Help for The Trouble Makers: If you fall in this category, you know why. You often come in late; gossip with everyone about everyone; question everything your bosses tell you to do; engage in negative conversation at work; you have been reprimanded or written up more than once; you have job hopped often, etc. Sure, I will provide you with some advice as well— we all need a job, don’t we?
1. Stop being a slacker! This is not the time to be disgruntled. Find out what your problem is and step it up. Times are difficult right now and if you don’t step it up, you will be out! Although you perform your job, you come with so many sides that you will probably be passed up for someone who works cohesively.
2. If you are looking for a new job already, don’t lie on your resume and make up things you know you won’t be able to live up to. Be realistic about setting forward expectations.
3. Don’t offer negative information during an interview, no matter how unfair you think your layoff was.
4. Go for jobs that you know you can perform; acknowledge your weakness/problem areas and avoid being in the same kind of situation.
5. Focus on the bigger picture. You were hired to perform a job, and you spend more than 40 hours a week at work –- make this time in your life valuable and take pride in what you do -- no matter what it is.
Analyze your past mistakes and make the decision to change and give your new employment more than you can.
Rosa Vargas
Certified Resume Writer
