This book offers four simple strategies to be successful at work and protect you against layoffs.
In a nutshell, this book encourages you to:
- Be Visible: Out of sight, out of mind, out of a job. If your superiors do not know you and don’t know what you are doing, then you’ll be the first to go in bad times.
- Be Easy: If your boss does not like you, you’ll be the first one to go when it’s time to let go someone. Watch what you say and stop complaining at work about everything. Be a positive person and leave your problems at home.
- Be Useful: Doing just what you’re paid to do is not enough. Doing extra work, supporting your boss, training others, lending a hand when needed, Being a mentor, taking initiative, among other things will help you keep your job.
- Be Ready: keeping your resume updated even when you’re not looking for a job, having money in the bank, networking, monitoring the job market, watching what your peers are doing, and others. These are among the things suggested to be ready.
The book gives you great examples on all these topics, so it’s a great read for anyone trying to improve your current job and career.
You can get the book at your local bookstore or from the link below:
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I just found your blog. Great writting and tips! I need to read this book, have cero visibility at my current job, I don’t feel safe!
Thanks for the advice.