Five Ways To Impress the Boss
Are you keen to make a good impression on your boss so that you can stop working for a recruitment agency and perhaps land a secure, permanent job? Well help is at hand. Here are the top 5 ways that you can impress your boss and really help your career.
1. First of all always make sure that you don’t keep going to your boss with problems that someone else (yourself included) may be able to sort out. Giving him or her the space and time to be able to do their job, whilst you get on with yours will show that you can work on your own initiative and really help him or her to have confidence in you.
2. Always make sure that you are dependable. That isn’t just about making it into work on time, but is also about making sure that you deliver when you say that you will and that you don’t leave the office to go to a big night out, when all hands are needed to sort out a big problem in the office.
3. Take responsibility for your mistakes. Don’t try to make excuses and don’t try to blame colleagues. If you have messed up then say so, complete with an apology. In that way you will be seen to be acting responsibly and as a member of the team.
4. If you accompany your manager to meetings, then always be prepared. If there are minutes then bring them with you, if there is an agenda, make sure that you have read it and that you are aware of what is going to be discussed.
5. Be flexible. If your boss needs someone to work late sometimes, or someone to just help out in another part of the office, then volunteer. The more flexible you are, then the more you will be appreciated and valued and your boss will definitely have a good impression of such a really adaptable employee.
May 4th, 2009 5:04 pm
One thing I learned from my professional world. Working is really not about impressing your boss. Remember, bosses come and go; who knows, maybe tomorrow you have a different boss already. Hence, work to impress yourself…to satisfy your passion in working. You don’t anyone a show of excellence…yourself deserve it.
May 4th, 2009 5:37 pm
Yeah, you work not solely to impress the boss; however, whether we like it or not, it is the boss who give orders and instructions - hence, it still boils down to him or her. Just think that you are complying instructions not because you want to impress the boss, but because it is part of your job to comply these instructions.