11 May 11 Why Should You Work in a Team?
Team work – that’s what every recruiter is screaming loud these days, one important quality they look for in a candidate. Knowing the significance of time and stress it brings along, companies recommend team work at every step of work and count it as the only way to move up the ladder fast. What is this team work all about? As per the formal definition ‘Teamwork is the concept of people working together as a team for one specific purpose under the same value and language’. That means when a group of people work together, share load of the given task and distribute work among themselves while keeping in mind the common goal; teamwork takes place. But why teamwork is that important, that every recruiter makes sure you are ready to work within a team. Here are some reasons, benefits of teamwork.
One vision, many hands
Biggest benefit of teamwork is that there is just one fixed goal and multiple minds to work on the same. It eases the process, lightens workload on each mind, and helps multiple ideas to crop up since multiple minds are involved. Since all have same goal in front, there is less chance of deviation from the end goal and multiple reasons of better ideas to come on the surface. Since every mind thinks differently, there is always chance of bringing multiple new thoughts and ideas on the table.
Time saving
Major benefit of working in a team is time saving and finishing work within the stipulated time, meeting deadline with an ease. Great work makes no sense to client if it’s not finished within the time and remains incomplete. Since a team shares responsibility and divides work as per the skills required. This way deadline is easily met.
Better adaptability and flexibility
Since people work in a team, there is less of self defensive attitude found among the team workers. People adapt better to the given situation, are found less obsessed with own work, are more receptive and adaptable to new ideas, suggestions and situations which is not seen when people work alone. People learn more in a group as one may commit a mistake which is checked by fellow group members. If one doesn’t know certain things can also learn from co-workers. People working in team are more flexible, ready to changes and new innovations.
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03 Sep 09 Stand Out At A Meeting
Meetings are a fantastic opportunity to make yourself shine at your job. They serve as your chance to show your ability in front of people that might otherwise be unaware of your potential. Usually it’s only your direct boss that gets a real feel for what you can achieve. But at a meeting, most times you have a chance to make yourself known to the people higher up on the ladder. So clearly, thinking of a meeting that way, each one is a vital chance to make a name for yourself at your company. Here are a few tips to help you do just that:
1. Research, research, research. Make sure you know the in’s and out’s of every single detail of the meeting. Make yourself an expert, so that if you have visual aides during a presentation, you know all of them without having to look. Or if there are packets of statistics to be used during discussion, make sure you know the important stuff like the back of your hand. Knowledge is key to presenting yourself as a valuable, informed employee.
2. Participate in the meeting by offering useful information or helpful suggestions. Don’t try to take control of the meeting, as the idea is to get yourself noticed in a good way. Coming off as a control freak is not your aim at all. So just offer positive insight whenever the situation presents itself. But don’t try to force yourself into every open dialogue.
3. Show up a few minutes early to the meeting. This shows preparedness every time. Nothing makes you look worse to the big wigs than showing up to a meeting involving them late.
4. Follow up on anything that you promised during the meeting immediately. If you said you’d deliver a report after the meeting, make sure that it’s the first thing you do afterward. Nothing makes you look worse than when you promise something and don’t come through. Always keep your promises, especially when they were made in front of a room full of people.
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16 Jul 09 Tips For Attracting Employees
Anybody can attract new employees, whether through advertisements through the company, or a job board advertising campaign. The problem is attracting a quality workforce, and that is not always very easy to do. The real tactic you want to use is by knowing what to offer, so that the upper echelon of applicants will be attracted to your job opening. For that it’s all about how you present the job offering.
Firstly you want to find out what the most common wage from opposing companies stands at, and match that pay level, so that you can remain competitive. The most qualified applicants aren’t going to waste their time on a job that would pay them less than if they applied to an opposing company, to do the same job for more money.
Try to find some creative perks that you can offer your new employee hopefuls. If you’re not a large company, obviously you’re probably going to have to get a bit more creative with what you can offer, but anything that you can manage will only be more positive for the job opening. Anything that makes your company look better, no matter what you can offer, is always helpful for getting those more desirable applicants.
Make sure to show that there is plenty of room for growth within the company, and that if you work hard you can climb the ladder fairly quickly. Employees need incentive to take a job and do well at that job, nobody wants to hit a glass ceiling shortly after taking a job, so make sure to outline the benefits your company offers through promotion opportunities.
Have some form of employee incentive program in place to encourage hard work even more. By offering opportunities for employees to earn more money, or receive some sort of privileges you increase the team morale. By increasing morale your team is going to work harder. Showing potential applicants that these opportunities are available will entice them to apply to your company, opposed to a rival corporation.
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