10 Sure-Fire Measures To Become The Boss’s Favorite

Any office has two kinds of people, a group that works hard but is in no way noticed and the other that immediately springs to mind. The second kind is the ones who are noticed and at the forefront of all activities. 

Career success means more than being skilled, meeting crazy deadlines, and being hard-working. To be truly successful you need to be acknowledged by your boss.

 To be remembered and noticed by the boss you will need to:

 

1. Be sociable and pleasant. Have a polite thing to say to everyone, let good manners emanate from you, and at the same time a cheerful and caring attitude towards others. Don’t be brash and ride rough-shod over others or be judgmental because this may create tension within the office environment.

 2. Refrain from gossip. It is one of the things that can make life uncomfortable. Know what’s happening in the office but stay away from discussing it or spreading things however tempting it may be.

 3. Renew your knowledge and skills constantly. The world today moves at a fast pace and one needs to keep up with technical innovations as well as global business trends. Make all efforts to be ahead of developments in your field of work.

 4. Do not be wasteful in your work and have facts and figures at the tips of your fingers. Always get ready for meetings well. Be a visionary and make suggestions that can be backed up by action. When you speak it must be with“ pearls of wisdom.”

 5. Practice the art of listening. Consider what others appreciate and tell you. Absorb facts like a sponge and never inhibit yourself only to your field. Try as much as possible to diversify your knowledge and expertise because it pays to know other functions of the organization.

 6. Be a director in all aspects. Be the first to accept extra responsibilities, take over someone else’s load when they have troubles, and offer your hand to render a selfless service even to your co-workers, especially when a team is working to achieve a deadline. Make and contribute helpful suggestions. Let people see that they can depend on you for just about anything.

 7. Regard and comply with the regulations of the office. Be disciplined and spread the culture to all others.

 8. You must always show that you are in control and never for once appear to be stressed up in doing your job. Keep your private life and work affairs separate—never form a relationship with a colleague or boss. Dress well every day and stand tall while discharging your professional duties.

 9. Be systematic and organized in your work. Use filing methods that anyone can use—if you are away from the office, make easy your disposition on the way you discharge your job so that anyone in your department can step in to work on your behalf when you are away from the office. People should be able to locate papers in your absence. Keep your work area neat, and computer files uncluttered. Devise a workable backup schedule such that under no circumstance is your work lost. Crisis management measures must also be put in place.

 10.     Be ready, stylish, and open-minded. Look good and smell good—excellent personal habits are always appreciated. Carry breath mints in your pocket along with a fresh handkerchief. Keep a laundered shirt on hand for emergencies.

 Remember, it takes more than talent to impress a boss. Be ahead in the race for success and accomplishment.

 Thank you

 

6 Different Ways To Achieve Success in Your Career

6 Different Ways To Achieve Success in Your Career 

There are quite several ways that success can be achieved in your career. For you to know what exactly you can do to achieve success you need to read this article to have a better understanding of how to excel in your chosen career. What do employers look for in potential employees? 

That question was posted recently on a career discussion forum online. Naturally, for each different position, the particular answers to that question would be different. However, there are some common skills that employers look for in all employees, whether the employee happens to be a network engineer or a fry cook. These skills are also called "In-Demand Skills for Success" and this shows how important the skills are.

The first thing you have to do is to improve your life on some "BASIC SKILLS" such as reading, writing, and arithmetic! Believe it or not, a good portion of high school graduates (and some college graduates as well) do not read at a high-grade level and cannot do multiplication in their heads. Employers are seeking employees who can read well, write coherently, and at the same time calculate mathematics in a business environment (fractions, percentages, etc.)without much problem. Furthermore, you need to have modern basic skills of keyboarding, basic computer knowledge, and the ability to use most computerized tools (e.g. fax machine, basic word processing program, etc.) needed for employment success.

Secondly, you need to have a better understanding of Interpersonal Skills. you should know that a potential employee must be able to speak well? Can you attend to your customer's request in a positive and informative manner? Can you provide good customer service if you're called to step in for any ailing staff? While not everyone has an outgoing sales personality, successful employees must equally communicate in a non-confrontational, positive manner with their coworkers, team members, subordinates, management, and customers. Being able to work well with others is a vital skill for success in all jobs.

You should also be able to stand on your own to ensure "Job Attainment". Job search is a process that requires a great deal of dedication and attention to be conducted successfully. It follows the old principle that many veteran programmers refer to as GIGO ‚ Garbage In, Garbage Out. If you put lousy effort in, you will receive lousy results. Employers are seeking employees who know how to present themselves positively and who display enthusiasm and knowledge about the companies they approach. Not only do candidates get evaluated on their skills and experience, but also on how they are approaching the job search. Enthusiastic candidates with fewer skills have a better chance of getting the job than dull candidates with better skills.

The ability to succeed where others are fallen is another important skill you have to possess if you're to be successful in your chosen career. This is known as "Job Survival". Now there's a hot topic in this period of layoffs. Who gets laid off and who doesn't is often a matter of numbers, but it is also often a matter of performance.

Employees who have consistently demonstrated their worth, taken initiative, and made themselves valuable asset to the company have lower incidences of being downsized than employees who put forth mediocre or average effort in their jobs. Surviving within a company through layoffs or moving up the career ladder is a success skill that is learned and consciously cultivated among successful professionals.

Taking part in a Professional Development program/training is another favor you can do to yourself to keep your head above the water in your chosen career.  As all high-tech and engineering pros know‚ it's learning or burn in today's work environment. Attaining new skills, applying new concepts, and updating established skills is an absolute necessity to succeed in today's workforce. The successful individual is constantly attending seminars, taking classes, attaining training on new products or releases, and otherwise learning new skills that will keep them marketable in their careers. Successful people are lifelong learners. Employers are looking for people who have the training necessary to fulfill their needs.

Lastly, you have to engage in Career Development. Career Development differs from Professional Development. Professional Development is learning while Career Development is a planning and goal-setting process. Successful individuals design a career plan with written goals for the short term and long term. They lay out the steps needed to move their careers from Point A to Point B within Time Frame C and plan how they are going to achieve those steps. 

Successful people have someone to whom they are accountable, for their progress and who will monitor their success in achieving their goals. Employers are seeking individuals who wish to commit to the progress of their company for a long period. Good career progression is a high selling point of candidates to prospective employers.

How do you measure up? Do you have the 6 In-Demand Skills for Success? Feel like you need some help?

Send in your comment or any other information you would like to share with me. Expecting to read from you soon. please help me send your friends to this blog for regular updates on how to improve their lives. 

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Do you want to know more about how to be successful in your career? Let me introduce you to an ebook written by a professional Career Consultant Steve Austin. The title of his book is 

Career Success With Ease: What You Need To Know To Achieve Success In Your Career Adventure

How To Discover Your Passion For Successful Career Adventure

How To Discover Your Passion For a Successful Career Adventure

Having a better understanding of what your passion, interest, likes, dislikes, capabilities, strengths and weaknesses are, is the right step in the right direction for an eventful career adventure. Then, if I may ask you, what are you passionate about? I didn’t ask if you are passionate. 

But what are you passionate about? What stirs your emotions? What is it you can’t stop talking about whenever someone asks: “What are you passionate about?”  What’s the fire in your belly? What really turns you on? What do you love doing most?

What is it that you love doing so much that you forget time? You forget others. You are so focused that you don’t hear anything. What is it that gets your creative juices going? What is it that you love more than anything else?

Some people are known to be passionate about books. They love reading them. And hence, those books are all placed in their respective homes on the shelves. Each of the books has a neighbor. These people fondle them and care for them. Place bookmarks in them and never fold the corner of their pages.

People like Florence Nightingale, Michael Jordan, and a host of other notable people have used their passion to benefit the world at large to the extent that even after they have stopped what they are passionate about people should not forget their contribution to mankind generally.  What about you? What is the deep-down passion that lights your life up? What is it that you love doing and being beyond all else?

Go on, you can tell yourself. There is no need to tell others. Just have a go and tell yourself what your passions are and discern what you can gain from doing such. What is that love that stirs you up - that love that others may not be interested in but is so important to you. What is it that makes you forget time? What is it that you love doing? We all have it. We all have at least one thing that we are passionate about. What’s yours?

The bottom line is; passion is motivating. Passion is more motivating than money.

Passion energizes and transforms you. When you are passionate about something then you enter that ‘flow’ state where time stands still. You are so focused. And, you are really in tune with yourself to get things done to the best of your knowledge.

Go on and try it. And GET IT DONE!!!

I wish you Good Luck.

Please don't forget to send in your comments.

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Self Help Guide To Successful Career Adventure

Self-Help Guide To Successful Career Adventure

Is it possible for you to live without a career all life despite inheriting a legacy? A career is not just about living out of inherited money, nor is it limited to earning a livelihood. Holistically speaking it is the progression of ones working or professional life. A career indeed means a lot more these days than just the present job you are doing right now.

 Nowadays, parents start grooming their children from the day she starts their education, guiding and helping their children choose their career. 

This is for no other reason than the fact that a career is a life-long adventure in the world of work. It is not peculiar to one’s profession at any particular point in time. It is the totality of one’s engagement throughout life. This necessitated the reason why you have to be very careful of how you tread this path.

Choosing and Making a Career

To some, choosing a career is as simple as a ready-to-eat preparation served in a silver bowl because their career is inherited through legacy. Still, they don’t spare a stone unturned in their efforts to just pursue it and make successful careers. For example, Henry Ford, who is the third generation person to carry on the legacy of his parents successfully, toiled hard to expand the empire beyond the Atlantic Ocean. For you to be successful in your chosen career you need to exercise little patience and watch your step to guide against making an unforgivable mistake that may either create problems for you in your career path or derail you completely.

Students should start thinking about their careers while in High School. Career exploring in various fields such as Accountancy, Finance, Law, Engineering and Medical, and Business Management, etc should be given serious thought while they are still at the College level. Well, planning and choosing the appropriate line of study will definitely get you a good pick of your own choice.

Career Counsellors prove beneficial in personal development and if you need them to, they can double up as career coaches who guide you in choosing your career. They assess your scope of interest, ability, personality, and style of working and accordingly, help you choose your career.

Career Development

Did you know choosing a career is much easier rather than developing it? Landing a suitable job may take less than a year but making a career is for the rest of your working life. Once you land your chosen career, you must try to manage it carefully by gaining deeper knowledge and skills, working ethically and with integrity, and climbing the ladder of success, to achieve your goals by rising to a higher level or position in that organization. 

The slightest initial complacency would mean a longer stay at the same level for a long time, developing leadership qualities within, and rising to a higher level. Work conditions and ethics permit you can have multiple careers to explore your capabilities. Be good at decision-making and this will be the step forward to boost your career. 

Never give up hope, as the saying goes `In every difficulty lies an opportunity’. It may not be easy at first but perseverance and doggedness may help you turn negativity in your way into a greater opportunity. 

You also need to be disciplined in your career path. Discipline will shed more light on what you want and also give you the impetus to forge ahead and achieve better results in your career adventure. 

Sell Yourself Better For A Successful Career Adventure

Sell Yourself Better For A Successful Career Adventure

Some people complained of not being adequately recognized and appreciated, not minding the fact that when it comes to our career we are some of the worst salesmen of our abilities and skills.  

We sell ourselves short in our abilities during review or appraisal time or accept less than we are worth out of fear that they will find someone else to replace us.  

Instead of building ourselves up and selling ourselves for maximum value we accept what is given to us and end up doing twice the work for half the pay. 

Let me ask you this salient question:

Why not work towards being the best of what you are? So that you will be highly valuable to your employer and he will no doubt be very happy to pay you more.

One of the most important places you can ever sell yourself is during the interview process for a new job.  It is during this process that you should make an effort to build up yourself and sell your skills to the potential employer by making them feel that if they hire anyone else but you they are going to be losing out on an amazing talent.  Here are a few tips you can use during your next interview to make the interviewer think WOW!

Dress for success.  The type of dresses you put on during your interview will no doubt speak well of you if done appropriately. Bear in mind that clothes make the man (or woman) and you should dress as if you were interviewing for the CEO position.

Research the company and know its background of it. Getting a piece of first-hand information about the company you aspire to work for is a clear indication that you are indeed serious about working for the company. During the interview show that you have done your homework by asking questions or making comments about a recent press release or company announcement.  This will give you an edge over other candidates for the job.

Ask questions.  Most interviewees just answer the questions they are presented with and never speak up.  Show the interviewer you are truly interested in the company and the job by asking questions relating to the company, your potential job, and company culture.

Bring samples of your work.  Whether you are an artist or a computer programmer bring a sample portfolio of your past work and share it with the interviewer.  Remember, a picture (or document) can speak a million words.

Be ahead of schedule.  Remember the golden rule; it is better to be 3 hours early than 3 minutes late.  No one is going to hire someone who can't make it to the interview on time.

Follow-up.  Don't sit around waiting for a letter or a call.  Send a follow-up letter immediately expressing your interest in the job and if you haven't heard back within a week pick up the phone and call. 

What do you have to lose?