Career Tips for Increasing Your Job Security
These quick, easy career tips will increase your job security – and they’re painless, too!
Before the tips, here’s an important quip about job hunting:
“Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.” – Unknown.
A brilliant career tip for increasing your job security is to always be on the lookout for employment possibilities. You don’t have to apply for those jobs – but just keep your ear to the ground. For more career tips, click on The Girl’s Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio. And read on for my roundup of career tips for increasing your job security…
Career Tips for Increasing Your Job Security
Work through the worst of it – without kvetching. Every business goes through ups and downs, which means you’ll sometimes have to put in extra time. To increase your job security, work hard when you’re needed – whether you’re paid extra or not. Career tip: complaining about extra work or your employees not only decreases your job security by making you more difficult to be around, it also makes you feel worse. Just do it!
Be the employee you’d hire. I’ve worked in several office jobs, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t always the employee I’d hire. To increase your job security, be the worker you’d love to hire!
Stop watching the clock. Great employees don’t show up exactly on time (they show up early) – and they don’t leave the minute the workday officially ends. This career tip isn’t about working overtime all the time…it’s about focusing on doing a good job, not getting home exactly on time.
Keep up with your company’s news. Whether you’re working in a tiny office or huge corporation – make sure you know what’s happening at work! Staff changes, future plans, a new mission statement, special events…a great way to increase your job security is to be knowledgeable about your employer.
Don’t “diss” your company, boss, or colleagues. I worked at Red Robin Restaurant for several years; my favorite manager got himself fired because he criticized the company in front of his staff. Whether you’re a supervisor or bottom rung employee, refrain from complaining about your job – especially to your coworkers!
Attend staff functions – and behave yourself! Some people don’t realize how important this career tip is – even though it revolves around your social behavior (not your work performance). Remember that drinking too much, wearing inappropriate clothes to staff parties, and negatively affecting how your colleagues see you outside the office can affect your job security. You’re representing your company – even when you’re partying with your coworkers…and even if your supervisors aren’t around, they may hear the water cooler gossip.
Invest in yourself. Would it help your career if you had another degree, diploma, class, or certification? Consider your long-term career potential; if investing in yourself increases your job security, then find a way to make it work!
Last word: a cute work quip – “Your business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids. This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting.” – Scott Adams
What are your career tips for increasing job security? Please comment below – I’d love to hear your big and little “quips and tips”!
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