Top Five Habits For Career Success At Entry Level
By Long Yun
Siang I am blessed to have some of the best bosses coach me when I first
entered the working world. They passed to me what seemed like, at that time -
pretty obvious things one would do when in the working world.
 What seemed pretty obvious as habits for career success isn’t always so. As
you start on your career path you begin to forget some of the basic habits.
Therefore, it is essential to drill these habits deep enough to remember them.
As I progressed in the corporate world, I noticed that these are good habits
that should be passed down to my own people just as I have benefited from
internalizing them. Here are the 5 basic yet important habits for career
success:
1. Get Organized
Regardless of your work, you need to get organized. If yours is office work,
you will surely have filing to do. What about your emails, your electronic
documents and folder system? Ever had colleagues who ask you to resend them the
email you sent last week? No matter how many times you sent, they seem to have
deleted it or lost it? And it is the same thing with electronic documents?
When you organize your clutter, work space and computer, you become more
productive. You become efficient and effective. This adds to your good name as
you progress in the organization. It is also a good habit to cultivate as you
move up the corporate ladder. Imagine having more work to organize as you
progress?
2. Manage Your Time
This is another simple and obvious habit amongst the habits for career
success list. But I assure you; this habit is some of the biggest weaknesses
people have in the corporate world. I urge you as a career newbie to start
cultivating this habit of managing your time early.
Managing your time isn’t rocket science. Start with a simple to do list and
a daily, weekly, monthly and year scheduler. All you have to do is to pen in
all the meetings, appointments and tasks in the scheduler. As you get better
you can start to use more sophisticated techniques. Managing your time is all
about planning what you do and doing what you plan.
3. Under Promise, Over Deliver
As a career newbie, you would have a tendency to try to impress your bosses,
colleagues or even clients. This can be driven by your raw enthusiasm. However,
remember that in your quest to impress, you run the risk of destroying what
little reputation you are starting to build. This is especially so when you
fail to deliver on your promises regardless of how small. It could be a simple
report your bosses asked but if you fail to deliver it on time, the size of the
report doesn’t matter. Fact remains that you did not deliver.
Always remember that one of the important habits for career success is to
under promise and over deliver. It is about managing expectations and it is
about measuring your own strengths and weaknesses. It is also about knowing how
to manage your own time. So, while volunteering for additional tasks is a good
initiative, you may want to gauge if you can live up to that promise.
Under promise and over deliver means to say “yes” when opportunities present
themselves and learning to say “no” when you know you cannot deliver.
4. There Are Always Next Steps
There are always next steps after meetings. Never let any meetings end
without a clear action plan that include who to do what by when. We attend far
too many meetings in order to let them slip by without clear next steps to
follow through. Having clear next steps ensures you become more productive and
time is well spent in meetings.
Meetings are important to assign, brief and clarify. You should not let them
slip by without clear next steps. If you are chairing one, makes sure this
happens. If you aren’t then ask for your set of next steps. This is one of the
basic habits for career success you would bring with you for a very long time.
5. Feed Your Mind
Read motivating books; listen to tapes and watch inspiring movies. We are
sometimes so inundated with negative vibes at work that you should feed your
mind with positive energy. One way is through books, tapes and movies. They
need not be self-improvement and self-help oriented although I find them
extremely useful.
Of course, a healthy body is important too. Eat healthily and exercise. This
ensures you have the energy to take the work-week with a healthy body, mind and
soul.
Start cultivating these 5 important habits for career success and make a
difference in your work life.
About the Author: Long Yun Siang or Long, as he is popularly known runs http://www.career-success-for-newbies.com as his way of
paying it forward. His website – based on their real life experiences -
provides tips, tools and advise for newbies pursuing career success. Download a
FREE copy of his mini eBook titled “Career Success Recipe for Newbies” at the
website.
Source: www.isnare.com
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