10 Strategies to Give you an Edge In The Work Place

 

Whatever area of life of your life you may be working on, there are key strategies and short-cuts that you can take to get exactly what you want. The reason why so many people struggle is that they either don't know the rules of the game that successful people play to get what they want, or they learn the hard way through experience. Whether you are trying to buy a house or car, find a partner, get them to marry you, or are working in a career where you want to move up the ladder in the shortest time and route possible, there are secrets to success that you can apply to get what you want.

I have documented 10 key strategies that you need to follow to get ensure that you excel in your career, and in my book Claim That Job, I will take you through the process in more detail. Here are my 7 key strategies that you can start putting into action right away if you want to start taking control of your career:

1. Find Your Purpose - identify the blueprint that you have set yourself regarding how far you can go in your job. Deprogram that blueprint, find your passion and focus on becoming the leader in that area.

2. Understand the laws of networking – Master the key networking strategies to increase your network of people. Learn how to develop relationships with people and know how to provide value to people who may in turn be able to help you in the future.

3. Master the moves to follow in the interview process - There is a sequence of strategies that can get you any job you desire. You just need to give yourself an added edge. Understand how your entry and exit is as important as the interview. Know what to do and not what to do and how to make a first impression that will be memorable.

4. Understand the secret to negotiating a killer package when offered a job - How you approach the negotiation is the key that will get you what you want. You need to negotiate with the right mindset so that the company who offered you the job are grateful that someone of your calibre wants to work for them.

5. Understand that there is a time to work for experience, and a time to work for money - Once you have gained the right amount of experience, and you understand the rules of the game at work, then it is time to go for the senior role and the money.

6. Provide value and visibility to the right people within your organization - Know where you want to go, identify the right people who can take you there, position yourself in their space and apply the law of value and visibility to impress the right people.

7. Always have an exit strategy - Know where you want to go within your organization but be aware of the opportunities that exist externally or within different parts of your business, and have a strategy to move on should there be any political, restructuring or downsizing issues arising in your current role. This will give you a psychological advantage. If you have a plan and know where you want to go, you will not only be respected by senior managers and those around but it will also ensure that you don’t get pulled into plans that will your fulfil your plan.

8. Master the skills of Time Management - Aim to be extremely efficient at what you do, identify the most efficient person in your organization and treble their efficiency levels. Make sure your time-keeping is excellent, don’t put things off, respond to emails straight away and be respected for being a person of efficiency.

9. Develop brilliant time communication skills - Learn how to present and do it brilliantly. Your employer is paying not only for your skill and expertize but for your communication skills. They want someone who will be a good representative of the company, and your ability to deliver presentations with confidence will be a powerful asset.

10. Understand the rules that need to be played out in the workplace to succeed - You wouldn’t play a game of chess or golf or football without understanding the rules of the game, but often many people go into the workplace without understanding that there are rules to be followed if you want to rise up the ladder.

In my book Claim that Job I will take you through key strategies you need to follow to stand out and avoid being invisible you will learn how to make your current working environment work for you. It is possible to have total job satisfaction, be happy with what you are being paid and feel respected by your peers and managers for what you do. There is a quick route to this and i will show you how to take it.

If you want to stand out as a leader in your market or field, if you feel that you may not be achieving the success that you dreamed of in your career, Claim That Job is the book that could be the answer that you have been looking for. It covers strategies and tactics to follow through the whole job-hunting and career management process. It doesn't matter where you are in the management of your career, there will be strategies that you can put into action immediately.

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All the Best

 

Sharon Alexander
www.claimthatjob.com
sharon@claimthatjob.com