applies not only to workers in those professions where dress code must be observed. If you have a loose dress code, it still doesn’t mean you can come to work in a tracksuit. You should always dress for the occasion so that your clothing is appropriate.
6. Communicate on social networks. Social networks are a very powerful time killer. Instead of chatting with a friend on Skype or VKontakte and posting selfies with a bored expression and the caption “tired of work,” it’s better to get busy. This way, you won’t anger your bosses, and you won’t have to take home work that you didn’t have time to do in the office.
7. Arrange gatherings at the buffet. It is designed for having lunch or just a snack, rather than discussing with colleagues all the news of the day and the events of the new series.
8. Start a relationship. This point is of course at your discretion. Office romances have their advantages, but there are also a lot of disadvantages. For example, you are constantly distracted at work by your lover and communicate with him. This reduces your productivity as an employee. In addition, if over time your relationship comes to an end, someone will have to change jobs, since it will be impossible to see your former significant other. Of course, unless you decide to remain friends.
While your first day on the job can be stressful, it's important to channel your energy and make a good impression.
1. Prepare and ask questions
Mark Strong, career consultant and personal development, believes that the first day of work should be largely devoted to listening. “Overall, you must demonstrate interest, curiosity and a desire to learn. However, beware of asking too many questions on the first day. You have plenty of time ahead to learn the job.” Lynn Taylor, a work organization expert and author of Tame Your Formidable Office Tyrant and Manage Your Boss Like a Child and Thrive at Work, advises writing down general and specific questions that will help you be more successful in your role. “You have a lot of knowledge about the company that you can deepen with specific questions in the first meeting with the manager. Have a list of things you want to ask your manager handy. Make sure you have an HR contact who can handle basic issues before you start your workday.”
2. Prepare a short story about yourself
Be prepared to talk for 30 seconds about yourself and where you've worked before, as many colleagues will want to know more about you, says Taylor. Also be prepared to explain what you will do in your new location. Some may have little idea of your responsibilities (or may just want to strike up a conversation).
3. Arrive early
Arrive at your new job at least 15 minutes early, says Teri Hocket, executive director of What's for work, a career development site for women. “If you've never been to this part of town, try getting here a couple of times during rush hour. This way you will know what to prepare for and there will be no surprises for you.”
4. Study the situation
The two most important factors that determine success at work are getting along with colleagues and maintaining relationships with the right ones, says David Parnell, a consultant at legal issues and communications trainer. “In any organization of any size you will find people who get along with their bosses better than others. If you want to advance and gain a better position in the company, you need to build relationships with the right people.”
5. Relax
When solving strategic problems, do not forget to relax on your first day of work. This will help you improve your performance. Make sure you are rested the night before, prepared, and able to get to work on time. This is a clear indicator of your desire to be your best self, so be your best.
6. Smile
“Obviously, you spent some effort looking for a job, getting an interview. And now that you've settled into your desk chair, remember to have fun and enjoy the moment,” says Hockett. Strong agrees, adding, “We all know how important first impressions are. Smile when you meet new people and shake hands. Get to know everyone and show how happy and enthusiastic you are to be here. Your colleagues will remember you.”
7. Get into character and play it.
"This is not best time showing good humor and walking around the office with a cup of coffee, as well as cracking witty jokes or discussing breaking news,” says Taylor. If you are in doubt about how to behave, take a conservative approach in dress and manner of communication. Behave the same way you would during an interview. Hockett advises deciding on a dress code in advance to avoid looking out of place on the first day: “This is important because the way we dress can turn people off instead of winning them over.” Ideally, you need to achieve harmony between yourself and your environment so that you and they feel comfortable. If you have any concerns about the dress code, call HR and ask questions.
8. Don't be embarrassed
Be sure to shake hands and introduce yourself to the team.
9. Don't overdo it
Being too eager to impress can backfire, so remember that you've already been accepted and don't need to overwhelm your new colleagues, Taylor says. Every new employee dreams that others will appreciate how talented and unique he is; or noted how quickly and how effectively he got a new position. But this may be a waste of effort. Behave naturally - this way you will get used to it faster.
10. Don't skip lunch
“If new colleagues or your boss invite you to have lunch together, don’t refuse,” says Hocket. “It is important to show that you are ready to join the team and become part of a new team - this way you will save the sandwiches you brought from home.”
11. ListenAndwatch
The best thing you can do in the first few days of a new job is listen, listen, listen, Strong says. “It’s not time to formulate your own opinion yet. Be friendly, get to know people, smile and listen.” This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the goals of your manager and other team members, departments and major projects. This is a chance to understand the big picture and priorities. Be prepared to take in a lot of information, Taylor advises.
12. Pay attention to how decisions are made
By listening and observing, it's worth paying attention to how decisions are made, Parnell says. “Regardless of the size of the company, it is characterized by one or another decision-making culture: ad hoc, when decisions are made after the event has occurred; or ex ante, when the event has not yet occurred. This is necessary to know how to act.” If you need rigid boundaries and support, you will have to activate your own potential to know how to act in unexpected situations. But if you want freedom and space to make your own decisions, you may have to accept control and prediction.
13. Communicate with colleagues
You can get the most valuable information about the work of your department from your colleagues. If you establish a friendly and open relationship right away, you have a chance to get off to a good start in an environment of trust. Show enthusiasm. You'll be under scrutiny, Taylor says. Your attitude to work and work discipline are the most obvious criteria for assessing you as an employee, especially since at first you will not have the opportunity to demonstrate professional skills. Everyone wants to work with people who exude enthusiasm and optimism. So show that this is exactly what can be expected of you.
14. Know your responsibilities
On your first day, your manager will tell you about your responsibilities, either verbally or in writing. This is what will help you be successful at work. “Typically, there's always a gap between what you're told to do and what actually happens,” Parnell notes. – You must not neglect either those responsibilities that are expressly formulated, or those that are simply expected of you. The sooner you find out, the better."
15. Mute your cell phone
You must be 100% immersed in your work. Especially on the first day.
16. Show interest
You will meet a lot of people, and when they try to find out something about you, try to find out something about them. It's not just flattery, it will help you do a better job, Taylor says.
17. Pay attention to body language
The British newspaper Times cites stories of disappointed employers whose new employees did not live up to their first impressions of them. What should you not do when you get a new job? How to prove to the employer that he made the right choice?
Mama's boy
“A couple of weeks ago, a new employee suddenly showed up to work with his mother,” says Donna Miller, head of human resources for a car rental company. “We had to explain to him that it was he, and not his mother, who was hired by us.” To a young man At 22 years old, he managed to get rid of excessive parental care and, according to Miller, now he does not have such difficulties. The HR professional chalked up the incident to the phenomenon of “overprotective parents,” but it is important to understand what constitutes acceptable behavior in the workplace.
Racer
Avoid driving aggressively on your first commute - you never know whose car you might cut off. “I heard a story about a guy who was cut off by a rude guy while driving to work and made an obscene gesture,” says Jonathan Rose, lead manager at WH Marks Stattin, responsible for recruiting new employees in the accounting department. and finance. Quite a normal event during rush hour, but it turned out that the reckless driver was in a hurry to be on time for the start of his first working day, and the victim of his rudeness was his immediate superior. Not the best start to a career.
There was an error
Jackie Maynard, business partner in recruitment at Mouchel, recounts a funny story that happened at her previous job. At 9 o'clock in the morning a guy came into the reception room and told the secretary what his first day of work was happening today. The secretary knew nothing about the new employee, all the managers conducting the interviews were busy, and the manager was not there. In order not to seem like an unprofessional worker, the secretary offered the guy a cup of coffee.
About an hour passed before we managed to contact the manager, who was extremely surprised by the appearance of a new employee, since no such employees were planned for that day. It turned out that the newcomer ended up in the wrong office; in fact, he needed to go to the campaign, located two floors above. The embarrassment was also unpleasant because the guy was more than an hour late for his new job. The lesson to take away from this story is to carefully study the instructions about the location of your new job and remember that your first day of work may not start in the same place as where you interviewed.
Special breakfast
Newcomers to Enterprise who will have to go through introductory course taking office, often stay in a hotel, which can cause problems. “Nine new employees had to show up in the lobby at 7:45 a.m.,” Miller continues. - However, only five showed up. The recruiter went searching and discovered the “missing” item while having a leisurely breakfast in a restaurant.” The induction has to happen no matter how good the croissants are.
doomsday
Employers are especially worried about the situation when new employees begin to constantly compare their new workplace with an old job. Jackie Maynard advises against saying things like, “At my old job they did it like this.” “Now you work in a design organization and it’s unlikely that anyone is interested in what and how you did while working at an ice cream factory,” warns Jackie. Surely everything will be somewhat different, and it will take some time until you get used to it. “I've had a couple of cases where people just haven't shown up the next day,” adds Jonathan Rose, who advises being more open to change.
Beaver, breathe out!
Relax. “No one expects you to perform hard on your first day at a new job,” says Maynard. - Don’t take on an unbearable burden. It usually takes up to three months before you can more or less wrap your head around everything that’s happening in the new company.” Miller, in turn, advises not to force events, let everything take its course. There is no need to show excessive initiative, which can scare away new colleagues from you.
Why
It's okay to ask questions about the company's performance, but when asking them, consider what impression they might leave. Here are some of the most inappropriate questions new employees have asked on their first day: “Why is the notice period for voluntary resignation so long?”, “Can I count on the opportunity to take an extended vacation at my own expense?”, and finally: “How quickly will I be promoted?” The “best” question is undoubtedly “How much is my sick pay?” Recruitment specialists recommend not asking the employer questions that would cast doubt on your interest in the job.
Here we will talk about how to approach work correctly. The following tips will help you worry less about failures at work, learn to stand up for your rights as an employee, not be afraid of your bosses, and find a balance between life and work.
I was prompted to write this article by the negative experiences of many of my friends who take their work too seriously and are too emotionally involved in the events that happen in their office. And therefore, intrigues and incidents at work make them worry a lot, thinking about work even in their free time.
My past work experience also provided the basis for this article. I once allowed my employer to exploit me, stayed late at work and saw it as a priority over my personal life. Now I have stopped making this mistake. And I want to tell you about the rules that help me protect my personal life from work, stop worrying about mistakes, about the attitude of my superiors, and consider work activities as serving my own, and not the interests of others.
This post is mainly about . But I think my advice can help workers of any level.
Rule 1 – Work for money, not for an idea
This is an obvious statement, don't you think? But, as often happens, people forget the most banal things. And this is facilitated, among other things, by your employer. It is more profitable for the employer for the employee to work mainly for the idea, and only then for the money. Why?
A person who understands that the meaning of his work is his salary is very difficult to exploit.
He will not stay a whole month after work, forgetting about his family or personal life, when he is not paid for it. He will not miss the opportunity to move to another place of work with more favorable working conditions, because he works for money. He will not do a lot of work outside his field of activity unless he receives financial compensation for it.
He will appeal to the law that regulates labor relations in controversial situations, instead of silently agreeing with the most absurd demands of employers.
Therefore, many corporations strive to find employees with a desire to work “for the idea” and this desire is encouraged in every possible way during the work process.
Despite the fact that modern corporations are products of capitalist societies, they also contain many features of socialist formations. A “cult of the leader” and regulations on corporate values are being created. The purpose of the company and the collective good are elevated to the rank of the highest interest of each employee's work. An ideological atmosphere is created, surrounded by which the employee works not for the benefit of his own prosperity, but for the benefit of the company, team, society!
They are trying to convince people that, despite the fact that they earn money while working in a company, they are here for the sake of something more than just mercantile interests. And in order to maintain such conviction in people, organizations resort to many different means: trainings, speeches by managers, propaganda, awards, awarding regalia and titles (“employee of the year”), exploitation of the brand, imposing patriotism throughout the corporation, etc. etc.
The absurdity to which the use of these funds reaches depends on the specific company. In large Western corporations (Western - not in geographical terms, but in relation to the business building model: Japanese and Korean companies can also be attributed to this model, like many domestic organizations), corporate patriotism is cultivated more strongly than in all other companies.
Is this bad? Not always. On the one hand, there is nothing wrong with the company looking for loyal employees, that it is trying to create incentives for them to work, in addition to monetary ones, thereby increasing their interest in the work process.
On the other hand, patriotism, loyalty, and corporate values can serve as justifications for the exploitation of personnel by unscrupulous employers. Many companies don't care about anything other than their profits. They don't care about your personal life or your personal interests; they want you to work as hard and as much as possible. And the more you work and the less you ask, the more profitable your work is for the managers and shareholders of the company, but the less profitable it is for yourself.
Working “for an idea” also gives rise to a lot of unnecessary stress and frustration. For a person who works for money, the worst possible scenario at work would be his dismissal. He may be afraid that he won't get paid, or won't get paid on time, or won't get a bonus. If he made a mistake at work, he will not lament this, because he will not necessarily be fired for this, will he?
A person working for an idea (or to satisfy his own ambitions) may be afraid that his efforts will not be paid attention to by his superiors, that his colleagues will not admire his professionalism. The employee is “for the idea” of treating his mistakes at work as a personal tragedy, as proof of his personal failure.
Workers for the idea come to work sick, stay in the office late, work on weekends, even if they are not paid. For the sake of work, they are ready to neglect their own health, their personal life and their family. Corporations look at this behavior as a virtue, although in my opinion it is only a form of morbid obsession, servility and addiction.
When you work for money, you have less emotional attachment to your work.
This leaves you with fewer strings tied to your job that the employer can pull for their own benefit rather than yours. And the less attached you are to it, the less frustration you feel and the more space you have to think about something other than work. As a result, you begin to relate to failures more easily, you forget about work when you come home, a reprimand from your superiors does not turn into a personal drama for you, and work intrigues pass you by.
So always remind yourself why you go to work. You are here to earn money, provide for your family. The worst thing that can happen here is that you get fired. For some, dismissal is a critical event, for others it is not, since work can always be found. But, in any case, dismissal does not mean that you will be anathematized, made a traitor to the Motherland. This means simply leaving your current job and looking for a new place and new opportunities.
Work is only a means to achieve goals! This is not a goal to which you should sacrifice your family, your health and your happiness.
Working for money means not only refusing to work primarily “for an idea.” This means not working to satisfy your passions and ambitions. If you work to command, to put pressure on people, to seem important to yourself, then you will perceive any failure at work as a challenge to your self-esteem and, as a result, you will take failures to heart.
Please do not think that I want to force you to give up your love for what you love, replacing it with cold pragmatism. Love your job, but don’t turn this love into a painful addiction! In everything you need to observe moderation.
And I found a better job than the one I worked at before. The new place didn't live up to my expectations, and a month later I found an even better place. That’s where I still work (note: I was working there at the time of writing. I currently work for myself).
Maximum? That's right. Who said that you should ask your employer for a salary that corresponds to the average salary in the market? Why not get paid above average?
Firstly, it is difficult to talk about the average salary if you do not know what is happening in the labor market. (The only way for an ordinary employee to find out about this is to go to interviews, as I wrote)
Secondly, the average salary is like the average temperature in a hospital. Why should you even focus on this number?
Go to interviews, don’t be afraid to ask for a higher salary than what you are currently paid and look at the reaction of the potential employer. Different companies pay differently. Somewhere they will laugh at your requests, but somewhere they will make you an offer and pay you as much as you ask. Be prepared for anything, visit many different companies, see how things are there.
Otherwise, you will continue to think that you cannot earn more than 50 thousand in your position while working in Moscow. Usually people don’t talk about their salary to anyone because “that’s the way it is.” But this unspoken rule sometimes works against us. We don’t know how much our colleagues earn, how much our friends earn, since no one tells anyone such information.
As a result, it becomes more difficult for us to adequately assess the size of our salary and therefore we put up with what is offered to us. What if you found out that your office colleague, who works the same hours as you work, earns 80 thousand? Would your 50 thousand still seem like worthy compensation then?
(I have actually come across situations more than once when different employees of the same class were paid differently in the same company! Not because they had different experience, but because one asked for more, the other less during the interview! You are unlikely will offer more than you ask, even if they are ready for it.)
Personally, I try to tell my friends how much I am paid if they ask me, and I try to get similar information from them in order to understand what the current situation is in the market and what my position is in this market. Do I need to change anything? Is there another possibility?
Of course, I don’t talk about my salary to just anyone, but this issue can be discussed with friends or close colleagues.
Rule 8 - Don't be afraid of losing your job
Your organization is most likely not unique. If you live in a large city, especially Moscow, then there are many places where you can work even under the best conditions.
Search, learn, explore, develop. And there is no need to be afraid that if you are fired from this company, your life will end. You may find something else. Don't be afraid to lose this place.
There's nothing wrong with that. Moreover, dismissal is not only grief, it is an opportunity. A chance to find something better!
Therefore, do not allow your superiors to blackmail you and intimidate you with dismissal. Moreover, problems in connection with your dismissal will not only be with you, but with the organization in which you work, since the company will have to look for a new employee and train him. So it is unknown who will have more problems.
At my first job, I did a poor job due to the same inattention and anxiety. They started to scare me with dismissal, so they probably wanted to.
I didn't like working for this organization anyway. So I said, “okay, I’ll quit myself.” I was not a genius, I was an ordinary, sluggish, green university graduate. But the company tried to keep even such a person! As soon as I said that I would quit myself, they began to dissuade me from this decision.
It was not profitable for the company to look for another person, despite the fact that I had only worked for a few months and still didn’t know much. Perhaps they thought that I couldn’t cope due to my inexperience and that I needed time to gather my strength and do the job well. They were not mistaken in this, time passed and I eliminated my shortcomings. Now I'm doing a good job with both my main job and my second job (this site).
But I still left this company and got a job for more money and under better conditions.
Conclusion: being fired is not only a loss for you, but also for the company. No one will fire you without the most compelling reasons for this.
If you want to resign of your own free will, but are afraid that you will let someone down, betray someone, then cast aside these stupid doubts! There is no need to perceive the company as a ship in which each employee moves towards a common goal together with other employees. Don't think that if you leave this ship, you are betraying the general idea.
In fact, the purpose of a company is solely the purpose of the owners of that company and shareholders. To achieve their goal on their "ship", they hire oarsmen who are paid for their work. If you want to transfer to another ship that pays you more, why not do it? Would you betray your fellow rowers? No, because they will still be paid no matter where the ship ends up (unless it gets caught in a storm). It may become harder for them to row after you leave, but the captain will find a replacement for you. Moreover, each of your colleagues, just like you, has the choice to abandon ship.
Your goal and the goal of your colleagues on this ship is to row and earn money for yourself and for your family.
The captain's goal is some distant island. But, having reached this island, will the captain share its treasures with you? No, he only pays you for rowing!
Therefore, there is no need to identify your goal with the goal of the corporation. You should not identify your colleagues to whom you have become attached with the heads of the organization. There is a captain, and the rowers are hired workers.
This understanding will help you become less attached to your office and, as a result, worry less about work. After all, there are always other possibilities! And at your current place of work, the light is not reduced by a wedge.
Rule 9 – Know the labor law
Did you know that working on weekends pays double? Do you know that if they want to fire you, then you are required to pay several salaries (Unless, of course, you are fired under an article)?
Now you know. Study the law, do not allow unscrupulous employers to exploit your ignorance of the law. The company is required by law to pay overtime. You have the right to be paid in full for your work.
Of course, domestic organizations often circumvent the law. For example, this happens in companies with the “gray” part of the salary. In such organizations, an employee has fewer rights: he may be fired without warning, he may not be paid or his salary may be reduced without warning. This does not mean that I do not recommend working in such companies. But still, I consider the absence of a “gray” salary to be an essential criterion for choosing a job. If a company operates “in white”, this is a big plus.
I’m writing about this because many people don’t think about it and consider tax evasion the most natural thing! When I went for interviews, I asked the question: “is your salary white?”
They looked at me in surprise and answered: “white?? Of course not! What’s wrong?”
And the fact is that I, as an employee, am at great risk when I work in such an organization. More often than not, everything can work out and if the organization is normal, you will be paid. But you are not insured against anything. If a company has problems, if it faces the need to lay off employees, you can simply be easily let go (or simply have your salary cut in half) with virtually no compensation.
Remember, breaking the law and denying you your legal rights is not the norm!
Knowing the law will help you defend your rights and approach your work more easily. After all, you have rights, which means you have guarantees, which means there are fewer reasons for fear.
Rule 10 – Home separate from work
After work, throw all thoughts about it out of your head. Think about something else. Leave all your worries about an unfulfilled plan, an unsubmitted report at your workplace. Work is not the most important thing in life. For many of us, it's just a way to make money. All the endless work intrigues, conflicts, unfulfilled obligations are all nonsense, trifles.
Many of us do not decide people's destinies at work, but are just links in a huge organism that works in the interests of shareholders and owners of the corporation. Is your role in this system really that important to you?
All activities of a corporation are the employment of some people, dividends for other people, and access to certain benefits of third people. All corporations together form a market, which has the function of distributing goods and services in society.
This is undoubtedly useful and helps organize social relations. Such a system is not an absolute evil. But is it really worth deifying this car? Deify the role of a cog in it? Relax! Take this role easier! Didn't get the job done? It's OK. Put it out of your mind if the workday is already over. Think about it tomorrow, as the heroine of one famous novel said.
Stop obsessing over your work. There are many things in life that need your attention and participation. Work is not your whole life.
Some people are proud that they devote themselves so selflessly to their work, they are ready to give up everything in order to please their superiors and help the development of the company. They see in this nobility, loyalty and a certain kind of heroism. I don’t see anything in this other than an escape from my problems, dependence (workaholism), selfishness, weakness, servility to authority, narrow-mindedness, lack of interests and hobbies.
Your family needs you more than your boss. Your health is more important than any money. Life is not designed to be a hero at work for 12 hours every day until retirement. If you spend your whole life focusing only on work, then what will you achieve in the end? Money? Confessions?
Why is all this necessary if you have wasted years of your life? This will make you a hero in the eyes of your boss, but is that all you want?
The endless pursuit of money, recognition, fulfillment of a plan, authority and prestige is a pursuit of emptiness! There will be nothing there in the end, despite what you may now think is the highest goal!
Work is only a means. A means to realize your life goals. Work should be subordinated to these goals, and not vice versa. If you view work as a means, you will be much less upset by failure. Your head will become much less clogged with work matters. You will be able to think about something other than work. And understand what you really want, what is the true purpose of your life...
Conclusion – there is no need to demonstrate knowledge of these rules at work.
As I already wrote, I used to be very worried about work and worried a lot about the result. I was ready to stay late, ignoring my wife’s desire to be with me at least in the evening. I did this because I thought that “this is how it should be”, that this is the most important thing, that work is “everything”.
But then my attitude towards life in general and work in particular began to change (I wrote about this in the article). I realized that there are many things in life that are more important than work and work should be subordinated to my life, and not vice versa.
Some people are so designed that when they suddenly understand something important, come to some new conviction, they surrender to this conviction with all the passion of a new discovery! Only after some time do they manage to find a balance between their discoveries and the demands of the outside world.
Therefore, when I got tired of worrying about failures, when I realized that work was not the main thing, I began to treat it with demonstrative indifference. When my colleagues again began to accuse me of having made a mistake, and because of me some client would not receive his goods today, instead of clutching my head, blaming myself and apologizing (as I did before), I calmly said: “so what? What's wrong? and turned to the monitor.
From one extreme to another. This of course was not entirely correct on my part. But what happened, happened. My new reaction was also understandable.
You should not take my example in this case and sharply reconsider your line of behavior at work. Treat your work more simply, but do not show obvious indifference. If you make a mistake, calmly draw conclusions, try not to make mistakes in the future and openly admit your mistakes. Just don’t suffer about it, that’s all.
If you used to stay late at work all the time, allowed someone else’s work to fall on you, and suddenly you got tired of it, then you don’t need to immediately leave your workplace as soon as 18-00 hits, without having done your work (you can of course do this, if you don’t cherish this place). People don't expect this from you and expect the job to get done. Therefore, you should prepare everyone for the fact that you will no longer sit late into the night and do someone else’s work. Warn people about this so they are prepared. Warn new employers right at the interview that you will not agree to free overtime.
I’m not trying to educate you to give a damn, I just want you to have a simpler attitude towards work, have other interests in life besides it, and not allow corporations to exploit your own labor!
I'm also not trying to develop bad employees. If you do not treat work with fanaticism, this does not mean that you will become a careless employee. On the contrary, you will perform many tasks better if you do not worry too much about possible failure.
The influence of human emotions on effective decision making can be seen in poker. This is a game that I really love for its versatility. Victory in it depends not only on luck, but also on the ability to play.
I think any poker professional will confirm the following thesis. If a player is very worried about the result, worried about the mistakes he has made, he will begin to play even worse, make the wrong decisions and make even more mistakes.
Calmness, control of emotions, a calm attitude towards losses are the key to success in poker. If a player is highly emotionally involved in the game, if his goal is to teach other players a lesson, to prove something to someone, to be the very first, and if he is mortally afraid of defeat, he will most likely suffer it.
Therefore, approach your work the same way a good player approaches the game: calmly and with a cool head. Don’t make work a field for realizing your ambitions and resolving your complexes. It is not your life or dignity that is at stake. Work is not the most important thing in life. Relax!
As last parting words I advise you not to demonstrate knowledge of these rules during the interview. The employer expects you to work for the idea of prosperity of the company or for the idea of personal professional development, but not for money! Because it is difficult to exploit a worker for money!
If this is expected of you, then play by the employer’s rules and show with your appearance and answers that professional development and the opportunity to work in such a great company are more important to you than money.
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I hope you find these tips helpful. Some of them are more suitable for young people living in big cities, where there is a wide choice of work. But, I am sure that the advice to take a simpler approach to work will suit any employees, of any age and profession!
Let's say you decide to overcome yourself and try to get a new job. Or you want to ask for a salary increase at your existing job. No matter what exactly you need, a successful career is always necessary and useful. It is believed that the first impression plays an important role, and often a decisive one. However, before you start working directly, you need to carefully prepare for the interview. There are so many techniques you can use to tackle your big day with confidence. In addition, there are many ways to cope with stress and pressure so as not to worry again and look calmer. After all, you can always take advice from friends and family. Pay attention to 10 tips for a successful interview.
No matter what field you're trying to excel in, doing well in interviews is incredibly important and beneficial to your future career. This could be your first interview in your life or just another interview, it doesn’t matter. The process itself is likely to be unexpectedly difficult. Of course, the resume plays an important role. You just need to send a resume to your future employer, preferably one that highlights all your achievements, positive qualities, and previous work experience.
However, a resume is not everything. We offer a list of things that are not recommended to do during an interview in order to avoid inconvenience and finally get the job you want.
9. Be quiet
You need to be curious about your future job. Nobody wants to take " bobblehead", who just sits there and doesn't show even the slightest interest in their business. Employers are always looking for people who can join the team and build normal relationships with other employees. So, in other words, companies are looking for active, interested people, so try to present yourself as such and remain silent as little as possible.
Employers are very annoyed when they are spoken to in an overly banal manner, using clichés. This means expressions such as: “ I work well in a team” or “I find it easy to solve any problems" Usually, those who come for an interview say exactly this, and employers have heard similar phrases millions of times. Therefore, you need to learn to answer questions in an original and concise manner, while at the same time showing your best side and insinuatingly reminding you that you are not afraid of problems and you know how to work in a team.
Blaming your previous place of work is simply unacceptable.. Employers are not interested in hearing you talk about anyone at all, especially in a negative way, as this may make them think poorly of you as a person. Behavior like this will get you nowhere but the exit door.
Remember, informality will not lead to anything good. No frivolous chatter has any place in a serious interview; only professionalism is expected from you. Naturally, the company is concerned with the desire to work, and not with the latest gossip about friends and acquaintances.
You shouldn't lie at an interview yet. Of course, you want to be liked and answer all the questions correctly, but playing to the crowd is not the best move. Undoubtedly, this will be more difficult and scary for you, but it is very important to remain yourself. Believe me, this is much better than throwing around data that you cannot confirm.
There is no need to shy away from answering questions during an interview. Most likely, they will ask a huge number of difficult, straightforward questions. Therefore, you need to be prepared for something like this." execution” and be confident in your answers. Body language is a good helper and will add confidence to your answers, even if they are not 100% honest.
It is very important to look your future employer in the eye. Staring at the floor or ceiling will not impress him and may only make him angry. However, you shouldn’t look into your eyes for too long, as this can arouse suspicion and increase tension in the room. You need to catch the middle: make him or her feel that you are confident in yourself, that you can look him in the eye without fear, but at the same time, don’t overdo it and don’t scare the employer. The middle is the key to focusing on your work and not allowing yourself to be distracted by anything.
An interview is definitely not the place to discuss money. It can become like this in rare cases, but only if employers themselves start talking about money. Salary is always a very dangerous topic to talk about, so it certainly won't be the main topic of the interview. Think carefully about your response if you have to answer, but never be the first to bring up the topic: they may simply misunderstand you.
Be sure to be fully prepared for the interview. Whatever it costs you, never come just like that. It can take a lot of effort to learn more about the boss, the managers, and the company. Confidence is everything, so spend a little extra time researching the position and the company as a whole. This is really useful: You will be taken much more seriously.