What Employers Expect From Employees
What Every Employer Expects
Every day is a fresh opportunity to achieve your personal goals and the organizational goals if you do the following things on a consistent basis:
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Arrive on time and ready to be productive. Make an honest effort to refrain from any outside activities that make you less than 100% focused during the work day.
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Demonstrate mastery of earlier training and concepts that you have learned as a member of the organization. Be productive with your time. And, minimize the personal communications with persons who are not affiliated with the employer.
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Be organized as best you can to accomplish those tasks that are critical to the success of the employer. Try to communicate with your supervisor who will hopefully advise you on what items are critical and need your attention that day.
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Consider immediate and long-term opportunities to improve your value. Seek to be mentored by more experienced persons in the organization. Do your own self-studies on your own time of the issues that affect your organization and your career aspirations. Attend formal training sessions that the employer offers
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Volunteer. Seek work on a task force or special project to get more exposure in your organization and to work with others outside of your area.
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At the end of the day, reflect on all aspects of today; and discern the meanings that will make the coming days more productive and rewarding.
Submitted by Michael Jamison
