Annoying Coworkers - Working With Difficult People

Annoying Coworkers - Working With Difficult PeopleAnnoying Coworkers - Working With Difficult PeopleWhenever you bring togetherbeibei a bunch of people, there is a jumble of different personalities. Some of them exist together harmoniously, but there are always a few outliers. The workplaceis no exception. In addition to people with whom you can easilyget along,you will also find some annoying coworkers. What sets the workplace apart from many other settings is that everyone- even those who are the most difficult- must cooperate in order to be productive. Here are five types of annoying coworkers and advice that will help you get along with each one. The Chatterbox Lets start with your most affable coworker. The chatterbox usually means well. She is friendly and wants to share all her thoughts (every last one of them) with you. She isnt trying cause harm to anyone...her incessant talking is just keeping you from concentrating on your work. Here are some things you can do to quiet down your talkative coworker so you can get your job done. Dont risk insulting your colleague by telling her to be quiet. Instead, put the blame on yourself. Tell her you to have trouble concentrating while you are listening to her very engaging stories but you would love to hear them at some other time. Just not while youre working. Then, if you truly enjoy her company, have lunch with her once a week (less often if thats too much for you). The Gossip The gossip seems to know everything about everyone and he wants to share it. Should you listen to what your busybody colleague has to say? It depends on the nature of the information. If you have the opportunity to hear the useful news that may not make it through mora formal information channels in your workplace, then you should pay attention, but do it with a cynical ear. The problem with gossip is that it carries both elements of truth and fiction. However, if the news being shared is of a very personal nature, for example, h e starts telling you about another coworkers marital problems, change the subject or say you dont feel right discussing someone behind his back. Avoid conveying any information he shares with you with others because then you run the risk of becoming a gossip too. The Complainer Theres always one person in a group who can never find anything about which to be happy. If shes not complaining about her health or her family, then her job, the company, or your boss are the subjects of her disapproval. Of course, some of her complaints may be legitimate, but the incessant whining is getting on your nerves. Shes in danger of bringing everyone down with her negativity. Change the subject whenever the bellyaching begins or, if the complaints are centered around work, ask her if shed like your help brainstorming some solutions. Who knows? Together you may be able to solve some problems. The Delegator In almost every workplace youll find someone who wants to share his work with his co lleagues. These arent people who have a legitimate reason to delegate work to others, for example, managers or team leaders. They are those who either cant do all the work their boss has assigned to them or dont want to do it. If teamwork is encouraged in your office and you have time to help your colleague, you should. However, if managers are the only ones who have the authority to delegate or you already have your hands full with your own work, then you have to turn down the request. Tell your coworker you dont have the time to take on any moretasks. The Credit Grabber The credit grabber does not acknowledge when others have collaborated with her on a project and contributed to its success. She accepts all the praise without mentioning that she didnt do all the work. The first time this happens, you can consider it a mistake. Maybe she just forgot to say she had help. Let your colleague know you are offended and ask her to let others know about your participation. If she refu ses to do that, or if this happens again, make sure you let others know about the role you played in getting the project done. Then, unless your boss forces you to work with this person, refuse to help out again.

How to Give Two Weeks Notice When Quitting

How to Give Two Weeks Notice When QuittingHow to Give Two Weeks Notice When QuittingWhen an employee resigns from his job, hes asked to give two weeks notice to notify his employer, Two weeks is the traditional, standard amount of time that an employee agrees to continue working for his current employer before he departs. The employee announces that his resignation goes into effect at the end of the second week after he gives notice. At the end of the two-week work period, the employee is no longer an employee of the firm. When Two Weeks Notice Is Not Wanted by an Employer Two weeks notice is often not required nor appreciated by the employer. Human Resources may have standard practices they follow to eliminate the possibility of charges of discrimination, no matter how liked or valued the resigning employee was to the organization. HR is also concerned with the effect of the resignation on the morale and positive outlook of the employees who remain. Resigning employees might bad -mouth the company on their way out the door, so HR sees no good reason to risk allowing a disenfranchised employee to stay to chat at work. Possible Employer Standard Practices An employer could handle a resigning employee in these ways The employee is not allowed to return to her work area or to say goodbye to coworkers.The employer arranges a time for the employee to meet so that she can remove personal items from the workplace.The employer walks the employee out of the workplace immediately. If your job is sensitive and you have access to company information, confidential information, and confidential computer systems data, your company may not want you to work during your brde two weeks. You may instead find youre escorted out of the workplace when you resign. Some companies have adopted immediate termination as their standard practice upon employee resignation. In these cases, most employers pay for the two weeks, even though they were not worked by the employee,because th e employee offered to work and was turned down. Some standard HR practices dont allow the resigning employee to work even if he was available. The Employees Perspective on Giving Two Weeks Notice From the employees perspective, for companies that dont automatically pay for the two weeks, employees may be better off working to earn the paycheck. They may want the opportunity to clean up all loose ends and say goodbye to their coworkers. On the flip side, however, the longer you stay in the company following your resignation, the more possibilities exist for something to go wrong for which you would experience consequences. In your last two weeks, you may make a decision you think is perfectly innocent, but your employers may perceive it as a mistake, and then later hold you responsible. Depending on your job, two weeks notice might not be in your best interests. Some career experts recommend that you make your last day of work the day you resign. Managers Notice ofResignation Its recommended that managers give two to four weeks notice, but the amount of recommended notice time is also determined by the position. At the same time, if a new employer is waiting in the wings, the new employer may expect a new employee will start in two weeks, unless a different time frame is negotiated. If your employee has an employment contract that states two weeks notice or another variation on notice time is required, the employee and employer must abide by the terms of the contract.

DiscoverE Educator Awards Highlight Efforts of Three STEM Teachers

DiscoverE Educator Awards Highlight Efforts of Three STEM Teaczu sichs DiscoverE Educator Awards Highlight Efforts of Three STEM Teachers DiscoverE Educator Awards Highlight Efforts of Three STEM Teachers (Left to right) Daisy Rayela, Leon R. Grant III and Jill Johnson were recognized as the winners of the 2015 DiscoverE Educator Awards at a ceremony on June 8 at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C.Earlier this month, DiscoverE honored three pre-college teachers for their efforts to introduce young people to engineering. The three teachers Leon R. Grant III, Jill Johnson and Daisy Rayela were named as the winners of the 2015 DiscoverE Educator Awards. Eight other teachers were named runners-up in this years program.Eighty-five teachers were nominated this year for the DiscoverE Educator Awards program, which provides engineers with the opportunity to show their appreciation for the pre-college STEM educators who are encouraging young people to discover engi neering. The three winners were recognized June 8 at a ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. The winners each received a $2,000 cash prize and a gift pack of classroom supplies from 3M, while the eight runners-up each received $500 each and 3M gift packs. One of this years three top winners, Leon Grant, is the founder of the Bridge-Gap STEM Mentoring Program and Society for Pre-Engineering at Marietta High School in Marietta, Ga. Grant has spearheaded a three-year project in which his students work with engineering students and professionals to research, engineer, design, and construct sustainable buildings for communities in Haiti, using repurposed shipping containers. Leon has inspired many of his students to continue on to study engineering in college and become successful engineering professionals. DiscoverE Educator Award-winner Jill Johnson started her career as an electrical engineer working as a research and development controls specialis t. Feeling that women and minorities were underrepresented in the engineering field, however, she changed her career path. As a teacher at Johnson Aerospace and Engineering High School in St. Paul, Minn., Johnson provides new STEM learning opportunities to underserved students in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. She also established a STEM camp for middle school students and teaches a course, Bridging Engineering and Education, which trains educators how to introduce K-12 students to engineering.This years third winner, Daisy Rayela, believes that learning shouldnt be limited to the classroom. Before becoming the current STEM coordinator at Thomas Johnson Middle School in Lanham, Md., Rayela taught at Jose Panganiban National High School, where her science club was active in environmentally focused outreach programs within the community. Rayela started the Gateway to Technology program at her school to offer students problem solving, hands-on STEM based activities related to design an d modeling, automation and robotics, energy and the environment. The eight runners-up in this years program are Ramatu Gariba of the South Municipal Education Directorate in Accra, Ghana Rebekah Hammack of Stillwater Middle School in Stillwater, Okla. Cary James of Bangor High School in Bangor, Maine Richard Johnson of Rostrata Primary School in Whilletton, Australia Katie Marchionna of Highland High School in Palmdale, Calif. Aaron Tostado of Da Vinci Science High School in Hawthorne, Calif. Jaime Trevino of the Foy H. Moody High School Innovation Academy from Corpus Christi, Texas and Kate Youmans of the American International School of Utah in Salt Lake City.The DiscoverE Educator Awards are sponsored by 3M, Bechtel, ExxonMobil Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Shell Oil Corp., and the United Engineering Foundation (UEF). For more information on the awards program and this years winners and runners-up, visit http//bit.ly/1G7DDNI.

Transform the (Dreaded) Annual Performance Review

Transform the (Dreaded) Annual Performance ReviewTransform the (Dreaded) Annual Performance ReviewTransform the (Dreaded) Annual Performance Review C. Fox, author of PEOPLE TOOLS FOR geschftliches miteinander50 Strategies for Building Success, Creating Wealth, and Finding Happiness (SelectBooks, Inc., 2014)In the 1929 movie, The Cocoanuts, the hotel employees of a mustachioed Groucho Marx chased him from the lobby and up a flight of stairs.We want our money, they yelled.What do you mean?We want our money, they repeated.I dont understand. You want whose money? Groucho shouted back.You havent paid us. We want to be paidOh, says Groucho, pointing directly at them. You want my money, with emphasis on the my.I digress, which is leid uncommon for me when I am faced with a situation I find uncomfortable. Lets remove dreaded from the annual performance review and look at this a bit differently.Reviving the Dreaded Annual Performance ReviewFirst, why should we think of the employee performanc e review as being about the employee? Dont both the employee and employer want the best possible performance?If you are an employee and dont perform as well as you can, perhaps you lack the proper tools or training. Maybe you dont feel appreciated and, as a result, are not as involved as you might be.I regard tools, employee training, and the expression of appreciation as the responsibility of the employer, not the employee.Second, why shouldnt I want to encourage the best performance possible, and pay fairly for that performance? If all of my 45 or so employees felt unfairly treated and failed to show up Monday morning, my business would instantly disappear.Each of them is excellent at what they do and could easily find a position somewhere else. But how could I reconstruct, entirely by myself, the outstanding team which we have built together over the past 45 years?I now regard the (not dreaded) employee performance review as a review of my own performance, not theirs. I think of my employees as co-workers. We work in the same building, write e-mails to outsiders and to each other, talk on the telephone and enjoy lunch in early afternoon.Every one of us is a crew member on the same ship, headed in the same direction. (At Disneyland you would be called a Cast Member, which sounds nice but, to me seems more like acting rather than interacting with customers and each other).Today my ideal procedure on the annual employee review is1) Keep my co-workers up to date on how they are doing during the year. I offer approval to encourage them, though not as often as I should. I suggest course corrections to help them focus on what needs to be changed.When your flight lands in San Francisco its too late to remember that you should have boarded the flight for Chicago. In the old days I would say to an employee after his or her first day on the job, Ive decided to renew your option. You can come back tomorrow. Today I cringe at the thought of how I would feel if my new bo ss of one day said that to me.Two weeks ago I hired Joy to help with the marketing and vorrcken of People Tools. At the end of her first week I asked, Are all of us providing proper information and support so that you can do your best work? If you have properly helped your co-workers during the year there will be no bad surprises for either of you at the annual review.2) When its time for the annual review, I make sure to conduct it within a week or two of the anniversary date. Its not fair to my coworkers to delay information which is important to them and keep them walking on eggshells, waiting for the knife to drop. And I dont want to skulk about the office hiding from someone.3) Ask each person being reviewed to evaluate him or herself, to write down their accomplishments of the past year and goals for the coming year. Not only does this help your employees learn the valuable skill of self-assessment, it also shows how much you respect and appreciate their opinions.4) Ask the re viewees what salary they think they deserve. I use recommendation as a guide. Years ago Gert, who worked with me for almost 25 years, always asked for a ten or fifteen percent raise, which welches far too high. But at least I knew what she was thinking. One year Cathy, my vice president and general manager, asked for a raise which was far too small. I increased her salary by three times the amount she had requested.5) During the review I ask how I, or other managers, can better assist our co-worker to perform better. Replace my seven year old computer, was one answer. I was embarrassed. I had allowed a valued member of my accounting staff to struggle for two years with entirely outdated equipment.6) Consider awarding a member of your team a one-time zugabe if theyvemade an outstanding contribution to the company that saves time and money, increases profits and productivity, or improves the working conditions in the office.This way, the annual review can be just as much about rewardi ng employee performanceas it is about offering constructive suggestions on how to improve. Why shouldnt you want to encourage the best performance possible, and pay fairly for that performance?If all of your employees felt unfairly compensated and failed to show up Monday morning, your business would instantly disappear. Each of them is there because they are good at what they do, and they could always find a position somewhere else.7) If my goal is to retain my team member for another full year, I sometimes pay part of their increased salary as a bonus at their next anniversary date. We all like something extra, and often a $2,000 bonus looms larger than $166.67 a month, before payroll taxes.8) Be prepared at an annual review to be flexible about hours of work. Some people prefer to begin their work day at 600 am and time away from the office for personal matters. One of the biggest perks I enjoy myself, as an entrepreneur and business owner, is that I can set my own hours. I can t ake off Thursday afternoon and come in on Saturday morning if I like.So I refuse to be a prison warden for my staff. They work with me to accomplish a mission, not to lose their freedom to visit a doctor when they need to, or watch their daughters soccer finals.When I improve as a manager, my co-workers improve at their positions. That is why I no longer dread reviewing them, because, in reality, we are helping each other.Lets take the word Dreaded out of the annual performance review.This article is adapted with permission from the publisher, SelectBooks, from PEOPLE TOOLS FOR BUSINESS 50 Strategies for Building Success, Creating Wealth, and Finding Happinessby Alan C. Fox. Copyright 2014.Author BioAlan Fox is the president of ACF Property Management, Inc, and author of The New York Times bestseller PEOPLE TOOLS 54 Strategies for Building Relationships, Creating Joy, and Embracing Prosperity. He has university degrees in accounting, law, education, and professional writing.Fox was employed as a tax supervisor for a national CPA firm, established his own law firm, then founded a commercial real estate company in 1968 that now owns over one billion dollars in real estate. He is the founder, editor, and publisher of Rattle, one of the most respected literary magazines in the United States, and he sits on the board of directors of several non-profit foundations. Visit peopletoolsbook.com.Read MoreShowing Respect When Dealing with Performance IssuesCompensation Why Average Salaries Lag at Small CompaniesSalaries Are Rising for Small Business

Make a Free Resume Secrets That No One Else Knows About

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Keep your career healthy when the economy is sick

Keep your career healthy when the economy is sick Keep your career healthy when the economy is sickPosted October 13, 2011, by Helen Isbister Perhaps the global financial crisis is the catalyst you need to get your career into peak performance. The global financial crisis, the economic downturn, the recession, the depression whatever you want to call it does not necessarily mean doom and gloom for every employee. An economic downturn can actually translate into an advantage for many workers who find ways to recession-proof their careers. So what can you do to stay in control of your career? Think about ways to make yourself indispensable at your existing workplace Become the go-to partie that everyone knows is a strong performer. Make sure that your contribution has an impact on the bottom line and improve your visibility in the company the people who add value will be the ones that survive staff cuts. Offer to take on the challenging tasks. Find out what skills are in demand (in the business and in your industry, or beyond your industry) and enrol in a course now. Keep up to date about your industry and other industries that are doing well Woolworths, for example, is planning to hire 7000 people in 2009. Be aware of the state of your company Rarely does a business go into decline without some warning. Keep your eyes and ears open and be aware of any possible problems that might mean laying off staff. Find companies and industries that are doing well even during the tough times and find out if your skills and experience will fit with them smart companies are finding creative ways to recruit and retain staff during the economic financial crisis. Other ways to keep your career on track Prepare a skills audit and plug any gaps that will make you more employable. Network in good times and bad, networking can be invaluable as many jobs dont even make it to Seek.com and other jobs websites. Be prepared keep your resume up to date and keep refining the language . Your resume should be a work in progress like yourself and your career. What industries are thriving? Even if you are working in an industry that appears to be going down the drain, thinking about your skills tischset from a different perspective might lead to similar but different work in another industry. Your communication/organisation/business/trade skills might apply to a field that has shortages so keep an eye on industries that are still going strong. According to new research by the Clarius Group and Link Recruitment, chefs, hairdressers, builders and health professionals continue to be in demand despite the economic downturn. And the aged-care industry is one that has a big future as the population ages. Tourism, hospitality, construction and community and health services are tipped to be popular training courses this year as many people make themselves work-ready, even if its not in the same industry they were in before the global financial crisis became a bigger househo ld name than Brangelina. CEO of the Australian Association of Graduate Employers, Ben Reeves, says employers know the conditions wont last forever and that they need to cultivate tomorrows managers and skills. So while times are tight, use your time wisely to shore up your employability and come out stronger on the other side. ResourcesMy first resumeCover letter for my first jobCareer Insider StoriesShelley Lask - Body Positive Health & FitnessInterested in becoming a?Human Resources OfficerGeneral ManagerBusiness ManagerAccountantOffice AdministratorPopular Career Searchescareer assessment testguide to ace your next interviewsick leave letter to school teachersample cover letter for career change to human resourcescareer objectives for hospitality CoursesBachelor of Social WorkEnquire Online Enquire OnlineCertificate III in Health AdministrationEnquire Online Enquire OnlineBachelor of Criminal JusticeEnquire Online Enquire OnlineCertificate III in Allied Health AssistanceEnquire O nline Enquire OnlineHelen IsbisterRelated ArticlesBrowse moreCareer changeHow To Write A Career Change ResumeWhen youre changing careers, preparing a resume for your new industry can be tricky. We have some tips on how to approach a career change resume.Online studyKeep Calm And Improve Yourself How Short Courses Can Help You SucceedTrend-spotters have deemed 2015 the year of self-improvement, so whats your master plan? The good news is that with single-unit study you dont actually need one to get started.WORKFORCE TRENDSRedundancy - what Australians wantWith redundancies on the rise due to the global financial crisis, nearly half of Australians say they would take a voluntary redundancy if the price is right.