Right Employee Attitude- Tips to help you remain relevant in your work place

In recent times, different global challenges have had a massive impact on the ability of businesses to survive and meet up with their recurrent expenditures. In 2020, the covid-19 pandemic forced many countries into lockdown as many business organizations had to shut their doors due to the inability to access customers sufficient for operational sustainability. Customers' income level and cash flow dropped drastically as this had a consequential effect on their spending powers resulting in low sales turnover for businesses. Also, the UK's decision to exit the Brexit affected international trade relationships by causing a scarcity of imported products and services. Business owners are now in a situation where they consistently review their operations and expenditures. Branches are being closed down while employees are losing their jobs. Aljazeera News Publication suggests that 207 million people will possibly lose their jobs in 2022 despite the change in the unemployment rate from 6.6% in 2020 to 6.2% in 2022

Therefore this publication intends to equip employees with tips that will help them remain relevant and indispensable to their employers, promoting the survival of hash business decisions of downsizing or retrenchment. These tips include:

Quality of work: Ensuring that you deliver quality work at all times will make your manager trust you and will be able to rely on your work while preparing their reports as well. Managers also report to other people and their professional capabilities are reflected in the quality of work delivered by their employees. Therefore, a good way to keep your job is by ensuring the quality of your work and paying attention to details.

Update your certifications and professional skills: To stand out as an employee, you need to update your qualifications and keep up with modern trends in your job. Managers need qualified personnel knowledgeable about current industry trends, policies, and legislation. Most companies consider qualifications in determining candidates to be laid off and ones to keep.

Be a team player and learn from your colleagues: One of the ways to stamp your significance in an organization is to be able to perform your tasks and those of others. You need to create time to see how some of your colleagues perform their tasks and learn from them. Learning multiple skills increases your ability to perform tasks different from your primary duties making you a utility employee, a model that companies around the world are now promoting through staff development.

Take ownership: As an employee that wants to stand out from others, you need to take ownership and fix whatever does not seem right. You need to see a business like yours and continue to do whatever you can to promote and make it stand out from others. Doing this does not have to be a big task, however, little effort will make a difference. You also need to call your managers attention to whatever does not seem right in the business.

Flexibility: As an employee, you need to be flexible and accessible to your employer. That is not to say that you should not have your private life, however, companies will rather have individuals with flexible schedules who can step in to cover shifts or perform tasks that could reflect negatively on the business operations if not protected.

The five critical points explained above contribute significantly to the areas considered for staff reduction in the modern era. Some companies use the first-in-last-out method but that is fast changing. Therefore you are encouraged to brace up and stamp your relevance in your organization as this is not only applicable for keeping your job but will also enhance your promotion and other recognition.

Tunde David Animashaun

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