Posted on 3 July, 2011
Career Development - How to Secure Your Job in Tough Times
63How to Secure Your Job in Tough Times
In tough economic times like these, everyone who is currently employed should do everything in their power to secure? their jobs, because during a depression, no job is considered safe; regardless of Job status, social status, profession, income bracket, gender, class or creed. We are all in the same boat, wondering today if we will be told tomorrow our service is no longer needed.
There are several strategies that you can employ to secure your job. First of all you want to do your utmost best to make yourself a valuable employee. You can do this by seeking company-sponsored opportunities for learning new job skills. If such resource is not available at your workplace you can spend at least an hour daily of your free time learning skills of value to your company. If you don't have a computer or internet service at home you can always make a trip to a neighboring public library. You would be amazed at the amount of information available, not to mention the amount that you can learn at a very low cost. If you are not a computer savvy person, the librarians will be more than happy to give you some excellent tips on some of the latest and best self-empowerment and career enhancement websites
There are also E-books that you can purchase at very low price that can help you to be an asset to your firm. For example, Amazon.com is an excellent online store where you can shop for books that give great career and business tips. Spend more of your free time researching on the things you can do to enhance your current job skills. You want to be the best at what you are doing, so that it would be very hard to replace you. Also, think about becoming a team leader, one who can be called upon to assist in other areas or to take care of technical issues that might require certain level of expertise. Try to be as flexible as possible. Make multitasking work to your advantage!
Finally, try to be punctual, try not to call out sick regularly due to an overhang, from all night partying, or a slight headache that could otherwise be taken care of with a few painkillers. Another word of advice, stay behind and work a couple extra minutes if needed occasionally, if you have no personal, family or other important after work appointments scheduled. There is certainly a lot more you can do, so don't sit and wait, start doing your research as soon as possible. Good luck!
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