A Life Skills Group Community Group
All are welcome to join our group. We're here to share advice, encouragement, and ideas on how to build better lives for ourselves. We can discuss all aspects of daily living, along with anything else that’s on your mind. Each of us knows a little, and together, we know a lot that can help us each to reach higher and go further in life. There's such a lot...
Let's say you've just gotten yourself hired for a new job. Congratulations! Now, it's important to you to keep that job. You need the income and you need the experience that comes from having a job. And you remember the sheer boredom and feeling of being slightly useless that can come from being unemployed, not to mention the feeling of being monetarily broke. What things can you do during the first few months that will help you stay employed? What do you need to be especially watchful of in yourself and in what you do?
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89FNo energy, just going to do whatever. Sandra, It's hard to move at a certain time in life. You've been in your home forever, at least you'll be able to travel to the beach and enjoy. Oh, we did hear Boris Johnson's tenure ended due to a series of ethics scandals, accusations of dishonesty and a final collapse of government support that forced his recognation. What he didn't do like the...
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88FWhat I do like is early morning clouds and then they disappear and the sun comes out. That was it's cooler in the morning. I'm sitting here looking out the window at the hummingbird with the river and dike as a back drop. It's hard to invision ever leaving but I'm also a realist with aging, especially when the luncheon we had with thirty former classmates on Monday. Sandra, we get news of...
Don't get involved in work politics or issues. Let the people who have been there for years mouth off. Listen, but don't believe everything. Jane may sound like she doesn't like Bob, but they may turn out to be best buds a month from now.
Be willing to work overtime, get canceled and have your shift and work schedule mixed around. Be happy to get the worst assignment. Do the job better than other people. Be polite to everyone....even the most obnoxious (because be sure that if they're nasty to you....they've been nasty to others.....and people will notice how well you handle it. And you'll learn a LOT from doing that.
(I've worked every shift, and every floor....when I don't get things done on any one shift...I now NEVER hear about it. Because they know that if it could have gotten done....it would have. And quite frankly....they LISTEN to me. But it took 6-9 months.)
If you don't have restrictions on what you wear, dress like your supervisor.
And......love your job. FIND something to love about it. We all have bad days, but walk in with a smile. Nursing deals with the best and worst of human behaviors...often within 5 minutes. I've been taking care of someone that I'm getting ready to send out to the ER, and not 5 minutes later been yelled at by a family member upset over something stupid....be polite anyway....and LOVE the job anyway.... 19 times out of 20, I'm hugging the person goodbye when they end up leaving.
Years ago, I was hired to be a table busser/dishwasher in a restaurant, but when I started work the first day, they wanted me to be a waiter/cashier, and in just a few weeks, they asked me to be the restaurant manager, which I had to turn down, because I didn't feel like I was a good enough person for the job. And in another instance, I applied for a job unloading trucks overnight at a large retail store, but they called me back and asked me to come in to work days as a cashier. So you never know how fast you will be promoted or placed in other positions in a company.
If you were hired in haste because an employer needed someone right away to fill a position, they might not have taken the time to properly check your references or do a background check on you. However, that doesn't mean they won't do this later when time allows. Months or years into your employment, you might be asked about things in your past. Keep this in mind and be ready to answer those questions.
In nearly all organizations, there are slackers and lazy people who do no more work than they have to do, and sometimes a good deal less. Don't get yourself caught hanging out with them while they do no work on company time. Don't assume that because they can get away with it that you can, too. They themselves might be on the verge of being given the old heave-ho (being terminated), only they aren't smart enough to realize it.
The price we pay for any kind of work is having a familiarity with the dark underbelly to that field of employment. Nearly every job has its unpleasantness, but don't let that determine your desire to continue working. Keep working for the good things about the job. Find those, and enjoy those, so that your work days are pleasant ones.
If you depend on your job for the money you need to pay for your rent, food, and other necessities, or you depend on your job because of the healthcare, education benefits, or retirement plan that comes with it, don't risk losing those things by becoming involved in a personal relationship with a co-worker, not even a secret relationship. If the relationship goes bad, your job could go bad, too, and you could lose everything that comes with it. Look outside of your place of employment for someone to become personally involved with.
One thing i am wary of is the gossiping, i worked in an all women dept once and the bitching behind each others backs was crazy. I just want to go in do my best at the job and feel good at the end of the day, not just with the work ive done but with myself!
I'm kinda guarded on "making friends" I keep it in my mind i'm not there to make friends, i'm there to work, altho its good to build up a working relationship with pple.
As long as you can look the person in the mirror straight in the eye, and say you did your best, you will be able to have good success at work.
No brag, Just fact. ( I did this for 40 years; I am retired now)