1.Know your employer. Decide if you are working for a company that has a motto or standard that you are comfortable with, and if the company goal is something you believe in. If you are working for an honorable establishment, then you will be treated with respect due to your position. If you are not happy after a time, begin to discreetly seek work elsewhere. The best time to find a new job is when you already have one and are not desperate.
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Behave professionally. This is a business, not a playground. People talk, and workers know the difference between a person who is fun to work with and a person who is always fooling around. Fun means a good personality, a joke or two, and a smile. Fooling around is wasting your time and that of others, being frequently off-task, and often being seen standing in the workspace of others instead of in your own.
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Learn to take criticism gracefully. It will provide you with valuable ideas about what people expect from you, any weak areas, and what you need to work on first. If a boss or coworker criticizes you in a way that hurts or angers you, wait until you cool/calm down and ask them if you can talk with them. Tell them how you felt,
but tell them that you would like to fix the issue and want them to talk with you about what needs to be changed.
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Learn to do your job, and do it well. Whether it's menial and tedious, or tough and high-paying, learn how to do the job, regardless of how difficult you think it might be. Salary is most commonly based upon years of experience, tenure with the company, and your educational background. If you don't know how to do something, go find out; don't make excuses for why you didn't do it.
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Cultivate good relationships with the gatekeepers.Secretaries, custodians, bookkeepers, and cafeteria workers are all very important people in your organization;they are the experts in their departments. Treat those workers with courtesy, respect, and kindness because they hold more power than you realize, and your reputation with them matters. Do not hang out with other employees who mistreat, disrespect, or talk down to them. Speak to them in the same fashion you would another coworker--asking them, making polite requests, and not demanding or ordering about.
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When you get the opportunity to learn a new skill, receive training for a different activity, or take a study course paid for by your employer--do it! Cross-training, new skill sets, and further education show that you are intelligent and value life-long learning. If push comes to shove, and people are let go, you stand a better chance of being retained than those who can only do one thing.
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Keep a clean job history. Do a good job, show up on time, keep a good attendance history. When you find out someone has been let go, you often find out later that there were underlying circumstances that led to their dismissal--including frequent absences, missed deadlines, reprimands for unprofessional behavior, or too many customer complaints.
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Ask your supervisor what the expectations for productivity are. This will immediately make you stand out from 95% of the other employees.
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Never be on time. Always arrive early. Be at least 15 minutes early every day. That way, if you are running late, you will be on time. If you have to park far away, you will walk in and still not be late. If your client is early, you will be there to greet him or her, and not leave someone waiting for you - even if you arrive on time.(Mcm aku..Haha)
Selamat Mencuba!!Naik gaji belanja aku mkn..hehe..
