How are You Handling Your Co-Workers?

Many different personality types can be thrown together in one office or in one job setting. Because of this, you may find yourself experiencing some difficulties handling your co-workers. However, there are some strategies you can use when you find yourself in a situation with a co-worker where you are unsure of how to proceed.

Nosy Co-Workers

You have probably encountered a nosy co-worker who seems to want to pry into the personal details of your life. The fact is that every time this nosy employee comes over to pry, she is taking time away from your job and probably making you feel uncomfortable at work, too. The only way to handle this type of co-worker is to be direct. Clearly state that you are busy with work, and get straight back to work without waiting for comment. If the co-worker pushes, directly tell her that you like to keep your professional life separate from your family life and get back to work. A co-worker can’t argue with sensible statements and will get the message.

Competitive Co-Workers

Another type of co-worker you have probably had to deal with is the competitive co-worker who wants to make every job or project into a competition that she can win. This can be very stressful for you at work, so you need to know how to handle this situation. Make the conscience decision that you are not going to compete. This takes the pressure off of you and gets you out of the competitive mode, so you can concentrate on your job instead of on your co-worker. People with highly competitive natures will probably not respond well if you try to talk with them about the problem. Instead, work at your own pace to show your co-worker you aren’t interested in playing games. When your co-worker sees you won’t play, she’ll find a new target.

Hateful Co-Workers

You have probably also worked with a hateful co-worker who just seems mean. Working with this type of person can make you dread going to work every day because you can’t make this person happy. Work can be hard enough without adding a hateful co-worker to the mix, so you need to know how to handle a person like this. First, remind yourself that you can’t change other people, but you can change how you react to others. You decide how your day will be each morning, and then work to make sure no one else dictates your mood. Avoid people who are hateful at work, and spend your time and energy focusing on co-workers who want to be team players.

Knowing how to handle your co-workers can definitely help you deal with job related stress.

This post was contributed by Kelly Austin from Higher Salary. Visit her site for information on the average pharmacy technician salary and guides to other popular careers.

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Best Job Search Tip In Months: Your Voicemail As A Supplementary Resume!

This weekend I ran across the best job search tip I’ve heard in months. It’s so completely simple, I’m a bit embarrassed to say I had never thought of it before.

You know the old saw about how your resume has to make a good first impression in a matter of seconds or the employer might overlook you. That’s the worry that motivates all of us to tweak our resumes endlessly, hoping to make the right, professional first impression.

But if you’re lucky enough to pique the employer’s interest, what’s the first interaction you’re likely to have with them? That’s right: when they call you back to set up an interview.

Shouldn’t you take some time to make sure your voicemail makes the same, professional first impression? Sure you should.

I’ve spoken before about how you want a professional email address on your resume, not something like sexxymamma51@aol.com that might be embarrassing. In the same way, you don’t want your voicemail to simply be “WAAAZZZUP!?”

I’ll tell you the whole story over at my other blog, ResumeWriting.com. And I’ll give you some tips on how you can make your voicemail compliment your resume. Click through below:

Don’t Neglect Your Voicemail. It’s A Supplementary Resume!

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My New Resume Writing Book Free For 2 Weeks! Help Me Edit It!

For years people have been asking me to write a guide to resume writing. For years, I’ve turned them down for reasons I’ll get into at the end of this post.

But today I’m announcing that I’m about to publish a “Kindle Single” about resume writing and the upside for you is that for the next two weeks, the entire text of the book is live on the internet for you to read for free. Why? Because I want you to help me edit the final draft.

From now until Nov. 15th, every chapter is posted in blog form over at ResumeWriting.com. This means comments are open on every chapter. I encourage you to check out the book, read through it, and if you have any questions… any questions at all… post them in the comments. This will allow me to include things I’ve left out of the book. I want it to be as comprehensive as possible, so I figure if I crowdsource the editing process, I’ll be able to answer every question reasonably imaginable about the resume writing process.

The upshot for you is that you can read the book free for two weeks (once it’s published it will be 99 cents). It also means that for a limited time, you’ll have a forum to get any questions you might have about resume writing answered by me. I’m going to try to answer every comment. Please make sure the questions are resume writing related.

Why am I finally publishing a book about resume writing?

When I started TheJobBored.com back in 2007, I did it because I thought that most career advice books sucked. If you’ve ever bought one, you probably know what I mean. They’re full of vague, feel-good, inspirational advice. You have to sift through the pages to find the nuggets of good, tangible tips.

It’s not the fault of the authors, I guess. You can’t put out a physical book with only a few pages in it. Books require you to have hundreds of pages, so the authors end up having to come up with a bunch of filler to make the manuscript substantial enough to merit printing (and to justify the $19.95 cover price).

That’s why I loved the blog format. I could serve out real, tangible tips and job search hacks.  Want to know how to handle a tough interview question like: “What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?” Bam! I could give you my best advice in an easily digestible couple hundred words.

When I stumbled upon Kindle Singles, I realized that format would be the perfect vehicle to finally do my resume writing book the way I wanted to do it: simple, no nonsense, no BS, to the point. I wouldn’t have to worry about arbitrary page counts. I could make it be exactly as long as it needed to be to give you the basics on how to write a resume.

My goal with this book is simple: I want to take a reader line-by-line through the process of writing a resume. Hopefully, someone should be able to leave their Kindle open on the desk, open up a Word file, and then click through the guide as I tell them: “First you do this. Now you do this. Now you do this.”

Within an hour or two, the reader should have a basic resume completed, and I’ll have led them step by step through the entire process.

If you want more elaborate dissertations about what resumes are, and how they came to be, and tons of footnotes and filler – fine! There are other resume books out there.

But hopefully this one will simply tell a job seeker what her or she needs to do to write a basic resume.

So, click over to ResumeWriting.com and help me put the finishing touches on it. Thanks!

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