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A Choice Career Is Waiting For YOU
Everyone in your future will want to know about your past performance, so be very careful how you take action or one day it will hit you in the backside without mercy. How important is your job to the team? Will you be highly missed? Not much? Glad to see you go?
Never leave your present employer without due process and respect. None of us can afford to burn the bridges behind us. It’s possible that one day you may need to return to a former employer asking for another chance as an employee with the firm.
Maybe you have made a bad choice of career and want to change. Fine! Just don’t take it out on fellow employees by laying out sick or taking excessive time off. Be responsible whatever the job today.
Future employers will definitely want to know that you were dependable in your former job as an indication of success expected with their firm.
How important is your job to the team? Will you be highly missed? Not much? Glad to see you go?
Most of us never think about who we’d miss.... UNTIL there is a sudden change in things NOT getting done in the office or the plant.
Well, when you stop to think about it..... there are more folks than we realize who we depend on everyday of the week. Most of us make sure the payroll clerk is on the job when payday comes every week. Then there are others that quickly come to mind.... the coffee maker; the mail clerk; the UPS guy/gal or FEDx person; the cleaning crew and more. A BIG WOW!!
Missing persons never cross your mind before it affects our routine. Suddenly someone hollers out with who’s going to make the coffee this morning? Where’s the payroll clerk?
One of the biggest challenges comes when no one emptied the trash cans over night. Usually, we just expect it to get down without a thought.
Don’t you agree that efficiency is critical to the success of everyone’s job? It’s like your sparkplugs misfiring when you crank up the car, right? Just ONE dead plug and we all know something is wrong immediately. None of us like the inconvenience and challenge of poor performance with our cars or a team-mate.
Ask the question of yourself. Who would be affected in their daily routine if YOU failed to be on the job when expected? Are you important to the smooth running of your office; department; plant or wherever you accept a paycheck today? Probably very important or your “pink” slip is coming soon.
How about the CEO? Yes, he or she is very important to the success of your firm. However, unless you are on the executive floor of the firm it’s unlikely that his/her performance will affect your daily routine.
Their job is to THINK and SEARCH for ways to build and grow the business. Stockholders expect the CEO to consider buying their competitors for market share and increased profit potential.
Recently, we read about Microsoft bidding for Yahoo to the tune of $44+ billion dollars. Hopefully, it will be a “good deal” for all stockholders and the employees of both firms involved.
Don’t complain or fail to give notice of your intentions.... it’s a good idea to realize you and every employee has value to your personal success just as YOU have value and worth to their success as fellow team-players.
ACTIONTIP: Sick days happen and vacations, holidays too. Just be respectful of your boss or supervisor required to cover your absence from the team..... think about how it will affect the smooth running of your team. Have arrangements been made to cover your job? Is your Supervisor informed and ready for your absence? Be responsible and take action as a leader. One day you may be the Supervisor or even the CEO or COO.... a move up to the TOP floor begins now!