How to Combat Workplace Negativity, Starting With You - Hallie Crawford

How to Combat Workplace Negativity, Starting With You Negative feelings on the job are inevitable, just like any other area of our lives. Maybe you don’t feel that you can accomplish the task at hand, you’re frustrated by a customer, you don’t feel that the right choice was made by your superior, or you just don’t enjoy the project you’re working on. But when negative thoughts and attitudes linger, or you feel that your work environment is negative and influencing your day-to-day attitude on the job, it can become more of a problem than just the usual day-to-day challenges we can face at the office. That can be difficult since we spend a lot of time at work. Here are some tips to take charge and combat that negativity. Identify the issue. Ask yourself the following questions: Why do you feel that there is negativity? Has the situation always been negative, or has something recently changed? Do you unknowingly contribute to the negative atmosphere by your body language and comments? This can help you get to the core of the issue. Perhaps things aren’t as negative as they seem. Maybe you just need to look at the situation in a different way. Action Step: Once you have identified the issue, think of one positive change you can make this week to the situation, whether it’s suggesting a change to the project or just having a more optimistic attitude yourself. Stay calm. If you find yourself thinking a negative thought or feeling a negative emotion, try to stop thinking the thought that is upsetting you. Try to relax and think of something calming. You can also try focusing your attention on something else. Try looking out the window, looking at a family photo, or focusing on your breathing. If you find you aren’t able to feel calm, try removing yourself from the negative situation temporarily. Excuse yourself and take a short walk, use the restroom, or do something else for a few minutes. Action Step: Be pro-active. If you know that certain situations cause negativity at work, prepare for them beforehand. Decide what you can do to stay calm and how you can control your actions to encourage positivity from others as well. Spend time with positive colleagues. Spend more time with people at work you admire. Look for coworkers who are doing new things, who are creative and inspiring. Use your time with them to come up with new ways to approach your tasks at work. Take time each week to have lunch with a friend outside of work as well. Make sure you have a blend of time inside and outside the office to mix things up. This can help you beat negativity and come back to the office re-energized. Action Step: Remember that to have positive friends you should work on having a positive attitude as well. If not, your positive friends may not want to do things with you for very long. Unearth what you are missing. If you are still struggling to stay positive, it may be because your job is not honoring your core values. Think about your career values and ask yourself if your current position is honoring them. Is there anything you could change to give them more importance at your workplace? Action Step: Write down your career values. When you are feeling negative, take a look at them and see if any of your values are not being honored. Write down the reason why they are not being honored and decide what two things you can do in the next month to better honor your career values. Finally, if after four to six months, you feel that your situation at work has not improved at all, that you can’t get your negativity or the negative situation under control, it may be time to look for a new job.

Assistance in Resume Writing - How To Use These Essentials

Assistance in Resume Writing - How To Use These EssentialsIf you want assistance in resume writing then the first thing that you should do is to gather some samples and references. References are essential because they will give you an idea of the kind of people who have benefited from your service or the other persons. This will give you the idea on how the applicant might look like in case he decides to get his service.Another way of gathering information is the online resume. It can be quite useful since it helps to list down your information in a very organized manner. Online resumes offer many useful features like adding descriptions, using numbers and giving links to your articles. It would be quite useful if you are the applicant.Before getting your samples you should be very careful with them. Do not let anything spoil your plan for resume writing because you can lose your credibility by using certain samples which have been modified by a third party. Thus it is better to cho ose the samples only after doing a thorough research.However, it would be better if you can get access to hard copy samples. In this way you will not have to get confused with the details of different samples. You can create a sample resume and make use of it as the basis for creating a complete one.Sample resumes are so useful that they have become the preferred ways of writing a resume. You can find out samples of resumes through various sources and in this way you can be sure that the contents of the resume is original. You can also use these samples to write a complete resume even when you do not have the time to go through the whole body of work of the applicant.The reason why sample resumes are becoming popular is that you can easily see the basics of writing a resume. This will help you in following the exact procedure in writing a resume. This will enable you to make your job a lot easier.When you are asked to prepare a sample resume then you can take your time and try to wr ite a sample resume. If you do not have time to write a resume, then you can use sample resumes as a guide. However, you should ensure that the samples are true samples and not modified versions.

Politics at Work Can I Be Fired for a T-Shirt

Politics at Work Can I Be Fired for a T-Shirt You’re voting for the first female presidential nominee of a major party, and you’re ready to shout it from the rooftops. Maybe you’ve bought one â€" or, heck, all â€" of the 16 “Made for History” designer t-shirts Hillary Clinton rolled out on the campaign trail. Maybe you’ve snagged an “H” button to rep your girl on your backpack. Maybe you’re the scrunchie type. Whatever your fashion predilections, there’s a Hillary accouterment to match. Now here’s a question: Is it OK to rock your “I’m With Her” merch at the office? In a word: no. At least that’s what career experts advise. “We’re going to be through this vote in the next month, but these fleeting moments can have a long-term impact on the workplace,” says Edward Yost, HR business partner at the Society for Human Resource Management. “It’s probably not a good idea.” This election cycle has bred a highly contentious political climate, and with vitriol driving the conversation, Yost and other etiquette experts strongly advise against showing your political stripes at work. Chances are, your colleagues fall all along the political spectrum. If you think everyone in your “liberal” office shares your beliefs, you’re probably wrong. And if you think your t-shirt is going to sway someone’s opinion, you’re definitely wrong. “You’re not going to change someone’s mind about who they’re going to vote for, but you could damage a work relationship,” Yost says. Free Speech Dress Codes But wait a sec, you protest â€" what about free speech? As it turns out, you don’t actually have that at work. The First Amendment operates only against “state action,” and not “private employer action,” says New York University law professor Cynthia Estlund via email. Private companies have broad power to restrict employee speech and behavior, she explains, which means that in most work-related matters, you’re not protected by the First Amendment. Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : No compatible source was found for this media. Session ID: 2019-12-30:c10665eb987a33d1ce7222af Player Element ID: jumpstart_video_1 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.PlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  Playback Rate1xFullscreenClose Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. To remove any ambiguity, many large employers have dress codes prohibiting political slogans, says Yost â€" and violating those policies puts you at risk of being disciplined or dismissed. But even if your company doesn’t outright ban political dress, and your workplace has a casual, Silicon Valley-inspired jeans-and-hoodie culture, career and etiquette experts say it’s still a solidly bad idea to sport a Hillary t-shirt â€" or, for that matter, a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap. “It’s just going to lead to an uncomfortable office conversation that doesn’t need to happen,” says Diane Gottsman, an etiquette expert and owner of The Protocol School of Texas. “This isn’t about stifling opinions; it’s about being respectful of the people around us.” Most of us soften our workplace behavior for the sake of common courtesy. We’re nicer on the phone than we need to be; our water cooler small talk is polite and noncontroversial. This is no different. Forcing people to engage during work hours â€" whether verbally or mentally â€" with a taboo topic they’d rather forget doesn’t open up a dialogue. It makes you the office troll.