Keeping your job is always a priority. When the economy gets tight – it is imperative. I work in a state that has an “at will” employment stance. Which means that I am employed at the will of my firm. If they no longer need me – I am gone. They do not need to provide any lengthy reason for my termination. It could be as simple as a work slowdown.<\/p>\n
In a situation like this, you need to constantly provide your firm and your superiors with reasons that confirm the right decision they made when they hired you.<\/p>\n
Here are a few things that you could do to shore up their minds and better insulate yourself from layoffs.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be average.<\/strong> Don\u2019t expect to stay off the short list if you are doing a lackluster job. The biggest thing you can do to solidify your position is to do a fantastic job in your role with the company. Doing the best you can do at all times is the first step toward financial security. No one is going to work hard at keeping an average worker. You need to do the best you can do.<\/p>\n Do more than expected.<\/strong> You need to be doing more than what is expected of you. You need to go beyond the job description. If you fulfill the job description and do not expand beyond it very often then you are only doing what is expected of you when you hired on. Moving to higher and higher levels of job security requires you to take on more responsibility and duties. If you are going beyond the basics then you are poised to stay with the firm.<\/p>\n Build your brand.<\/strong> Let others know what you have been doing all year. Now is not the time to be invisible. You need to take heed that invisible CAD Managers soon get thought of as being unneeded. You need to become visible and stay visible. Keep track of accomplishments and share them year round. Don\u2019t brag, just inform.<\/p>\n Go above and beyond.<\/strong> Come in early. Stay late. Take on more responsibilities. Let your accomplishments speak for you.<\/p>\n Don’t play politics too heavily. <\/strong> Offices are full of political struggles. Some are just like High School. They have cliques and social groupings. You need to remain fairly neutral in all of this. Don’t buddy up to close to one group at the expense of another. If you select the wrong person or group and they end up out the door, you could be next.<\/p>\n Be positive.<\/strong> Even if there is a negative tone in your firm or your industry. Stay positive about the future. No one likes to be around a negative person. Don’t complain or get grumpy. Stay away from problem employees. Now is not the time to be part of the cranky gang. According to a 2005 Harvard Business Review article, people actually will select “likable” persons over competent ones when they need to get something done.<\/p>\n Contribute to the bottom line. <\/strong> Even if you are not directly working on projects you can reduce spending somewhere. You can also contribute by making people more productive. Now is the time to help others get more out of the software. Focus on the business needs.<\/p>\n Be Approachable.<\/strong> Now is not the time to be stuck to your chair. Get out and talk to people. Let them come and talk to you. Say “Hi” to everyone in the morning and go out to lunch with the crew every once in a while.<\/p>\n Be Appreciative.<\/strong> Thank those who have helped you out. Make sure that people above you and below you understand that you are thankful for their assistance, input and advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keeping your job is always a priority. When the economy gets tight – it is imperative. I work in a state that has an “at will” employment stance. Which means that I am employed at the will of my firm. If they no longer need me – I am gone. They do not need to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":510,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}