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| 9.4 | Career Tip - Never Be Late and Never Leave Early |
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How to protect your job by always being on time and never leaving early.
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 | Being on time and putting in a full days work are very important to your career. The time you spend at work is very visible. It is obvious when you come in late and when you leave early. When your superiors are pressed to evaluate your performance, your time at work is one of the first things they will think of. Even if management tells you that they have a relaxed policy on work hours, do not take advantage of this! Pick an early hour to show up and stick to it. It takes just one late date to ruin your reputation as being on time all the time.
A person who is always on time is seen as responsible. They have their lives in order. They are the type of people who advance their careers. People who are late are seen as unorganized. They make it seem like their lives are out of their control. They do not seem to take their jobs seriously and are sometimes seen as rude. If you cannot do something as simple as showing up at a certain time, how can you handle larger responsibilities?
People who are serious about their jobs arrive early and stay late. Plan to arrive to work 10 minutes early. If, by chance, you do get stuck in traffic, you will have a few extra minutes to get in. If you make it early, use the extra time to clean up your office and set work goals for the day.
To help yourself make it to work early, try laying out your clothes and packing your lunch the night before. Never let your gas tank get less than ¼ full. Also try keeping a bowl by your front door. Ever time you walk in the door, make sure to leave your keys and wallet in the bowl. This way, you will always know where they are.
If you do arrive late, never give excuses. Apologize and get straight to work. Take full responsibility, but do not embellish with a long story (your boss is not interested). Remember that winners do not give excuses.
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| 1 | Anoying When Employees are Late |
| This is a very easy thing to do. Be on time! Not so much that it makes you look good, but being late makes you look so bad!
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| Comment 1 On:Never Be Late and Never Leave Early
Added On: 2/22/2009 2:04:07 PM |
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| 2 | Always Be Early |
| This should be your frame of mind. If you are always early, you will sometimes be right on time (when things go wrong). If you are always on time, you will sometimes be late. So be a person who shoots for early.
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| Comment 2 On:Never Be Late and Never Leave Early
Added On: 2/12/2009 10:13:41 PM |
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