Www.fastcompany. You show up to the office on time, you’ve never missed a project deadline, and you always refill the coffee pot when you’re done. What could you possibly be doing wrong? Maybe nothing. After all, we don’t want to make you paranoid. But, just for peace of mind, check out this list to see if you’re unwittingly doing anything that could be derailing your full career potential. We spoke with career experts to find out the five biggest mistakes that employees make, as well as suggestions on how to fix them. 1.
If you’re an overly motivated worker, dealing with setbacks at the office--like losing an important account or having your (surely awesome) ideas passed over in an important meeting--can be daunting. Disappointments at work can stop you from asking crucial questions or taking on responsibilities that could potentially move you ahead in your job. Related: The Top 5 Stressors at Work What to do instead: Change your mind-set, suggests Harris. 2. 3. 4. 5. Leveraging the Benefits of Being a Rookie Employee - JD Schramm. By JD Schramm | 11:57 AM July 5, 2011 Hundreds of my Stanford students graduated last month and are about to enter new jobs, along with hundreds of thousands who graduated from other universities.
They will all be “rookies” yet again in their careers. Conventional wisdom tells us to get past the rookie stage in our career and grow into something more “elevated and respected.” Yet, I will buck conventional wisdom and suggest that there are some amazing advantages to being a rookie that new employees should milk while they can. Also, specific strategies exist which rookies can deploy within the first few days and weeks on the job and there are a few common mistakes they can avoid. First let me offer some of the benefits. Enjoy the “honeymoon period”. Remember you’re not expected to know it all. Start fresh. To get the most out of these advantages, rookies need to deploy specific strategies to successfully leverage their newness. 1. 2. 3. . • Limit references to the past. I'm not sure if I've been fired. (MoneyWatch) Dear Evil HR Lady, I was fired over the phone for what my supervisor is calling "an untruthful absence" for which I used vacation days for.
They are now emailing me demanding that I come into the office at my scheduled start time and report to our General Manager once there. I don't feel it necessary as I have already been told that it is in my best interest to not go back to the office and that I was fired. Now they are telling me something different. First go in. What's the worst that can happen to you? Fire you, that's what. So, there's no way that going in can make you worse off than you were before. Additionally, very few companies allow a direct supervisor to simply fire someone over the phone, on their own, without concurrence from their manager and HR. Now, the question is, what did you do wrong? But, otherwise, there shouldn't be any punishment for what you do on your scheduled day off. Who told you that it wasn't in your best interest to go back to the office? 10 Creative Ways to Make Money. Just about everyone I know has experimented with a variety of creative ways to make money.
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