Tue 8 Nov 2005
Here are 20 ways to impress your boss:
- Carry a briefcase: It will look as you are hard working, even if it only contains your lunch.
- Have a straight back: A good body posture gives off a confident look.
- Be on time: not too early or too late, just right on time.
- Keep your private life away from work: Drop long phone calls with your girlfriend.
- Be happy: The more happy you are the harder it will be to fire you.
- Look good, smell good: It is easy to judge people on first appearance.
- Keep your workplace tidy: It shows you are well organized.
- Know what you are talking about: Keep up to date on the current news and what is going on with the company you are working at.
- Gesticulate: It will make you look less stiff
- Have a joke ready: You don’t want to be the office clown, but show some humor once in a while.
- Keep away from gossip.
- Learn when to keep your mouth shut.
- Nobody likes a show off: Don’t brag too much about yourself.
- Make your boss notice you are a work iron.
- Never date an office colleague. If you have to break this rule; choose a temporarily employed, or someone in another department.
- Keep cool, even how much is going on around you.
- Be cautious when you are surfing the web during work hours, stay away from shady websites.
- Be kind to your colleagues, remember birthdays.
- Be a leader; take initiative organize social events.
- Respect the office rules, like cleaning the coffee machine.