I am not going to sugar coat it, things are really bad right now and stress is definitely starting to take toll. If you are working or if you are unemployed there are lots of things that are causing us anxiety. It OK to be nervous and it is understandable that you may be scared. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I am an optimistic and feel that with a positive attitude everything will work out. I still believe this is important but you will need to bring more to the table than just a positive attitude.
I am going to be writing a week long series of Rules/Ideas that will help you keep your job throughout this recession and even help you rise to the top when the economy turns around. I will start with Idea #1.
Activity – This may be the single most important thing you can do it may also be the hardest. I have a Master’s degree in Psychology, so I understand that as humans when we are scared, we tend to freeze up. This is the worst thing to do if you are still employed. You must fight through the emotions and block everything out and focus on the tasks at hand. If you are perceived as a hard worker, you are much more likely to keep your job during the next round of job cuts. This is especially true if you are is sales. You may not hit your quota but you better be sure that you hit your activity goals. It will be easy to explain why you did not hit your numbers but impossible to explain why your activity fell off.
My advice is to put your head down and keep plugging away and remember that perception is sometimes greater than reality.
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Exactly, currently the economy is picking up gradually but employment is still slow, if you still want to keep that Job my simple advice is that you continue to work harder, meke sure there are no mistakes, your company will try as much as possiblie to retain those employees that are of high value unless your area of specialty is not so useful to the company