The most important skill professionals can bring to IT jobs is flexibility in dealing with unique challenges. Technology moves far too fast for an IT professional to stand pat on his past experiences. Your career in IT jobs will be built on your adaptability to new situations, technologies and personnel. Young IT professionals need to work in different areas of the profession to break free from narrow-minded views of information technology.
Every IT professional should spend some time in help desk jobs to learn the daily challenges facing workers without IT experience. These jobs are available at universities, government offices and private businesses throughout the United Kingdom. A help desk worker needs to diagnose network and hardware problems quickly to help co-workers get down to business. The ability to triage IT problems throughout an entire company is beneficial if you have never worked on large-scale projects.
The creativity needed in Break Fix jobs make these positions invaluable for young IT workers looking for an interesting experience. Break Fix jobs force IT experts to reconsider problems in new ways. A company that hires out an IT consultancy to harness the power of older computers and peripherals need Break Fix experts to complete work on a budget. One of the best ways to maintain your mental dexterity is pursuing IT jobs with a Break Fix service provider with a diverse clientele.
An internship and freelance work with software design companies can open your eyes to another aspect of the IT industry. The IT jobs mentioned to this point have focussed on hardware and networking issues in the office. Every professional looking to work in information technology should learn how software is created. These early experiences in fixing bugs in new software and learning about mass distribution will give you an appreciation for the office suites that professionals curse on a daily basis.
IT professionals who want to round out their professional experiences should look at the growing jobs in application development. Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace rely heavily on small companies to produce user-friendly applications. These applications involve complex codes that produce simple results like online polls, shopping carts and “wish lists” from online vendors. The use of applications in the corporate world has expanded in recent years which makes a ground-floor perspective necessary for career growth. This work can be completed on a freelance basis and gives insight into the complex layers of the IT industry
Thursday 23 October 2008
Office Job Career
There are many different career paths in the dental field today. Choices include a wide range of positions, such as: hygienist, assisting, and lab technician.
Yet perhaps no other career in the dental profession is more accessible and exciting than that of the office manager. The dental office manager works much like the conductor of a large orchestra -- his/her job is to organize the many different aspects of a dental practice into one cohesive unit. This person serves both the patient and the dentist, and is able to juggle both responsibilities equally well.
The dental office manager is usually the first and last person to meet and greet the patient. He/she registers patients, arranges laboratory and hospital services, schedules appointments, verifies payment information, protects patient privacy, and even processes insurance claims. Serving as the face of the practice and being actively involved in the healthcare of others is one of the most enjoyable facets of this line of work.
A dental office manager also enjoys the opportunity to assist the dentist(s) in maintaining a well-organized, cost-effective practice by handling the day-to-day operation of running an office. He/she may oversee personnel issues, handle payment and billing duties, maintain accurate and complete patient records, as well as, an equipment and supply inventory. Helping an office to run smoothly and effortlessly in order that all staff can perform their job well can be a rich and satisfying experience.
Choosing a career in dental office management provides many opportunities to use a cross-section of skills, such as, effective multitasking, communicating with diverse groups of people, and team leadership. Entering this field can be a quick and easy mission with the right training and assistance from a qualified learning institution.
Get ahead of the game by choosing dental office management today. Most entry-level positions enjoy salaries that start around 23,000 and a job growth that continues to rise at a steady rate. There's never been a better time than now to explore a rewarding career in dental office management
Yet perhaps no other career in the dental profession is more accessible and exciting than that of the office manager. The dental office manager works much like the conductor of a large orchestra -- his/her job is to organize the many different aspects of a dental practice into one cohesive unit. This person serves both the patient and the dentist, and is able to juggle both responsibilities equally well.
The dental office manager is usually the first and last person to meet and greet the patient. He/she registers patients, arranges laboratory and hospital services, schedules appointments, verifies payment information, protects patient privacy, and even processes insurance claims. Serving as the face of the practice and being actively involved in the healthcare of others is one of the most enjoyable facets of this line of work.
A dental office manager also enjoys the opportunity to assist the dentist(s) in maintaining a well-organized, cost-effective practice by handling the day-to-day operation of running an office. He/she may oversee personnel issues, handle payment and billing duties, maintain accurate and complete patient records, as well as, an equipment and supply inventory. Helping an office to run smoothly and effortlessly in order that all staff can perform their job well can be a rich and satisfying experience.
Choosing a career in dental office management provides many opportunities to use a cross-section of skills, such as, effective multitasking, communicating with diverse groups of people, and team leadership. Entering this field can be a quick and easy mission with the right training and assistance from a qualified learning institution.
Get ahead of the game by choosing dental office management today. Most entry-level positions enjoy salaries that start around 23,000 and a job growth that continues to rise at a steady rate. There's never been a better time than now to explore a rewarding career in dental office management
That tidy office !!
Whether you work from home or at an office, desk tidiness, or lack thereof, can become a problem. But, as real estate agents well know, an organized desk is far more productive than a disorganized one.
Real estate agents are often juggling a number of clients at a time, all at different stages of the buying or selling process. Following up on leads can be imperative to getting more clients, and checking in on past clients is good for getting referrals and repeat customers. So losing track of contacts is not an option for the Realtors® I know. Nor should it be for you, in whatever line of work you're in.
The first step to keeping a more organized desk area is figuring out what your greatest challenge is. I recently heard the analogy that some people are filers, and some are pilers. Fair enough, but searching through a random stack of papers is a time waster, and I know you've got better things to do with your time. So if your inherent tendency is towards piling, maybe it's time to create some order in the random piles. Filing and piling aren't really that different of an action, and by keeping labeled folders or boxes to pile things in, you may be able to make a painless transition from one to another. You know the classic trays, one marked 'in' and the other 'out'. Try it, it works. 'In' would be where you'd put things on your 'to do' list, thing that needed completing that day, or week, or whatever best suites your particular job. It may work well to have this box divided in three parts, one for things to be done that day, one for things to look at before the week's out, and another for jobs you aren't ready to do, but need to re-visit by the months end. Near the end of each month, spend 15 minutes or so revaluating which in box category those monthly jobs need to go in.
The 'out' box would obviously be for completed tasks, however these days, we often email people our completed tasks, or ship them out of office. No matter. Keep an out box anyway, and stack any completed hardcopy items there, preferably with each job in their own folder. Once things are completed, remember to remove any every trace of finished jobs from your in box. Now, you may find you need an 'ongoing' box. This may be where you pile pieces of information you need on an ongoing basis.
But what of the things you no longer need? This category seams to make up the bulk of what I find taking up the corners of my desk: pieces of paper with notes or numbers jotted down that I will no longer need, but think I might. The solution, have a recycling box beside your desk. Toss in non-confidential things you are pretty certain you'll never need again. If you find you end up needing them after all, add another box for 'may-need's. And don't forget to have a garbage can handy, and a shredder, if the nature of your work demands one. There's nothing worse than hoarding garbage because you're afraid of throwing it away. That's the one major obstacle to a tidy desk, so have every means necessary, close at hand, to dispose of what you no longer need. If water bottles are part of what's piling up, add a recycling box for that type of thing, too. While this might seem like an awful lot of boxes, trust me, they'll look better stacked on and around your desk than the random loose papers that might be there now.
Pick one time, one day per week to do a tidy-up of things that have gotten scattered. Ideally this would be a Friday afternoon, so that you can start fresh on Monday, but if you work from home, or have flexible or varying hours, just pick a time that makes the most sense to you. But it's important to make it like an appointment, at the same time each week, or at least at the same stage of your work timeline. Otherwise it's too easy to put off, until suddenly your desk is covered in piles again.
As for those contacts, get yourself a good old fashioned roll-a-dex. Instead of jotting numbers and email addresses down on loose paper, write them in there. When you get to work each day, get out any business cards you may have been given and add those names to your roll-a-dex. If you need a context so you'll remember the name, keep tape handy and add the business card right to it. If this doesn't work for you, get a folder full of those plastic sheets that are divided up to hold business cards. Add all new cards to that, preferably in either alphabetical order, or in order of types of clients, or both, whichever most suits your needs.
Finally, keep a notebook on your desk to jot down ideas or info about things you aren't working on at that minute, but will be getting to within that day, or the next. At the beginning of each day, review the last couple of pages to see if anything relevant is written there. Another idea is to sign up for Google calendar, and jot down things to be remembered later in the week there. Then on that day, you'll see the reminder. This is actually a great time saver, and works well for all your appointments, and even remembering birthdays, too.
If being messy is a hard habit for you to break, start with one step at a time. Make a commitment to getting tidier. It will take some will-power, but you can do it. Keep in mind that it will likely help you get your jobs done faster, and think about what you'd rather be doing with your time. With that as incentive, get started!
Real estate agents are often juggling a number of clients at a time, all at different stages of the buying or selling process. Following up on leads can be imperative to getting more clients, and checking in on past clients is good for getting referrals and repeat customers. So losing track of contacts is not an option for the Realtors® I know. Nor should it be for you, in whatever line of work you're in.
The first step to keeping a more organized desk area is figuring out what your greatest challenge is. I recently heard the analogy that some people are filers, and some are pilers. Fair enough, but searching through a random stack of papers is a time waster, and I know you've got better things to do with your time. So if your inherent tendency is towards piling, maybe it's time to create some order in the random piles. Filing and piling aren't really that different of an action, and by keeping labeled folders or boxes to pile things in, you may be able to make a painless transition from one to another. You know the classic trays, one marked 'in' and the other 'out'. Try it, it works. 'In' would be where you'd put things on your 'to do' list, thing that needed completing that day, or week, or whatever best suites your particular job. It may work well to have this box divided in three parts, one for things to be done that day, one for things to look at before the week's out, and another for jobs you aren't ready to do, but need to re-visit by the months end. Near the end of each month, spend 15 minutes or so revaluating which in box category those monthly jobs need to go in.
The 'out' box would obviously be for completed tasks, however these days, we often email people our completed tasks, or ship them out of office. No matter. Keep an out box anyway, and stack any completed hardcopy items there, preferably with each job in their own folder. Once things are completed, remember to remove any every trace of finished jobs from your in box. Now, you may find you need an 'ongoing' box. This may be where you pile pieces of information you need on an ongoing basis.
But what of the things you no longer need? This category seams to make up the bulk of what I find taking up the corners of my desk: pieces of paper with notes or numbers jotted down that I will no longer need, but think I might. The solution, have a recycling box beside your desk. Toss in non-confidential things you are pretty certain you'll never need again. If you find you end up needing them after all, add another box for 'may-need's. And don't forget to have a garbage can handy, and a shredder, if the nature of your work demands one. There's nothing worse than hoarding garbage because you're afraid of throwing it away. That's the one major obstacle to a tidy desk, so have every means necessary, close at hand, to dispose of what you no longer need. If water bottles are part of what's piling up, add a recycling box for that type of thing, too. While this might seem like an awful lot of boxes, trust me, they'll look better stacked on and around your desk than the random loose papers that might be there now.
Pick one time, one day per week to do a tidy-up of things that have gotten scattered. Ideally this would be a Friday afternoon, so that you can start fresh on Monday, but if you work from home, or have flexible or varying hours, just pick a time that makes the most sense to you. But it's important to make it like an appointment, at the same time each week, or at least at the same stage of your work timeline. Otherwise it's too easy to put off, until suddenly your desk is covered in piles again.
As for those contacts, get yourself a good old fashioned roll-a-dex. Instead of jotting numbers and email addresses down on loose paper, write them in there. When you get to work each day, get out any business cards you may have been given and add those names to your roll-a-dex. If you need a context so you'll remember the name, keep tape handy and add the business card right to it. If this doesn't work for you, get a folder full of those plastic sheets that are divided up to hold business cards. Add all new cards to that, preferably in either alphabetical order, or in order of types of clients, or both, whichever most suits your needs.
Finally, keep a notebook on your desk to jot down ideas or info about things you aren't working on at that minute, but will be getting to within that day, or the next. At the beginning of each day, review the last couple of pages to see if anything relevant is written there. Another idea is to sign up for Google calendar, and jot down things to be remembered later in the week there. Then on that day, you'll see the reminder. This is actually a great time saver, and works well for all your appointments, and even remembering birthdays, too.
If being messy is a hard habit for you to break, start with one step at a time. Make a commitment to getting tidier. It will take some will-power, but you can do it. Keep in mind that it will likely help you get your jobs done faster, and think about what you'd rather be doing with your time. With that as incentive, get started!
Office Politics
For many years that's what people called me. It was not a title I wore proudly.
I worked my way from entry level programmer to senior management in a large telecom company. I knew a lot of people, and I had a great sense for how to work within the "system". I understood how it could overwhelm you, and I got good at knowing when to ignore it and when to play along.
In the jobs I had, the most important contribution I could make over the long haul was to develop the skills of the middle managers reporting to me. The more effective I could make them, the easier and more successful my life would be. It was frustrating to me when I would coach people and they would respond with comments like "I could pull this off if I had your political skills".
I was insulted. I didn't play politics!
Of course I did. I just didn't want to admit it. When you're running for office, political skills are an important attribute. When you are the guy running a business office, politician is a label that diminishes your true leadership abilities.
If anyone accused me of being an expert at office politics, I denied it forcefully. I worked hard to get where I was, and no one was going to take that away from me.
Then I Changed Jobs
Same industry, bigger title, more people, new city. I was not well connected, of course. But I recognized the challenges of the job and I was ready to go to work on them. Costs were out of control and results were inconsistent. I had to fix both. It was made clear to me that I was being brought in from outside because the inside culture needed a shakeup. I couldn't wait to jump in.
Was I successful? Without a doubt, I accomplished more in two years in this new job than in any five year period of my career. We downsized, actually improved morale while we were doing it, and got our operational metrics up where they needed to be. My clients were internal, and they were effusive in their praise. Personally, I was rewarded with a good raise and a really good bonus.
Six months later I experienced a career first -- I was fired. Well, alright, I was let go with a very respectable severance package. But I didn't see it coming, and it didn't feel very good. What happened?
When I took the new job, lots of people whispered in my ear about the politics in my new company. It wasn't very complicated either. There were old guard insiders and when outside executives were brought in the old guard eventually rejected them the way the body rejects tissue in a transplant operation.
I wouldn't get caught up in that. I had a job to do and I was going to do it. No political posturing for me. I was in full denial.
So I worked very hard and got some of the greatest results of my career. While I was doing that, there was a change at the top. The new CEO was a former executive of the company who had left and now was coming back. He was a hero of the old guard.
I wasn't thrilled with the board's choice, but I wasn't worried. My hard work and accomplishments would stand up to scrutiny, no matter who was in charge, right? Wrong.
Learn the Right Lesson Here!
The obvious lesson might be that politics are real and you'd better play the game well if you're going to succeed, no matter where you go. But that's not it.
Yes, office politics are real, no denying that. As a leader, it's important that you gain an understanding of the political landscape in which you are working. Not so you can play the game -- so you can avoid getting caught up in it.
Think about the successful leaders you know, the ones who rise to the top. The vast majority of those I know didn't get to where they are today by crushing their in house competition in the game of office politics. They got there by crushing their external competitors and serving their clients better than anyone else.
Along the way, they were politically aware, but not politically active. They built relationships with everyone they could. While others around them came and went, they thrived because of those relationships and because of their relentless focus on the end game.
Live in denial and the smarter politicians in your office will be deciding your fate for you. You won't even know it.
Get good at office politics and you'll score some wins; a promotion or two, a few awards here and there. For most, though, the game eventually catches up with them and their political nature becomes career limiting.
Understand office politics well enough to avoid getting caught up in the wrong debates. Focus on clients, growth and other key goals. Build relationships with everyone you meet. Know the game, and then refuse to play. That's how the best rise to the top.
I worked my way from entry level programmer to senior management in a large telecom company. I knew a lot of people, and I had a great sense for how to work within the "system". I understood how it could overwhelm you, and I got good at knowing when to ignore it and when to play along.
In the jobs I had, the most important contribution I could make over the long haul was to develop the skills of the middle managers reporting to me. The more effective I could make them, the easier and more successful my life would be. It was frustrating to me when I would coach people and they would respond with comments like "I could pull this off if I had your political skills".
I was insulted. I didn't play politics!
Of course I did. I just didn't want to admit it. When you're running for office, political skills are an important attribute. When you are the guy running a business office, politician is a label that diminishes your true leadership abilities.
If anyone accused me of being an expert at office politics, I denied it forcefully. I worked hard to get where I was, and no one was going to take that away from me.
Then I Changed Jobs
Same industry, bigger title, more people, new city. I was not well connected, of course. But I recognized the challenges of the job and I was ready to go to work on them. Costs were out of control and results were inconsistent. I had to fix both. It was made clear to me that I was being brought in from outside because the inside culture needed a shakeup. I couldn't wait to jump in.
Was I successful? Without a doubt, I accomplished more in two years in this new job than in any five year period of my career. We downsized, actually improved morale while we were doing it, and got our operational metrics up where they needed to be. My clients were internal, and they were effusive in their praise. Personally, I was rewarded with a good raise and a really good bonus.
Six months later I experienced a career first -- I was fired. Well, alright, I was let go with a very respectable severance package. But I didn't see it coming, and it didn't feel very good. What happened?
When I took the new job, lots of people whispered in my ear about the politics in my new company. It wasn't very complicated either. There were old guard insiders and when outside executives were brought in the old guard eventually rejected them the way the body rejects tissue in a transplant operation.
I wouldn't get caught up in that. I had a job to do and I was going to do it. No political posturing for me. I was in full denial.
So I worked very hard and got some of the greatest results of my career. While I was doing that, there was a change at the top. The new CEO was a former executive of the company who had left and now was coming back. He was a hero of the old guard.
I wasn't thrilled with the board's choice, but I wasn't worried. My hard work and accomplishments would stand up to scrutiny, no matter who was in charge, right? Wrong.
Learn the Right Lesson Here!
The obvious lesson might be that politics are real and you'd better play the game well if you're going to succeed, no matter where you go. But that's not it.
Yes, office politics are real, no denying that. As a leader, it's important that you gain an understanding of the political landscape in which you are working. Not so you can play the game -- so you can avoid getting caught up in it.
Think about the successful leaders you know, the ones who rise to the top. The vast majority of those I know didn't get to where they are today by crushing their in house competition in the game of office politics. They got there by crushing their external competitors and serving their clients better than anyone else.
Along the way, they were politically aware, but not politically active. They built relationships with everyone they could. While others around them came and went, they thrived because of those relationships and because of their relentless focus on the end game.
Live in denial and the smarter politicians in your office will be deciding your fate for you. You won't even know it.
Get good at office politics and you'll score some wins; a promotion or two, a few awards here and there. For most, though, the game eventually catches up with them and their political nature becomes career limiting.
Understand office politics well enough to avoid getting caught up in the wrong debates. Focus on clients, growth and other key goals. Build relationships with everyone you meet. Know the game, and then refuse to play. That's how the best rise to the top.
Where is your Office ?
I was just reading a blog post written by an extremely smart & talented lady titled Am I Normal?
It made me realize that not only is my view of "normal" very much like Jackie's - but the way I think about my office, workplace & home office aren't exactly "normal" either.
What do most of us picture when we talk about our office? Most immediately think about their 6'X6' cubicle at work filled with paperwork & a computer crammed in one corner. You are made to feel as though you are fortunate if you get one of those hanging cabinets on your cubicle wall to cram MORE paperwork into. You also get a rolling chair that, if you are like me, you have to write your name on somewhere no one knows about so when it's stolen, you can go find it and prove it's really yours.
This is the space you are grudgingly given in which to do your job for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week - minimum. Most of us forget that we literally spend 40 or more hours a week (voluntarily) in a space that is considered too small to be humane for prisoners that have committed murder.
I don't know about your office at work, but many have high walls to give a false sense of privacy. False because, believe me, everyone can hear every word you say.
While giving you this false sense of privacy they are actually completely blocking your view of the outside world. Many workplaces intentionally block views from windows. Why? It's distracting and not conducive to productivity.
Boggles the mind, doesn't it? The things that we put up with for that false sense of security called a Paycheck.
Why is that considered "Normal?" On the other hand, it's Sunday and since I'm one of those people that still goes into a job Monday through Friday, today is a day for me to sit in my HOME office and work on what I WANT to work on. (Isn't it amazing how it never seems like work when it's something you want to do -- but I digress).
As I sit here in my office this morning, drinking a cup of coffee and waking up for the day. I look around me and I just have to say, I like my concept of "office" here better than where I have to sit 8-4 Monday through Friday.
I have an official Home Office. It's where I keep my printers, desktop computers, fax machine, scanner & office supplies. But after I purchased my laptop a few years ago, my office is anywhere I can sit and work on my business. I came downstairs this morning to my livingroom where my laptop is always plugged in and running. I sit here many mornings and work while the sun comes up. Archer, one of our greyhounds, lays by my side - supervising my work. Occasionally he gets up and puts his nose under my hand -- wanting his head scratched.
I'm listening to some music on my computer (something I can't do at work unless I use an MP3 player). As I write this article, I'm sitting with my feet up on the ottoman and watch my husband tinkering with his stereo equipment or surfing the web on his laptop. We chat about the day ahead and watch Archer as he's watching birds flying over the house. His eyes pick up things we would never notice without him there to point them out to us. We also giggle over some of the silly words our African Grey, BooBoo just said -- right before she sneezes and blesses herself. Life is good!
On weekends in the winter I sit and watch it snow from the comfort of my "office." We sometimes start a fire in the fireplace - that's definitely a benefit I don't have at my corporate job. I also don't need to worry about the traffic and if I'm going to get snowed in at work - or how long the snowy commute back home is going to take.
On weekends in the spring and summer, I sit on our back patio instead of in my livingroom. I watch the kids next door play in their pool and our greyhounds bask in the sun. I am soothed and inspired by the sound of the waterfall as it falls over the rocks & I smile as Archer supervises the goldfish swimming in the pond. Somehow, it never seems like WORK.
In the fall, I bundle into a coat with a blanket and determinedly sit outside on my patio to work. It's bittersweet because I know that soon I'll be watching the weather from behind the glass in my livingroom until mother nature blooms again in the spring and the weather warms enough for me to bundle into a coat with a blanket and determinedly sit outside on my patio to work - eagerly waiting for warmer weather.
People often ask my why I work so hard, so constantly, so consistently on my home business. They want to know why I don't take a break, give it a rest, play, relax, just chill. They know I have a good job & want to know why I'm not happy with that ... why isn't just complaining about my job enough. This is the "Normal" thing to do, right?
Because ... I dare to dream! I'm reaching for the Brass Ring! I have a goal, a plan and I'm stickin' to it!
Because ... why would I want to work in a 6'X6' cell when I can work HERE? Because when Sunday is finally over I only get to work from my perfect office early in the morning as the sun comes up. After I get home from my corporate job, I'll sit in my "office" while I watch another perfect sunset and I'm even more determined to not be "normal" ... to reach my goal of independence from the corporate world.
These are the things I'll miss when I finally put my laptop down on Monday through Friday mornings, get dressed & drive into my corporate job. Where my 6'X6' cubicle with it's high walls, false privacy & no sunshine is waiting for me and I once more go looking for my chair that has been stolen.
It made me realize that not only is my view of "normal" very much like Jackie's - but the way I think about my office, workplace & home office aren't exactly "normal" either.
What do most of us picture when we talk about our office? Most immediately think about their 6'X6' cubicle at work filled with paperwork & a computer crammed in one corner. You are made to feel as though you are fortunate if you get one of those hanging cabinets on your cubicle wall to cram MORE paperwork into. You also get a rolling chair that, if you are like me, you have to write your name on somewhere no one knows about so when it's stolen, you can go find it and prove it's really yours.
This is the space you are grudgingly given in which to do your job for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week - minimum. Most of us forget that we literally spend 40 or more hours a week (voluntarily) in a space that is considered too small to be humane for prisoners that have committed murder.
I don't know about your office at work, but many have high walls to give a false sense of privacy. False because, believe me, everyone can hear every word you say.
While giving you this false sense of privacy they are actually completely blocking your view of the outside world. Many workplaces intentionally block views from windows. Why? It's distracting and not conducive to productivity.
Boggles the mind, doesn't it? The things that we put up with for that false sense of security called a Paycheck.
Why is that considered "Normal?" On the other hand, it's Sunday and since I'm one of those people that still goes into a job Monday through Friday, today is a day for me to sit in my HOME office and work on what I WANT to work on. (Isn't it amazing how it never seems like work when it's something you want to do -- but I digress).
As I sit here in my office this morning, drinking a cup of coffee and waking up for the day. I look around me and I just have to say, I like my concept of "office" here better than where I have to sit 8-4 Monday through Friday.
I have an official Home Office. It's where I keep my printers, desktop computers, fax machine, scanner & office supplies. But after I purchased my laptop a few years ago, my office is anywhere I can sit and work on my business. I came downstairs this morning to my livingroom where my laptop is always plugged in and running. I sit here many mornings and work while the sun comes up. Archer, one of our greyhounds, lays by my side - supervising my work. Occasionally he gets up and puts his nose under my hand -- wanting his head scratched.
I'm listening to some music on my computer (something I can't do at work unless I use an MP3 player). As I write this article, I'm sitting with my feet up on the ottoman and watch my husband tinkering with his stereo equipment or surfing the web on his laptop. We chat about the day ahead and watch Archer as he's watching birds flying over the house. His eyes pick up things we would never notice without him there to point them out to us. We also giggle over some of the silly words our African Grey, BooBoo just said -- right before she sneezes and blesses herself. Life is good!
On weekends in the winter I sit and watch it snow from the comfort of my "office." We sometimes start a fire in the fireplace - that's definitely a benefit I don't have at my corporate job. I also don't need to worry about the traffic and if I'm going to get snowed in at work - or how long the snowy commute back home is going to take.
On weekends in the spring and summer, I sit on our back patio instead of in my livingroom. I watch the kids next door play in their pool and our greyhounds bask in the sun. I am soothed and inspired by the sound of the waterfall as it falls over the rocks & I smile as Archer supervises the goldfish swimming in the pond. Somehow, it never seems like WORK.
In the fall, I bundle into a coat with a blanket and determinedly sit outside on my patio to work. It's bittersweet because I know that soon I'll be watching the weather from behind the glass in my livingroom until mother nature blooms again in the spring and the weather warms enough for me to bundle into a coat with a blanket and determinedly sit outside on my patio to work - eagerly waiting for warmer weather.
People often ask my why I work so hard, so constantly, so consistently on my home business. They want to know why I don't take a break, give it a rest, play, relax, just chill. They know I have a good job & want to know why I'm not happy with that ... why isn't just complaining about my job enough. This is the "Normal" thing to do, right?
Because ... I dare to dream! I'm reaching for the Brass Ring! I have a goal, a plan and I'm stickin' to it!
Because ... why would I want to work in a 6'X6' cell when I can work HERE? Because when Sunday is finally over I only get to work from my perfect office early in the morning as the sun comes up. After I get home from my corporate job, I'll sit in my "office" while I watch another perfect sunset and I'm even more determined to not be "normal" ... to reach my goal of independence from the corporate world.
These are the things I'll miss when I finally put my laptop down on Monday through Friday mornings, get dressed & drive into my corporate job. Where my 6'X6' cubicle with it's high walls, false privacy & no sunshine is waiting for me and I once more go looking for my chair that has been stolen.
One Day There Will Be Just As Many People Working At Home As In An Office
What makes working at home so appealing? Did you know that the United States census bureau has stated that one in every two homes by the year 2010 will have a home business? That is an astounding amount of people working from home. What is the reason for people wanting to change from working in an office to working from home?
One reason may be time spent on the road. The census bureau has stated that a person spends an average of one hundred hours a year driving to and from work. These are precious hours that could be spent at home with your family, friends or even spent volunteering. When you work out of an office in your home, the commute in the morning is however long it takes you to get from your kitchen to your office assuming you need that morning cup of
coffee.
With the constant rising cost of gas if you have a long commute every day you may have to ask yourself if it is worth it. Add up the cost you spend every month on gas and parking. In some cities the price of a parking space downtown can cost you hundreds of dollars a month. So what percentage of your paycheck is going toward just those two things?
Now that gas and parking has been covered the next expense related to working outside the home is your wardrobe. Unless you are working in a position that requires a uniform supplied to you by the company you are probably spending upwards of a thousand dollars a year on work clothes. Then there are lunches, are you packing your own or do you go out to eat every day? Even if you only eat out three days a week that is still twelve times a month. At around ten dollars per meal you will roughly be spending fifteen hundred dollars a year. That is a lot of money that could be used very differently. Think of that vacation you have always wanted to take.
Another thing that makes people want to work at home is that by doing that you will only be doing your work. No more having to take on a co-workers work load because either they were too lazy to do it or they turned in shoddy work and the boss came to you to fix it. The only work that you will
be required to do is the work that you yourself committed to do.
There are also no more worries about whether you have anymore sick days left. If you happen to be sick one day, you have the ability to start your day at a later time. That isn't even an option if you have an office job. If you are out of sick days you'll find yourself having to drag your achy body to work. Not a fun time if you ask me.
There is more involvement in having a home business than just plugging in your computer and firing up internet explorer. You need to put some thought into how you are going to set up your home office so that you get the most out of your space. It also needs to be appealing enough to you so that you will want to spend hours a day in there. So don't just go and grab a desk from someone else's trash bin and take a chair from your kitchen on the way through. Your office needs to reflect your business. If it is cluttered, messy and totally unorganized you are not going to find yourself having many productive days. So before you begin working make sure that your office will work for you.
One reason may be time spent on the road. The census bureau has stated that a person spends an average of one hundred hours a year driving to and from work. These are precious hours that could be spent at home with your family, friends or even spent volunteering. When you work out of an office in your home, the commute in the morning is however long it takes you to get from your kitchen to your office assuming you need that morning cup of
coffee.
With the constant rising cost of gas if you have a long commute every day you may have to ask yourself if it is worth it. Add up the cost you spend every month on gas and parking. In some cities the price of a parking space downtown can cost you hundreds of dollars a month. So what percentage of your paycheck is going toward just those two things?
Now that gas and parking has been covered the next expense related to working outside the home is your wardrobe. Unless you are working in a position that requires a uniform supplied to you by the company you are probably spending upwards of a thousand dollars a year on work clothes. Then there are lunches, are you packing your own or do you go out to eat every day? Even if you only eat out three days a week that is still twelve times a month. At around ten dollars per meal you will roughly be spending fifteen hundred dollars a year. That is a lot of money that could be used very differently. Think of that vacation you have always wanted to take.
Another thing that makes people want to work at home is that by doing that you will only be doing your work. No more having to take on a co-workers work load because either they were too lazy to do it or they turned in shoddy work and the boss came to you to fix it. The only work that you will
be required to do is the work that you yourself committed to do.
There are also no more worries about whether you have anymore sick days left. If you happen to be sick one day, you have the ability to start your day at a later time. That isn't even an option if you have an office job. If you are out of sick days you'll find yourself having to drag your achy body to work. Not a fun time if you ask me.
There is more involvement in having a home business than just plugging in your computer and firing up internet explorer. You need to put some thought into how you are going to set up your home office so that you get the most out of your space. It also needs to be appealing enough to you so that you will want to spend hours a day in there. So don't just go and grab a desk from someone else's trash bin and take a chair from your kitchen on the way through. Your office needs to reflect your business. If it is cluttered, messy and totally unorganized you are not going to find yourself having many productive days. So before you begin working make sure that your office will work for you.
Improve the office enviroment
Office Cubicle Furniture; The working environment affects performance, productivity, and individual well-being. An enjoyable, positive, and dynamic workplace stimulates growth and productivity. Office jobs can become monotonous, bleak, and unfulfilling. It is the responsibility of employers to give incentives to their workers to come to work. The office needs to be a thriving place to work.
Today businesses are aware of the challenges facing them. They acknowledge that improvements in the workplace are urgently needed because only businesses that best organize and manage their people can succeed in this competitive world. They are paying more attention to health, safety and comfort issues. They also acknowledge that traditional open-plan office layout is not without its problems, and it needs an urgent reform.
The open-plan office introduced by two German management consultants Eberghard and Wolfgang Schnelle in the 1950s was a radical idea. The walls were torn out allowing people to communicate and extend. Ideas traveled across the ocean and came to the United States in the 1960s and open-plan office was an instant success. The traditional office layout based on hierarchy was replaced by an egalitarian approach to work space. The differences mostly derived from function not status. The idea was not isolation but co-existence and collaboration.
The office is a business and a place to socialize. Best ideas are nurtured when there is a constant interaction, and minds are challenged. The office needs to encourage creativity and productivity. A more interactive and open space will lead to a peaceful and collegial work environment. There is a downside to openness as well: the lack of privacy. Open-plan office layout allows conversations to be heard. You can’t stop people communicating with you or hearing what you say. Another issue is noise. A quiet atmosphere is needed when you are working on a major project, and sometimes it becomes almost impossible to concentrate.
Today more and more companies are seeking to integrate private and common space. Individuality and diversity are the most important values in today’s offices. Following the path of Robert Propst, the man who invented office cubicles 40 years ago, Maispace redefines the rules about what the office should and could look like. Propst’s invention was revolutionary at the time, and it aimed to increase productivity in the work place. Having productivity and profitability in mind, Maispace combines visibility and privacy at your corporate work place in a beautiful and fashionable office furniture system.
Office cubicles have been criticized, mocked, demonized and they inspired a number of comic books. Yet they are still with us and seem like they are not going to disappear in the near future. Last year, office cubicle sales reached $ 4.4 billion, representing 36% of all office-furniture sales. Office cubicles are just right when designed carefully. Office cubicles encourage team spirit yet allow privacy to generate revolutionary ideas. Maispace adopts a subject-driven approach in the interior office design, something human, personal, and welcoming. Maispace introduces a new line of office cubicles that suit the needs of the individuals. Maispace designs office systems and furniture that help workers to work more effectively and productively.
Propst never intended to pack people in a box like sardines. Faithful to the original intent, Maispace creates idiosyncratic office cubicle furniture system emphasizing individuality and privacy. At Maispace, a workplace floor plan based on individual needs and personality is critical. Maispace offers high quality office products like ergonomically correct chairs and customized cubicles. Customized office cubicles are the revolutionary inventions allowing people to enjoy privacy while communicating with co-workers and exchanging ideas .
It offers its customers great products at great prices. Maichair, Maispace’s revolutionary ergonomic chair, integrates comfort, style and technology at a reasonable price. Maipsace’s ergo chair, Maichair comes in a variety of colors, styles, and fabrics. It’s designed to adapt to your motion and easy to adjust with one easy adjustment mechanism. It wil help you to find the most comfortable position by conforming to the spine and providing critical support in the lumbar region. Choosing the right chair can change your life in a better way. Maichair is certainly the “must have” product of today’s and tomorrow’s office.
Today businesses are aware of the challenges facing them. They acknowledge that improvements in the workplace are urgently needed because only businesses that best organize and manage their people can succeed in this competitive world. They are paying more attention to health, safety and comfort issues. They also acknowledge that traditional open-plan office layout is not without its problems, and it needs an urgent reform.
The open-plan office introduced by two German management consultants Eberghard and Wolfgang Schnelle in the 1950s was a radical idea. The walls were torn out allowing people to communicate and extend. Ideas traveled across the ocean and came to the United States in the 1960s and open-plan office was an instant success. The traditional office layout based on hierarchy was replaced by an egalitarian approach to work space. The differences mostly derived from function not status. The idea was not isolation but co-existence and collaboration.
The office is a business and a place to socialize. Best ideas are nurtured when there is a constant interaction, and minds are challenged. The office needs to encourage creativity and productivity. A more interactive and open space will lead to a peaceful and collegial work environment. There is a downside to openness as well: the lack of privacy. Open-plan office layout allows conversations to be heard. You can’t stop people communicating with you or hearing what you say. Another issue is noise. A quiet atmosphere is needed when you are working on a major project, and sometimes it becomes almost impossible to concentrate.
Today more and more companies are seeking to integrate private and common space. Individuality and diversity are the most important values in today’s offices. Following the path of Robert Propst, the man who invented office cubicles 40 years ago, Maispace redefines the rules about what the office should and could look like. Propst’s invention was revolutionary at the time, and it aimed to increase productivity in the work place. Having productivity and profitability in mind, Maispace combines visibility and privacy at your corporate work place in a beautiful and fashionable office furniture system.
Office cubicles have been criticized, mocked, demonized and they inspired a number of comic books. Yet they are still with us and seem like they are not going to disappear in the near future. Last year, office cubicle sales reached $ 4.4 billion, representing 36% of all office-furniture sales. Office cubicles are just right when designed carefully. Office cubicles encourage team spirit yet allow privacy to generate revolutionary ideas. Maispace adopts a subject-driven approach in the interior office design, something human, personal, and welcoming. Maispace introduces a new line of office cubicles that suit the needs of the individuals. Maispace designs office systems and furniture that help workers to work more effectively and productively.
Propst never intended to pack people in a box like sardines. Faithful to the original intent, Maispace creates idiosyncratic office cubicle furniture system emphasizing individuality and privacy. At Maispace, a workplace floor plan based on individual needs and personality is critical. Maispace offers high quality office products like ergonomically correct chairs and customized cubicles. Customized office cubicles are the revolutionary inventions allowing people to enjoy privacy while communicating with co-workers and exchanging ideas .
It offers its customers great products at great prices. Maichair, Maispace’s revolutionary ergonomic chair, integrates comfort, style and technology at a reasonable price. Maipsace’s ergo chair, Maichair comes in a variety of colors, styles, and fabrics. It’s designed to adapt to your motion and easy to adjust with one easy adjustment mechanism. It wil help you to find the most comfortable position by conforming to the spine and providing critical support in the lumbar region. Choosing the right chair can change your life in a better way. Maichair is certainly the “must have” product of today’s and tomorrow’s office.
Data Entry Office Jobs
If you've been looking for work at home, you've probably had some concerns about whether such jobs are legitimate. You may even have been burned a time or two by scam artists masquerading as legitimate opportunities. If you have questions about online data entry jobs, this is the right place to come for information. Straight data entry workers are almost a thing of the past today in the small communities around the nation. Working people in the large businesses want more exciting positions and positions which pay better than data entry, traditionally the low end of the wage scale for office jobs.
Who needs data entry?
At the same time as the work force is moving away from choosing data entry as a career field, online businesses are processing more data all the time. Because businesses are going to global markets, there are orders to process, mailing lists to create and update, customer databases to record and update. In fact it is fairly common for small and medium sized businesses to have online data entry jobs available. These businesses don't have enough work to hire a full time employee to complete the work on site, so it makes sense to contract the work to a work at home business.
What equipment is required?
If you are planning to set up your home office to do online data entry jobs for hire, there are certain basic pieces of equipment that will be needed in order to do the work efficiently. You will certainly need a computer with Internet access. The computer should be available to you during the hours when you will be working. This means an Internet cafe, or the local library computer will not be an option. The computer must have good Internet access. If dial-up is your only option, it will get you by, but you should look into high speed Internet as soon as financially possible.
Is there a fee?
The short answer is, that depends. You should not need to invest money in order to accept a job if it is a direct agreement between you and the employer. Online data entry jobs are numerous, but so are questionable schemes for separating you from your money in the name of contacts, special hiring lists, training materials and other costly items. If you are working through as broker, it is entirely appropriate that there will be a fee for the broker's services in finding the work and seeing to it that you get paid.
How much training is needed?
Most online data entry jobs state that only a high school education is required. It is expected that a person doing data entry for a living will be able to use the keyboard and will be able to know their way around spreadsheet, data base and word processing software. If you don't have any of the above and still want to do this type of work, you may find taking a course at the community college or community education programs would be helpful. Such courses will help you decide if this type of work is something that you will enjoy doing
Who needs data entry?
At the same time as the work force is moving away from choosing data entry as a career field, online businesses are processing more data all the time. Because businesses are going to global markets, there are orders to process, mailing lists to create and update, customer databases to record and update. In fact it is fairly common for small and medium sized businesses to have online data entry jobs available. These businesses don't have enough work to hire a full time employee to complete the work on site, so it makes sense to contract the work to a work at home business.
What equipment is required?
If you are planning to set up your home office to do online data entry jobs for hire, there are certain basic pieces of equipment that will be needed in order to do the work efficiently. You will certainly need a computer with Internet access. The computer should be available to you during the hours when you will be working. This means an Internet cafe, or the local library computer will not be an option. The computer must have good Internet access. If dial-up is your only option, it will get you by, but you should look into high speed Internet as soon as financially possible.
Is there a fee?
The short answer is, that depends. You should not need to invest money in order to accept a job if it is a direct agreement between you and the employer. Online data entry jobs are numerous, but so are questionable schemes for separating you from your money in the name of contacts, special hiring lists, training materials and other costly items. If you are working through as broker, it is entirely appropriate that there will be a fee for the broker's services in finding the work and seeing to it that you get paid.
How much training is needed?
Most online data entry jobs state that only a high school education is required. It is expected that a person doing data entry for a living will be able to use the keyboard and will be able to know their way around spreadsheet, data base and word processing software. If you don't have any of the above and still want to do this type of work, you may find taking a course at the community college or community education programs would be helpful. Such courses will help you decide if this type of work is something that you will enjoy doing
Office outsourcing
An organization functions on the basis of an amalgamation of tasks besides the usual core areas. Though strategies play an important role in the smooth functioning of the said company, there are other aspects whose contribution in the success of an organization can’t be overlooked. Surely, back office jobs are the kind of operations which assist in a constant development and growth of a company and require qualified personnel at every step of task execution. Since the growth parameters of an organization depend upon the productive operations and cost effective strategies, continuous technological innovations during the process help sustain the pace. In this endeavor of organizations worldwide, back office outsourcing professionals are of immense help due to their cutting edge expertise.
Innumerable tasks such as entering the payroll, making traveling plans and entering data on information are involved in the back office jobs category. Keeping the cost operations under control, releases pent-up energy of an organization further helping in establishing a firm foothold within a market. Back office outsourcing involves a number of tasks like efficient management of important, non-core business processes. Besides these, finance and accounting, human resources and information technology are the essential backbones of the procedure. Customized modules are created for the benefit of companies which further improve their costs as well as time saving mechanism. Companies worldwide, take the assistance of back office outsourcing services in performing innumerable business processes such as accounting outsourcing services, financial aid services for post-secondary education, HRO and IT services. The service is an apt solution for those who wish for a constant improvisation in their back office tasks.
Back office outsourcing services are quite cut out to carry out certain important functions which can save the organizational costs up to 50% to 60% of their total expenditure. This in turn, dramatically improves the delivery schedule of the given projects with a quality that speaks for itself. In this endeavor, the outsourcing professionals have set up the benchmarks quite high for themselves which is the reason behind their reputation in the market. Another reason why the companies go whole-hog with the outsourcing services is the minimization of paperwork in their offices. A continuous stress on the development of company strategies always puts time factor at premium for these organizations. Since there is a sustained focus on the development of core functions such as project time line, operations, product development, customer relationships as well as internal leadership, other important areas tend to get overlooked. Outsourcing processes are guaranteed way to take into account these overlooked aspects as well.
Back office outsourcing services are meant to provide customized work packages for the client needs. The professionals working with these firms assist in decreasing the overall costs while improving the work quality of the crucial projects. The experts are adept in carrying out tasks which require skilled handling towards providing customized professional expertise to the business ventures. Suggestions flow freely from them which come handy in later years towards solving complex back office problems. Functions which are of significance with the seo professionals include complaints, inquiries, and orders, besides others
Innumerable tasks such as entering the payroll, making traveling plans and entering data on information are involved in the back office jobs category. Keeping the cost operations under control, releases pent-up energy of an organization further helping in establishing a firm foothold within a market. Back office outsourcing involves a number of tasks like efficient management of important, non-core business processes. Besides these, finance and accounting, human resources and information technology are the essential backbones of the procedure. Customized modules are created for the benefit of companies which further improve their costs as well as time saving mechanism. Companies worldwide, take the assistance of back office outsourcing services in performing innumerable business processes such as accounting outsourcing services, financial aid services for post-secondary education, HRO and IT services. The service is an apt solution for those who wish for a constant improvisation in their back office tasks.
Back office outsourcing services are quite cut out to carry out certain important functions which can save the organizational costs up to 50% to 60% of their total expenditure. This in turn, dramatically improves the delivery schedule of the given projects with a quality that speaks for itself. In this endeavor, the outsourcing professionals have set up the benchmarks quite high for themselves which is the reason behind their reputation in the market. Another reason why the companies go whole-hog with the outsourcing services is the minimization of paperwork in their offices. A continuous stress on the development of company strategies always puts time factor at premium for these organizations. Since there is a sustained focus on the development of core functions such as project time line, operations, product development, customer relationships as well as internal leadership, other important areas tend to get overlooked. Outsourcing processes are guaranteed way to take into account these overlooked aspects as well.
Back office outsourcing services are meant to provide customized work packages for the client needs. The professionals working with these firms assist in decreasing the overall costs while improving the work quality of the crucial projects. The experts are adept in carrying out tasks which require skilled handling towards providing customized professional expertise to the business ventures. Suggestions flow freely from them which come handy in later years towards solving complex back office problems. Functions which are of significance with the seo professionals include complaints, inquiries, and orders, besides others
Office Job Stress
Job stress begins right from the stage of searching jobs. Looking for a job is not that easy despite having good qualifications one has to struggle to find job of one's taste or field. Graduation or other theoretical studies alone do not serve purpose of establishments; they need people with experiences who can handle job at once or be ready to work as trainee. This hurts for those who spent almost 20years of their life in education in expectation of good opening. Begin searching jobs in ads to knocking doors of establishments. For many unexpected delay and failures, breaks our heart to build up depression, soul, and mind cursing self and god for failures. The stressed individual develops irritating behavior, weakening confidence, dizziness and so on.
• Job is essential for freedom and self-reliance.
• Having a job is an identity of an individual.
• Job brings maturity.
• Job is a source of income to fulfill own needs and so on.
Considering these factors job plays important role for an individual. Thus, each individual's endeavor is to have a nice source for income and becomes priority of life.
Job stress is a situation when pressure builds up in the brain during involvement in the job. Any job that gives strain creates unfavorable environment that affect brain and individuality is a situation of uneasiness and depressing. Individuality suffers from emotional injury and brain suffers from exhaustion during task. However, in both cases brain and body come in pressure due to their functional systems. These two factors play role to give job stress.
Emotional stress in work place: The situation that leads to attract negatively our emotions to react to reject is emotional stress. Many instance we come across during office hours. Some manage and some are disheartened. However, to ignore or react to the situation depends on how mentally strong one is or depends on need or choices availability for change. Nevertheless, many instances are strong enough to weaken the individual to invite depression in self as change of a job may become difficult.
• We spend most of our life in work places and meet different personalities as colleagues and bosses. Our personalities some times match with others and sometimes do not. Boss's/ senior colleague or partners' bad attitude becomes irritating environment, which affects own working. Find in as stage that forces to reject the atmosphere and inability to continue.
• Despite working hard when does not get the suitable reward or salary, demoralizes the individual.
• Misbehavior and harassment by bosses develops insecurity and fear.
• Inability to perform or reach office timely is one of the reasons to create fear.
• Restrictions on movements and freedom to work are like imprisonment.
• Sexual harassment or mistreatment from boss or senior colleague is demoralizing situation.
• Office politics and jealousy is reason to dishearten.
Brain stress in workplace: This is a situation when our brain exhausts during carrying job activities due to workload, long hours, complexity, or inability to complete timely. These factors contribute to build up high pressure to create chaos to let brain function under compulsion. Continuous and routine pressure in an activity to puzzle brain, results brain to drain and disturb. Exhausted brain, in all cases, fails to either respond or concentrate. In addition, damages other essential activities. Brain stress denotes excessive burden on brain than its capability. Weakens its cells to absorb and releases inconsistent chemical directions to damage body and self. Such symptoms may be:
• Inefficient working and mistakes
• Bad or wrong decisions
• Quarrel and misbehavior with colleagues
• Weak memory and weak health
• Job dissatisfaction and short temperament
• Depression and irritation
• Migraine and headache
• Sleep problems.
• Indigestion and stomach disorder
• Eye sight and breath problems
• Change in behavior and addiction to unwanted.
• Extreme and continuous stressful work may lead to high blood pressure, asthma, paralysis, chest pain and heart attach and other seviour mental issues,
Physical stress in jobs: This is a situation when body and its parts begin straining due to excessive sittings, risky, hazardous and hard restless physical involvement. Many jobs necessitate physical involvement such as labor, travel and marketing, desk and accounting, communication and relationship, and so on. However, the entire jobs one or the other way involve physically performing responsibilities. Level of stress depends on how long, how risky and hard one strains the body to complete the job.
Sitting in a chair working continuously for long hours in a computer looking continuously in screen and typing with fingers does not mean the easiest work. This too gives strain to neck, shoulders, spinal code, eyes, and so resulting Spondylitis, deformed spinal code, weakening eyesight and pain, shoulder pain. And so on. Therefore, each job has its disadvantages until handled properly. Each job needs physical involvement whether silently or practically. In both cases, body needs relaxation and break to adjust to normal functioning.
Women and stress in jobs: Women are vulnerable to office atmosphere. They cannot accept what men can, they cannot behave as men can, they cannot be free as men are, and they cannot stay in the office as men do, and so on. In most cases, their movements are not as free as men are. They need to restrict themselves to protect their integrity and identity for survival in the society thus restricts them to limitations to association with men, work long hours, and show frankness. These limitations trim their growth in the office. In men's world women have to behave so they escape harmful atmosphere. These factors altogether drive to emotional stress that she has to stand as long as she is vulnerable to unwanted conduct.
Her weakness in the job or frank mix-up would be an invitation to male boss to seek closeness so she is reticent, in the same time she would not even wish her boss to scold for her weakness so she is active as long as she is in the office. She carries this tuff job more than her routine office job. She is most scared in the office is being raped or molested. Preventing such accidents, she has to be very cautious. Her each step is vigilant during office hours so she spends more energy in saving herself than doing her routine office work
• Job is essential for freedom and self-reliance.
• Having a job is an identity of an individual.
• Job brings maturity.
• Job is a source of income to fulfill own needs and so on.
Considering these factors job plays important role for an individual. Thus, each individual's endeavor is to have a nice source for income and becomes priority of life.
Job stress is a situation when pressure builds up in the brain during involvement in the job. Any job that gives strain creates unfavorable environment that affect brain and individuality is a situation of uneasiness and depressing. Individuality suffers from emotional injury and brain suffers from exhaustion during task. However, in both cases brain and body come in pressure due to their functional systems. These two factors play role to give job stress.
Emotional stress in work place: The situation that leads to attract negatively our emotions to react to reject is emotional stress. Many instance we come across during office hours. Some manage and some are disheartened. However, to ignore or react to the situation depends on how mentally strong one is or depends on need or choices availability for change. Nevertheless, many instances are strong enough to weaken the individual to invite depression in self as change of a job may become difficult.
• We spend most of our life in work places and meet different personalities as colleagues and bosses. Our personalities some times match with others and sometimes do not. Boss's/ senior colleague or partners' bad attitude becomes irritating environment, which affects own working. Find in as stage that forces to reject the atmosphere and inability to continue.
• Despite working hard when does not get the suitable reward or salary, demoralizes the individual.
• Misbehavior and harassment by bosses develops insecurity and fear.
• Inability to perform or reach office timely is one of the reasons to create fear.
• Restrictions on movements and freedom to work are like imprisonment.
• Sexual harassment or mistreatment from boss or senior colleague is demoralizing situation.
• Office politics and jealousy is reason to dishearten.
Brain stress in workplace: This is a situation when our brain exhausts during carrying job activities due to workload, long hours, complexity, or inability to complete timely. These factors contribute to build up high pressure to create chaos to let brain function under compulsion. Continuous and routine pressure in an activity to puzzle brain, results brain to drain and disturb. Exhausted brain, in all cases, fails to either respond or concentrate. In addition, damages other essential activities. Brain stress denotes excessive burden on brain than its capability. Weakens its cells to absorb and releases inconsistent chemical directions to damage body and self. Such symptoms may be:
• Inefficient working and mistakes
• Bad or wrong decisions
• Quarrel and misbehavior with colleagues
• Weak memory and weak health
• Job dissatisfaction and short temperament
• Depression and irritation
• Migraine and headache
• Sleep problems.
• Indigestion and stomach disorder
• Eye sight and breath problems
• Change in behavior and addiction to unwanted.
• Extreme and continuous stressful work may lead to high blood pressure, asthma, paralysis, chest pain and heart attach and other seviour mental issues,
Physical stress in jobs: This is a situation when body and its parts begin straining due to excessive sittings, risky, hazardous and hard restless physical involvement. Many jobs necessitate physical involvement such as labor, travel and marketing, desk and accounting, communication and relationship, and so on. However, the entire jobs one or the other way involve physically performing responsibilities. Level of stress depends on how long, how risky and hard one strains the body to complete the job.
Sitting in a chair working continuously for long hours in a computer looking continuously in screen and typing with fingers does not mean the easiest work. This too gives strain to neck, shoulders, spinal code, eyes, and so resulting Spondylitis, deformed spinal code, weakening eyesight and pain, shoulder pain. And so on. Therefore, each job has its disadvantages until handled properly. Each job needs physical involvement whether silently or practically. In both cases, body needs relaxation and break to adjust to normal functioning.
Women and stress in jobs: Women are vulnerable to office atmosphere. They cannot accept what men can, they cannot behave as men can, they cannot be free as men are, and they cannot stay in the office as men do, and so on. In most cases, their movements are not as free as men are. They need to restrict themselves to protect their integrity and identity for survival in the society thus restricts them to limitations to association with men, work long hours, and show frankness. These limitations trim their growth in the office. In men's world women have to behave so they escape harmful atmosphere. These factors altogether drive to emotional stress that she has to stand as long as she is vulnerable to unwanted conduct.
Her weakness in the job or frank mix-up would be an invitation to male boss to seek closeness so she is reticent, in the same time she would not even wish her boss to scold for her weakness so she is active as long as she is in the office. She carries this tuff job more than her routine office job. She is most scared in the office is being raped or molested. Preventing such accidents, she has to be very cautious. Her each step is vigilant during office hours so she spends more energy in saving herself than doing her routine office work
Surviving a stressful office job
It may surprise you but the main reason why we get stressed isn't that we have "too much to do". For most of us, having too much to do is perfectly fine as long as we know what our priorities are and if we can have a good overview of our work. Instead, the plague of modern office life is that we have to MANY things to do and that we can't keep track of it all.
Discover an easy and effective way of managing your work. These simple techniques have been proven time and time again. In essence, the simple secret lies in taking charge of your time.
1. Write it down! I never cease to be amazed by how often stressed out people try to keep all the things they have to do in their heads. Stress is often more about knowing that we have a lot to do but not being able to remember exactly what.
2. Write it ALL down! In order for you to have a to-do list that you can rely on, you must trust that it contains ALL the things you have to do. Otherwise, you will still have a nagging feeling that you may not be focussing on the right things.
3. Find a good to-do list application. There are a lot of them out there and you should be able to find a good one for less than 10 dollars. Make sure that it is fast to work with and easily accessible. Most come with a 30 day trial so shop around until you find one that suits you. I myself ended up writing my own to-do list software, since I couldn't find a tool that was fast and gave me feedback on how well I was doing.
4. Channel interruptions to your to-do list. Interruptions are a part of life so don't let them stress you. 95% of all interruptions are either very quick so that you can deal with them straight away or something that you can defer to a time when YOU decide.
5. Don't let your email inbox become your to-do list. Receiving emails can be great fun. Unfortunately, it is also very easy to confuse your inbox with your to-do list. Try to only scan your email inbox once every hour or two (If you lack the discipline, you can set your email client to do this).
6. You don't have to do everything! If I had to choose one single reason why people fail with their to-do lists it would have to be that they lack the ability to strike things off it. Things change and so should your to-do list. If you are uncomfortable with deleting tasks, create a "storage" list and move it to that.
7. The Nibble. Let's face it, some tasks are big, vague and truly and utterly boring. We end up postponing these tasks forever and as a result they never leave our to-do list. Eventually, our list is filled with these types of tasks and finally we decide not to look at the depressing thing. The trick is "The Nibble". Break the task down into smaller components. Make sure that the first step is takes less than 5 minutes to do. Then take that first step.
8. Not my time of day – Listen to your own rhythm. Let's face it. Were human, not machines. At times we are productive and at times we are not. I see it as a surfer who times the waves and then rides them to their fullest. Try to find a task management system that let's you monitor your own "waves". You will probably find that you know less about yourself than you think you do.
9. Play! Why oh why do all planners and task managers have to look so professional and at the end of the day, so very very boring? Make your work into a game. Set small targets and reward yourself
Discover an easy and effective way of managing your work. These simple techniques have been proven time and time again. In essence, the simple secret lies in taking charge of your time.
1. Write it down! I never cease to be amazed by how often stressed out people try to keep all the things they have to do in their heads. Stress is often more about knowing that we have a lot to do but not being able to remember exactly what.
2. Write it ALL down! In order for you to have a to-do list that you can rely on, you must trust that it contains ALL the things you have to do. Otherwise, you will still have a nagging feeling that you may not be focussing on the right things.
3. Find a good to-do list application. There are a lot of them out there and you should be able to find a good one for less than 10 dollars. Make sure that it is fast to work with and easily accessible. Most come with a 30 day trial so shop around until you find one that suits you. I myself ended up writing my own to-do list software, since I couldn't find a tool that was fast and gave me feedback on how well I was doing.
4. Channel interruptions to your to-do list. Interruptions are a part of life so don't let them stress you. 95% of all interruptions are either very quick so that you can deal with them straight away or something that you can defer to a time when YOU decide.
5. Don't let your email inbox become your to-do list. Receiving emails can be great fun. Unfortunately, it is also very easy to confuse your inbox with your to-do list. Try to only scan your email inbox once every hour or two (If you lack the discipline, you can set your email client to do this).
6. You don't have to do everything! If I had to choose one single reason why people fail with their to-do lists it would have to be that they lack the ability to strike things off it. Things change and so should your to-do list. If you are uncomfortable with deleting tasks, create a "storage" list and move it to that.
7. The Nibble. Let's face it, some tasks are big, vague and truly and utterly boring. We end up postponing these tasks forever and as a result they never leave our to-do list. Eventually, our list is filled with these types of tasks and finally we decide not to look at the depressing thing. The trick is "The Nibble". Break the task down into smaller components. Make sure that the first step is takes less than 5 minutes to do. Then take that first step.
8. Not my time of day – Listen to your own rhythm. Let's face it. Were human, not machines. At times we are productive and at times we are not. I see it as a surfer who times the waves and then rides them to their fullest. Try to find a task management system that let's you monitor your own "waves". You will probably find that you know less about yourself than you think you do.
9. Play! Why oh why do all planners and task managers have to look so professional and at the end of the day, so very very boring? Make your work into a game. Set small targets and reward yourself
Wednesday 22 October 2008
An impossible Office Job !
The truth is that people don't think a lot about waste baskets during their busy lives. They use them daily, get rid of all their waste and trash but they never pay attention to waste baskets. Why even think about waste paper baskets, anyway? Aren't they just one of those necessary things that take up office space? It doesn't take too long in an environment without a waste receptacle until we realize how indispensable waste baskets really are. During the course of a typical day in the office, at home, in the kitchen and everywhere else we go, we are usually inundated with waste.
In the office, we must deal with all the office waste, discarded paper, wrappers, discarded packaging and envelopes, boxes and unwanted mail. To make matters more interesting, some offices with a "green" initiative have additional needs to separate various types of waste for individual collection as well. Dealing with soda cans, bottles, wrappers and partially consumed food wastes all fall under the tasks expected of the waste basket.
And, in many offices, the overall appearance of the space is of concern, especially when a particular look or atmosphere is intended to be presented to clients or to maintain a look, a feel or a stature of the business. In many such spaces, simple containers such as plastic or cardboard simply will not do, even if their short lived, easily damaged nature is overlooked.
For these reasons, office waste baskets come in a multitude of shapes, sizes, materials, forms and designs, and they are either constructed from a single type of material, such as hardwood, plastic, metal or fiberglass, or of a mixture of several different materials, such as hardwood combined with metal, or leather paired with metal.
Although there are exceptions to the rule, in general most businesses want their clients to see that the business focuses on quality and does not overlook details. Quality furnishings and surroundings do not necessarily mean expensive or even flamboyant, but instead can elicit a feeling of comfort and security with the people and their services.
So on one hand we must handle all the discards and waste generated on a daily basis, whether scraps of paper or messy food scraps, and on the other hand, we need to present a natural, comfortable, professional image day after day. This is where a combination of materials can serve multiple requirements - visible hardwood surfaces to blend in with other office furnishings along with steel or polyethylene liners to handle even the messiest of spilled substances. Such combinations are available in a variety of sizes and forms to fit various office locations and duties.
One such combination of wood and polyethylene created by SuccessImage uses actual hardwood formed into slats called "tambour". These slats are mounted vertically around the perimeter of a liner to nicely dress up the waste basket in a variety of hardwoods and finishes. The combination really does create a "nice looking garbage can", which as noted above, is an often taken for granted job
In the office, we must deal with all the office waste, discarded paper, wrappers, discarded packaging and envelopes, boxes and unwanted mail. To make matters more interesting, some offices with a "green" initiative have additional needs to separate various types of waste for individual collection as well. Dealing with soda cans, bottles, wrappers and partially consumed food wastes all fall under the tasks expected of the waste basket.
And, in many offices, the overall appearance of the space is of concern, especially when a particular look or atmosphere is intended to be presented to clients or to maintain a look, a feel or a stature of the business. In many such spaces, simple containers such as plastic or cardboard simply will not do, even if their short lived, easily damaged nature is overlooked.
For these reasons, office waste baskets come in a multitude of shapes, sizes, materials, forms and designs, and they are either constructed from a single type of material, such as hardwood, plastic, metal or fiberglass, or of a mixture of several different materials, such as hardwood combined with metal, or leather paired with metal.
Although there are exceptions to the rule, in general most businesses want their clients to see that the business focuses on quality and does not overlook details. Quality furnishings and surroundings do not necessarily mean expensive or even flamboyant, but instead can elicit a feeling of comfort and security with the people and their services.
So on one hand we must handle all the discards and waste generated on a daily basis, whether scraps of paper or messy food scraps, and on the other hand, we need to present a natural, comfortable, professional image day after day. This is where a combination of materials can serve multiple requirements - visible hardwood surfaces to blend in with other office furnishings along with steel or polyethylene liners to handle even the messiest of spilled substances. Such combinations are available in a variety of sizes and forms to fit various office locations and duties.
One such combination of wood and polyethylene created by SuccessImage uses actual hardwood formed into slats called "tambour". These slats are mounted vertically around the perimeter of a liner to nicely dress up the waste basket in a variety of hardwoods and finishes. The combination really does create a "nice looking garbage can", which as noted above, is an often taken for granted job
Is Office work for you
Many modern workers are looking for jobs that allow them to remain active and healthy while working. For many people, an office job that requires you to sit and stare at a computer from 9 to 5 just is not appealing. Some people who have office jobs find themselves experiencing certain health problems, such as eyestrain, sore muscles and even weight gain. As older workers find jobs after retirement and younger workers find jobs to make a career switch, jobs that involve lots of physical activity or time outdoors are gaining popularity. When looking for jobs, try to consider criteria other than salary. Think about the potential health benefits of the jobs you find and determine whether the jobs require activity levels that are right for you. Many successful workers have jobs they love that also keep them happy and healthy.
Some office games for when the boss is out
A lot of people are going to be out the rest of the week, but some of us are stuck punching the clock and making sure that the cogs of progress keep turning. That's okay. You may not be out playing in the sun, but there are ways to have some fun.
Office games are simply ways to keep yourself amused at work (without the Internet). They are often derivations of regular pastimes. Each workplace has their own versions. They can be very elaborate or very simple. Some are very solitary, in others you have everyone on up to the manager playing. Some places you have to keep it very secret, others have leagues with t-shirts. If you work in a technical field they are nearly traditional, and as the movement towards more enlightened HR policies is rippling out through other industries, so are they.
I'm not talking about office pranks here. Your level of creativity in expressing your feelings about the guys who got to take the whole rest of the week off and you didn't is entirely your call. I'd recommend a thorough reading of your employee manual before drywalling over their office door. I'm just saying. Besides, you have to paint the whole wall to make it match and that's a pain. Individually shrink-wrapping everything in their office is more fun anyways.
If you're bringing this concept into your workplace, start small and build it slowly. Ease them into it. That way management gets used to it and doesn't freak out. If you've ever boiled a lobster you've got the general idea. Once they trust that the job is still going to get done and that you're not damaging anything they might even join in.
These games come in several categories to fit your office environment and the type of players. So think about your players and the amount of mayhem you want to create and see if you can find one below that might fit.
Tame:
These are pretty easy to fit into just about any corporate environment. Probably won't get you fired if you don't get too stupid about it.
Hallway Golf
This is a combination of miniature golf and scavenger hunt/orienteering. Sort of a gateway drug; most managers understand the lure of the fairway and will look somewhat kindly on you finding some way to make do when you're stuck in the office.
Rules: Someone prepares a "course" mapped out through the building and you have to follow it; lowest number of strokes wins. Highest number usually has to give some sort of forfeit like pay for the pizza or keep the blow-up Godzilla in their office for the day.
Materials: 9 or 18 drink cups from the cafeteria, postal tape to secure them to surfaces, golf putters (or pointers from the conference room with room signs taped to the ends), golf-sized Wiffle balls, wads of office paper wrapped with rubber bands, or if you're feeling brave or playing outside try real golf balls
Time: It all really depends on how many holes you want to put out, and just how many of them involve light fixtures, triple-cushion shots down the stairwell, or roof access.
Variants: You can play a genteel version where the various holes are just inside the building, or you can go extreme with it and include all the local landscape; that fountain out front makes a great water hazard if you put a hole in the mouth of that fishy-thingy in the middle.
Stock Nerf
This is a geek/college standard and it translates well into the office. Driving that annoying PM back into his office in a hail of rubber darts is a great team-building exercise. Really.
Rules: All participating units must be stock as taken out of the box. Some places require it to be as purely stock and as regulated as NASCAR. Others allow custom ammo but limited it to what you can make out of the contents of the supply closet and the cafeteria condiments bins. No paper clips and NO PEPPER!
Materials: Nerf weapons, various office supplies repurposed as targets or other props
Time: Any time, any place. Except a status meeting. Don't recommend it for those. I used to have a dev lead who used a Nerf as a pointer in meetings, but we weren't encouraged to bring our own.
Variants: Tactics and challenges are as individual as the terrain of your office. Look at your favorite FPS or paintball gametypes for ideas. Capture the Flag, Territories, target challenges and random Slayer-type snipefests are traditional. Do not recommend Plasma Punchout.
Frisky:
Sometimes you end up with a group for whom time wasting has reached the status of art. Especially back in the bowels of the IT department where management fears to tread.
Cube Battleship
The classic board game, played out on a bigger scale.
Rules: The two players put their coffee cups in a square on a desk blotter with a letter/numbered grid marked out on it. Then you take turns aiming and firing over the wall at the unseen target with whatever you want to mockup as a weapon. The target reports the coordinates of the square the missile actually landed in if it missed or you get that outraged, "You sank my battleship!" for a perfect splashdown.
Materials: cubicle walls or other barriers, desk pads (use the ones with calendars printed on them and write the coordinates in the corners of the dates), rubber bands, paper clips or wadded up sticky notes and the guys in the next cube's fresh cup of coffee.
Time: This one is great for anytime a boss isn't actually staring at you, because it's played sitting at your desk. And it's not time-dependent, so a quick round while waiting for the printer is an easy possibility.
Variants: Extra points if you want to get a hold of different desktop containers to use for other ships which require multiple hits. I have a long, skinny pencil tray that makes an excellent aircraft carrier. Once you get proficient at this, playing with people in farther cubicles adds another level of challenge. Just be polite and call in your strikes via the intercom or IM rather than shouting down the aisle. If you're an architect, systems analyst, or artist with lots of work-related important papers around that don't take splashes well, it's recommended you play with an empty cup.
Office games are simply ways to keep yourself amused at work (without the Internet). They are often derivations of regular pastimes. Each workplace has their own versions. They can be very elaborate or very simple. Some are very solitary, in others you have everyone on up to the manager playing. Some places you have to keep it very secret, others have leagues with t-shirts. If you work in a technical field they are nearly traditional, and as the movement towards more enlightened HR policies is rippling out through other industries, so are they.
I'm not talking about office pranks here. Your level of creativity in expressing your feelings about the guys who got to take the whole rest of the week off and you didn't is entirely your call. I'd recommend a thorough reading of your employee manual before drywalling over their office door. I'm just saying. Besides, you have to paint the whole wall to make it match and that's a pain. Individually shrink-wrapping everything in their office is more fun anyways.
If you're bringing this concept into your workplace, start small and build it slowly. Ease them into it. That way management gets used to it and doesn't freak out. If you've ever boiled a lobster you've got the general idea. Once they trust that the job is still going to get done and that you're not damaging anything they might even join in.
These games come in several categories to fit your office environment and the type of players. So think about your players and the amount of mayhem you want to create and see if you can find one below that might fit.
Tame:
These are pretty easy to fit into just about any corporate environment. Probably won't get you fired if you don't get too stupid about it.
Hallway Golf
This is a combination of miniature golf and scavenger hunt/orienteering. Sort of a gateway drug; most managers understand the lure of the fairway and will look somewhat kindly on you finding some way to make do when you're stuck in the office.
Rules: Someone prepares a "course" mapped out through the building and you have to follow it; lowest number of strokes wins. Highest number usually has to give some sort of forfeit like pay for the pizza or keep the blow-up Godzilla in their office for the day.
Materials: 9 or 18 drink cups from the cafeteria, postal tape to secure them to surfaces, golf putters (or pointers from the conference room with room signs taped to the ends), golf-sized Wiffle balls, wads of office paper wrapped with rubber bands, or if you're feeling brave or playing outside try real golf balls
Time: It all really depends on how many holes you want to put out, and just how many of them involve light fixtures, triple-cushion shots down the stairwell, or roof access.
Variants: You can play a genteel version where the various holes are just inside the building, or you can go extreme with it and include all the local landscape; that fountain out front makes a great water hazard if you put a hole in the mouth of that fishy-thingy in the middle.
Stock Nerf
This is a geek/college standard and it translates well into the office. Driving that annoying PM back into his office in a hail of rubber darts is a great team-building exercise. Really.
Rules: All participating units must be stock as taken out of the box. Some places require it to be as purely stock and as regulated as NASCAR. Others allow custom ammo but limited it to what you can make out of the contents of the supply closet and the cafeteria condiments bins. No paper clips and NO PEPPER!
Materials: Nerf weapons, various office supplies repurposed as targets or other props
Time: Any time, any place. Except a status meeting. Don't recommend it for those. I used to have a dev lead who used a Nerf as a pointer in meetings, but we weren't encouraged to bring our own.
Variants: Tactics and challenges are as individual as the terrain of your office. Look at your favorite FPS or paintball gametypes for ideas. Capture the Flag, Territories, target challenges and random Slayer-type snipefests are traditional. Do not recommend Plasma Punchout.
Frisky:
Sometimes you end up with a group for whom time wasting has reached the status of art. Especially back in the bowels of the IT department where management fears to tread.
Cube Battleship
The classic board game, played out on a bigger scale.
Rules: The two players put their coffee cups in a square on a desk blotter with a letter/numbered grid marked out on it. Then you take turns aiming and firing over the wall at the unseen target with whatever you want to mockup as a weapon. The target reports the coordinates of the square the missile actually landed in if it missed or you get that outraged, "You sank my battleship!" for a perfect splashdown.
Materials: cubicle walls or other barriers, desk pads (use the ones with calendars printed on them and write the coordinates in the corners of the dates), rubber bands, paper clips or wadded up sticky notes and the guys in the next cube's fresh cup of coffee.
Time: This one is great for anytime a boss isn't actually staring at you, because it's played sitting at your desk. And it's not time-dependent, so a quick round while waiting for the printer is an easy possibility.
Variants: Extra points if you want to get a hold of different desktop containers to use for other ships which require multiple hits. I have a long, skinny pencil tray that makes an excellent aircraft carrier. Once you get proficient at this, playing with people in farther cubicles adds another level of challenge. Just be polite and call in your strikes via the intercom or IM rather than shouting down the aisle. If you're an architect, systems analyst, or artist with lots of work-related important papers around that don't take splashes well, it's recommended you play with an empty cup.
Respect your office colleagues
Respect for another person's job can only makes one's life easier. Working conditions often are hard enough and making an issue and not showing respect toward another person and the job they do just eats away at the harmony in a workplace. I would suggest there are three levels of respect in the workplace; Respect of those below the workers' job level, respect at the peer level of the workers', and respect above the workers' job level.
IT Jobs in BankingIT Jobs in the financial industry, specifically the banking sectorwww.eFinancialCareers.co.ukJobs In HrFind 10,000 New Positions per Month Search Jobs Paying Over £75Kwww.HrLadder.co.ukHedge Fund Trading JobsFind 10,000 New Positions per Month Search Jobs Paying Over £75Kwww.FinancialLadder.co.ukMany workplaces have division of labor practices and grumblings about other people's work performance can often be heard up and down the line. The lower the job level the lower the respect for the job and the person in that job title and consequently the higher the job level the higher the respect for that person in that job title. As an example custodians are often thought of as uneducated go no-where type of a person. I know, because I worked as a custodian while working my way through college and I listened to people talk about workers like me in the work place. Ironically, it was not my peers or upper management level that showed me the most disrespect it was people whose offices I cleaned. When these same people learned that I was working my way through college their attitude toward me and what I do showed an overt change. My work and who I was, was no longer beneath them.
The next level of respect, respect for other jobs at the peer level is often predicated upon job performance or lack of. In my line of work the most disrespected person is the person who bends, circumvents, or just out and out breaks the workplace rules. Persons in parallel job positions often compete with each other, sometimes openly but more often covertly, that is without the other person knowing. The disrespect often arises through the jealousy factor. One person will get wind of someone getting away with something. As the fellow worker(s) watch this person questions are asked, "Why does so and so get to get-away with such and such." The innuendo being that the person must not be doing his or her job. Such behaviors as talking on the cell phone, sending personal email, or unwanted emails, taking long lunch breaks and leaving work early all play into the assumption of poor job performance. The ambiguity in this is person who keeps abusing what most would call common courtesy for the establishment of work rules hardly sees such behavior as disrespectful.
The last level of respect may be defined as respect for administration rule in the workplace.
IT Jobs in BankingIT Jobs in the financial industry, specifically the banking sectorwww.eFinancialCareers.co.ukJobs In HrFind 10,000 New Positions per Month Search Jobs Paying Over £75Kwww.HrLadder.co.ukHedge Fund Trading JobsFind 10,000 New Positions per Month Search Jobs Paying Over £75Kwww.FinancialLadder.co.ukMany workplaces have division of labor practices and grumblings about other people's work performance can often be heard up and down the line. The lower the job level the lower the respect for the job and the person in that job title and consequently the higher the job level the higher the respect for that person in that job title. As an example custodians are often thought of as uneducated go no-where type of a person. I know, because I worked as a custodian while working my way through college and I listened to people talk about workers like me in the work place. Ironically, it was not my peers or upper management level that showed me the most disrespect it was people whose offices I cleaned. When these same people learned that I was working my way through college their attitude toward me and what I do showed an overt change. My work and who I was, was no longer beneath them.
The next level of respect, respect for other jobs at the peer level is often predicated upon job performance or lack of. In my line of work the most disrespected person is the person who bends, circumvents, or just out and out breaks the workplace rules. Persons in parallel job positions often compete with each other, sometimes openly but more often covertly, that is without the other person knowing. The disrespect often arises through the jealousy factor. One person will get wind of someone getting away with something. As the fellow worker(s) watch this person questions are asked, "Why does so and so get to get-away with such and such." The innuendo being that the person must not be doing his or her job. Such behaviors as talking on the cell phone, sending personal email, or unwanted emails, taking long lunch breaks and leaving work early all play into the assumption of poor job performance. The ambiguity in this is person who keeps abusing what most would call common courtesy for the establishment of work rules hardly sees such behavior as disrespectful.
The last level of respect may be defined as respect for administration rule in the workplace.
What Office work involves
Liberalisation and globalisation have accelerated business activity. Personnel who manage office routine are secretaries, stenographers, and office assistants. Secretarial work is the backbone of efficient office functioning. Office work is handled by the office secretary who works either for a senior manager, for a department, or in an organisation office be it school, business/corporate, firm or institution.
The job is of handling information - receiving, storing, retrieving, passing on, mailing, sending out etc. In a modern office the latest equipments and system of electronically managing information has changed the work of a secretary a great deal .
Subordinate secretarial staff in government offices run the day to day operations of departments and government offices under the direction of government officials, bureaucrats and in ministries.
Nature of Work
The work of a secretary is basically of an assistant. She/He manages all office work, receives phone calls, takes messages and carries out the bosses instructions. The responsibilities vary from one organization/office to another. The traditional secretary works for one boss. Secretary could work with a team of clerical staff for an organization.
Their work is of an office superintendent who keeps track of the organizations projects/ assignments, is well informed on all matters and coordinates work through a team of clerks working on separate assignments - typist, correspondence in charge etc. In some organisations a secretary may rise to a junior management position with experience and proven ability.
Secretary’s work in an organization may involve collecting and filing documents, making meeting briefs/agenda, informing other departments, summarizing meeting reports, taking dictation and even arranging for meetings with her/his boss of clients/guests, or of the boss with other officials. Most office functioning depends on the efficiency of the secretary.
Clerical Staff in government offices are also known as lower division clerks. They carry out routine office functions such as maintenance of registers, indexing, making periodical statements, record keeping, submitting routine drafts etc.
The course in secretarial practice includes processing and transmitting information to the office staff and to other organisations, typing and shorthand, commercial practice, computer applications, business English.
Work Environment
The work environment is very variable . In government offices the traditional file keeping procedures are followed. The documentation processes require handling files, documents, retrieving old files and hence the work can be tedious and time consuming. Modern offices, however, have largely replaced the traditional systems. Electronically operated equipments and computerisation has added significant glamour and convenience to the work environment . Modern offices are generally air conditioned, and well designed for efficient working.
Personal Characteristics
If you find routine office work interesting and like a blend of administrative and clerical functioning. secretarial training will provide a good beginning. Good communication skills - verbal and written, organizing ability, confidence, responsibility, PR acumen, willingness to learn, obey, and take orders are required. Secretarial staff are expected to be pleasant, helpful and patient.
Employment Avenues
Secretaries work in a variety of situations. Medical, legal, office, social and administrative work segments all require secretarial staff. An intensive course should give you a good beginning.
Employment opportunities are both with the government and with private firms, schools, institutions, NGOs, multinational firms, international organizations, etc.
The job is of handling information - receiving, storing, retrieving, passing on, mailing, sending out etc. In a modern office the latest equipments and system of electronically managing information has changed the work of a secretary a great deal .
Subordinate secretarial staff in government offices run the day to day operations of departments and government offices under the direction of government officials, bureaucrats and in ministries.
Nature of Work
The work of a secretary is basically of an assistant. She/He manages all office work, receives phone calls, takes messages and carries out the bosses instructions. The responsibilities vary from one organization/office to another. The traditional secretary works for one boss. Secretary could work with a team of clerical staff for an organization.
Their work is of an office superintendent who keeps track of the organizations projects/ assignments, is well informed on all matters and coordinates work through a team of clerks working on separate assignments - typist, correspondence in charge etc. In some organisations a secretary may rise to a junior management position with experience and proven ability.
Secretary’s work in an organization may involve collecting and filing documents, making meeting briefs/agenda, informing other departments, summarizing meeting reports, taking dictation and even arranging for meetings with her/his boss of clients/guests, or of the boss with other officials. Most office functioning depends on the efficiency of the secretary.
Clerical Staff in government offices are also known as lower division clerks. They carry out routine office functions such as maintenance of registers, indexing, making periodical statements, record keeping, submitting routine drafts etc.
The course in secretarial practice includes processing and transmitting information to the office staff and to other organisations, typing and shorthand, commercial practice, computer applications, business English.
Work Environment
The work environment is very variable . In government offices the traditional file keeping procedures are followed. The documentation processes require handling files, documents, retrieving old files and hence the work can be tedious and time consuming. Modern offices, however, have largely replaced the traditional systems. Electronically operated equipments and computerisation has added significant glamour and convenience to the work environment . Modern offices are generally air conditioned, and well designed for efficient working.
Personal Characteristics
If you find routine office work interesting and like a blend of administrative and clerical functioning. secretarial training will provide a good beginning. Good communication skills - verbal and written, organizing ability, confidence, responsibility, PR acumen, willingness to learn, obey, and take orders are required. Secretarial staff are expected to be pleasant, helpful and patient.
Employment Avenues
Secretaries work in a variety of situations. Medical, legal, office, social and administrative work segments all require secretarial staff. An intensive course should give you a good beginning.
Employment opportunities are both with the government and with private firms, schools, institutions, NGOs, multinational firms, international organizations, etc.
Office & Secretarial Jobs
Secretarial jobs, admin jobs and office jobs do not involve sitting behind a desk as the common perception suggests. While the office hours are usually between 8:00 or 9:00 and 17:00, there are varying tasks associated with office jobs. Filing, researching, telephone etiquette and customer service are all important in a frontline position. Secretarial jobs can range from a basic receptionist to a specialist secretary in a legal, medical or financial capacity. Generally speaking, the positions will pay more as the level of specialty increases.
When using a search engine to look for secretarial jobs, there were 991 000 at the time of research which shows that this is an industry with ample work opportunities. Throughout the world, there are always opportunities for secretaries in all industries who are efficient, hard working and meticulous. Organizational skills come to the fore as secretaries are renowned for their ability to multi-task and manage their time productively. Admin jobs involve more than just paperwork as a service role is required when dealing with the public who often have admin queries that needs to be explained and red tape formalities that need to be conveyed.
There are many varieties of office jobs from clerks to personal assistants and each has a completely different job description. Working through personnel agencies to get your ideal job is probably the best option as many secretarial jobs, office jobs and admin jobs require a specific type of candidate that the agency has been instructed to find. Enlisting the help of professionals to find your ideal office job and upgrade your CV and portfolio may be at extra cost but it could prove to be beneficial in the long run when there are many people competing for one position. There are part time, contract and permanent positions that depend on the company’s needs. If you are in need of a holiday job or are looking for something in a different environment, a temporary job could turn into a permanent career move.
Admin jobs provide a safe working environment away from the elements, but these offices can be situated in factories or noisy environments that may depend on the type of employer. Working in an office environment involves interacting with other employees unless you have a private office. Office politics can become problematic so it is always best to keep a low profile at work and remain professional at all times. Office jobs involve long periods of sitting and working in a bent over position so it is important to take regular posture breaks and keep active in order to avoid developing back pain and other ergonomic injuries.
Multitasking is also important as office jobs involve both written and verbal communication so it is important to have a professional telephone manner and the ability to use the required computer programs. The job description and advert will specify the computer skills and other attributes necessary to apply for the position. The advert for the position should be studied well as it is a waste of time and money for the employer and potential candidate to not be suitable qualified. In an interview it is possible to display the personality characteristics required, but a qualification and technical knowledge cannot be manufactured. When responding to a job classified advert with a covering letter, it is important to mention the characteristics requested in the job specification
When using a search engine to look for secretarial jobs, there were 991 000 at the time of research which shows that this is an industry with ample work opportunities. Throughout the world, there are always opportunities for secretaries in all industries who are efficient, hard working and meticulous. Organizational skills come to the fore as secretaries are renowned for their ability to multi-task and manage their time productively. Admin jobs involve more than just paperwork as a service role is required when dealing with the public who often have admin queries that needs to be explained and red tape formalities that need to be conveyed.
There are many varieties of office jobs from clerks to personal assistants and each has a completely different job description. Working through personnel agencies to get your ideal job is probably the best option as many secretarial jobs, office jobs and admin jobs require a specific type of candidate that the agency has been instructed to find. Enlisting the help of professionals to find your ideal office job and upgrade your CV and portfolio may be at extra cost but it could prove to be beneficial in the long run when there are many people competing for one position. There are part time, contract and permanent positions that depend on the company’s needs. If you are in need of a holiday job or are looking for something in a different environment, a temporary job could turn into a permanent career move.
Admin jobs provide a safe working environment away from the elements, but these offices can be situated in factories or noisy environments that may depend on the type of employer. Working in an office environment involves interacting with other employees unless you have a private office. Office politics can become problematic so it is always best to keep a low profile at work and remain professional at all times. Office jobs involve long periods of sitting and working in a bent over position so it is important to take regular posture breaks and keep active in order to avoid developing back pain and other ergonomic injuries.
Multitasking is also important as office jobs involve both written and verbal communication so it is important to have a professional telephone manner and the ability to use the required computer programs. The job description and advert will specify the computer skills and other attributes necessary to apply for the position. The advert for the position should be studied well as it is a waste of time and money for the employer and potential candidate to not be suitable qualified. In an interview it is possible to display the personality characteristics required, but a qualification and technical knowledge cannot be manufactured. When responding to a job classified advert with a covering letter, it is important to mention the characteristics requested in the job specification
The Role of the Office Manager
started as a receptionist and when my manager (the Office Manager at the time) suddenly left I realised that I had the skills and knowledge to take over her role and would immensely enjoy the challenge. I actually love organising people and the office and ensuring everyone is looked after and happy.
It is a very satisfying and content feeling at the end of the day when everything has gone smoothly. I've always loved customer services roles but being an Office Manager is providing a service to your internal clients – i.e. your staff - and it’s just as rewarding.
What skills and education are essential to your job?
Time management and organisational skills are definitely essential if not mandatory. People skills are important as well and it would not hurt to do a basic Health and Safety course such as NEBOSH. Experience in staff management is recommended as most times you will be managing your receptionist/s.
What advice can you offer someone wanting to become an Office Manager?
You could start off as a Facilities Assistant or a Receptionist. In either of these roles you will be afforded the chance to shadow the Office Manager so you can gain first hand experience. If your manager is on annual leave, offer to take over some of their duties in their absence. The knowledge and experience you will develop is invaluable.
What are the best and worst aspects of your role?
The best aspect of the job is the satisfaction gained from knowing your office is running smoothly and that staff are happy, comfortable and safe in their environment. Being an Office Manager is a bit like being a mum or dad to an office of staff and in that sense it is very rewarding.
Office management can be very confrontational as people will not always agree with your decisions, even if it is in their best interests, so you just need to be able to handle them in a tactful and diplomatic manner. Dealing with vendors can be really frustrating especially when they are not delivering the service expected. Again try to be firm and tactful with them.
Are there any perks to the job?
Perks are great as you are always receiving free lunches from catering companies wanting to get their foot into your door. Most vendors always offer freebies or discounts when they want you to use their services.
What is the end goal in your career?
At some point I would like to qualify as a Senior Facilities Manager. There’s lots of hard work ahead but the journey should be interesting.
Finish this sentence. "This week I have been mostly…”
“…occupied with moving in 2 newly acquired companies."
It is a very satisfying and content feeling at the end of the day when everything has gone smoothly. I've always loved customer services roles but being an Office Manager is providing a service to your internal clients – i.e. your staff - and it’s just as rewarding.
What skills and education are essential to your job?
Time management and organisational skills are definitely essential if not mandatory. People skills are important as well and it would not hurt to do a basic Health and Safety course such as NEBOSH. Experience in staff management is recommended as most times you will be managing your receptionist/s.
What advice can you offer someone wanting to become an Office Manager?
You could start off as a Facilities Assistant or a Receptionist. In either of these roles you will be afforded the chance to shadow the Office Manager so you can gain first hand experience. If your manager is on annual leave, offer to take over some of their duties in their absence. The knowledge and experience you will develop is invaluable.
What are the best and worst aspects of your role?
The best aspect of the job is the satisfaction gained from knowing your office is running smoothly and that staff are happy, comfortable and safe in their environment. Being an Office Manager is a bit like being a mum or dad to an office of staff and in that sense it is very rewarding.
Office management can be very confrontational as people will not always agree with your decisions, even if it is in their best interests, so you just need to be able to handle them in a tactful and diplomatic manner. Dealing with vendors can be really frustrating especially when they are not delivering the service expected. Again try to be firm and tactful with them.
Are there any perks to the job?
Perks are great as you are always receiving free lunches from catering companies wanting to get their foot into your door. Most vendors always offer freebies or discounts when they want you to use their services.
What is the end goal in your career?
At some point I would like to qualify as a Senior Facilities Manager. There’s lots of hard work ahead but the journey should be interesting.
Finish this sentence. "This week I have been mostly…”
“…occupied with moving in 2 newly acquired companies."
Office Jobs
Every organisation, large or small, needs effective administration. People working in this sector provide the support an organisation needs to meet its objectives.
Roles in this job family range from managers, who devise policies and make decisions, to clerical workers, who collect, store, interpret and distribute information. Jobs may involve supervising colleagues or dealing with clients, members of the public and representatives of other organisations, either face to face or on the telephone.
Most employees in this sector are based in offices. Workers may spend all or part of their time sitting at a desk using a computer and a telephone. Many jobs involve travel to other premises for site visits, meetings and conferences. This can be local or throughout the UK. Some jobs, such as European Union (EU) official, provide the opportunity to work overseas. Work environments vary from modern purpose-built open plan offices to small rooms attached to busy factories and transport depots, and from high-rise city centre office blocks to isolated farms in rural areas. Full-time workers usually work 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Part-time work and job share are available in many roles.
There are opportunities in every employment sector, including national and local government, agriculture, finance, engineering, health, leisure, media, retail, transport and utilities. Employers can range from multinational corporations, with thousands of staff, to small companies with less than ten employees.
Over 4,933,000 people are employed in administration, business and office work, and this figure is predicted to rise. Around 32 per cent of employers report difficulty in recruiting skilled business and administration staff.
There are opportunities all over the UK, particularly in towns and cities.
Entry is possible at all levels. While some vacancies are open to people who have few formal qualifications, but who can demonstrate a reasonable level of literacy and numeracy, other roles require degrees or postgraduate qualifications. Employers often look for candidates with keyboard skills who are confident using a range of software packages. Teamworking, communication, organisation and problem-solving skills are important, and customer service skills are also required in many jobs. Supervisors and managers also need leadership and decision-making skills. For some roles, specialist qualifications in languages or knowledge of medical or legal terminology may be essential.
New entrants may receive on-the-job training and/or attend in-house and external courses. Some employers offer Apprenticeships. Employees may have the opportunity to study for additional qualifications, ranging from NVQs/SVQs at Levels 1 to 4 to a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
Promotion usually involves taking on extra responsibilities and managing people, projects and resources. Opportunities for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) may be available.
Why not have a look at other Job Family articles as they may hold information on related jobs.
Roles in this job family range from managers, who devise policies and make decisions, to clerical workers, who collect, store, interpret and distribute information. Jobs may involve supervising colleagues or dealing with clients, members of the public and representatives of other organisations, either face to face or on the telephone.
Most employees in this sector are based in offices. Workers may spend all or part of their time sitting at a desk using a computer and a telephone. Many jobs involve travel to other premises for site visits, meetings and conferences. This can be local or throughout the UK. Some jobs, such as European Union (EU) official, provide the opportunity to work overseas. Work environments vary from modern purpose-built open plan offices to small rooms attached to busy factories and transport depots, and from high-rise city centre office blocks to isolated farms in rural areas. Full-time workers usually work 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Part-time work and job share are available in many roles.
There are opportunities in every employment sector, including national and local government, agriculture, finance, engineering, health, leisure, media, retail, transport and utilities. Employers can range from multinational corporations, with thousands of staff, to small companies with less than ten employees.
Over 4,933,000 people are employed in administration, business and office work, and this figure is predicted to rise. Around 32 per cent of employers report difficulty in recruiting skilled business and administration staff.
There are opportunities all over the UK, particularly in towns and cities.
Entry is possible at all levels. While some vacancies are open to people who have few formal qualifications, but who can demonstrate a reasonable level of literacy and numeracy, other roles require degrees or postgraduate qualifications. Employers often look for candidates with keyboard skills who are confident using a range of software packages. Teamworking, communication, organisation and problem-solving skills are important, and customer service skills are also required in many jobs. Supervisors and managers also need leadership and decision-making skills. For some roles, specialist qualifications in languages or knowledge of medical or legal terminology may be essential.
New entrants may receive on-the-job training and/or attend in-house and external courses. Some employers offer Apprenticeships. Employees may have the opportunity to study for additional qualifications, ranging from NVQs/SVQs at Levels 1 to 4 to a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
Promotion usually involves taking on extra responsibilities and managing people, projects and resources. Opportunities for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) may be available.
Why not have a look at other Job Family articles as they may hold information on related jobs.
M & S Office Job Cuts
The retailer has started consultation with staff in its property and “store design and development” departments as a result of its decision to reduce its growth plans.
At a trading update earlier this month, in which M&S said that like-for-like sales had fallen by 6.1pc, executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose said that capital expenditure will be cut from £900m this year to £700m. As a result, its store refurbishment programme will be put on hold and the number of new stores that M&S opens will be reduced.
According to people familiar with the situation, three-quarters of the roles in the store design and development team will be ditched and a large chunk of property positions will be axed. The total number of jobs affected is not known, but it is thought to be “in the significant double figures” but below 100.
An M&S spokesman said that a consultation process has started but would not comment on figures. “We are consulting with staff at the moment. We review our structures all the time to address changes in the economy. This is related to our capex programme,” the spokesman said.
It is unclear whether staff affected will be reabsorbed into other roles in the company or lose their employment altogether.
At a trading update earlier this month, in which M&S said that like-for-like sales had fallen by 6.1pc, executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose said that capital expenditure will be cut from £900m this year to £700m. As a result, its store refurbishment programme will be put on hold and the number of new stores that M&S opens will be reduced.
According to people familiar with the situation, three-quarters of the roles in the store design and development team will be ditched and a large chunk of property positions will be axed. The total number of jobs affected is not known, but it is thought to be “in the significant double figures” but below 100.
An M&S spokesman said that a consultation process has started but would not comment on figures. “We are consulting with staff at the moment. We review our structures all the time to address changes in the economy. This is related to our capex programme,” the spokesman said.
It is unclear whether staff affected will be reabsorbed into other roles in the company or lose their employment altogether.
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