The Keys to The Keys to

Keeping a Keeping a JobJob

Look Right For Look Right For The JobThe Job

Fancy party clothes or loud Fancy party clothes or loud sport clothes are not right for sport clothes are not right for businessbusiness

The rule for clothes is keep The rule for clothes is keep them simple, neat and cleanthem simple, neat and clean

This rule applies to hairdos & This rule applies to hairdos & haircuts, make-up, shoes, haircuts, make-up, shoes, fingernails and shavesfingernails and shaves

Be On Time, Be On Time, Coming and Coming and

GoingGoing Don’t cheat the boss or company Don’t cheat the boss or company by coming in late, taking long by coming in late, taking long lunches or leaving earlylunches or leaving early

Never think the boss won’t Never think the boss won’t notice - they do & will remember notice - they do & will remember this the next this the next

time you ask for a raisetime you ask for a raise

If You Can’t If You Can’t Come To Work, Come To Work, Call The BossCall The Boss

No business can operate No business can operate without workerswithout workers

Do your best to be at Do your best to be at work when scheduled or work when scheduled or offer to get someone to offer to get someone to cover your shiftcover your shift

Do The Work That Do The Work That Has To Be DoneHas To Be Done

Every job will have Every job will have parts that are no funparts that are no fun

Remember, the work Remember, the work has to be finished and has to be finished and you have been paid to you have been paid to do the work!do the work!

When You’re On When You’re On The Job, WorkThe Job, Work

Never do things that Never do things that take away from your take away from your workwork

I.e. – talking or I.e. – talking or gossiping with co-gossiping with co-workers, horsing around workers, horsing around or making or making personal phone callspersonal phone calls

Be PoliteBe Polite Learn to get along with peopleLearn to get along with people Keep your temper, even if Keep your temper, even if

someone is rudesomeone is rude Be congenialBe congenial People are always willing People are always willing

to help & to work with to help & to work with nice people nice people

Do What You Are Do What You Are asked To Doasked To Do

It happens to everybody - the It happens to everybody - the boss may ask you to do boss may ask you to do something you do not think something you do not think you were hired to doyou were hired to do

Don’t argue about it, just do Don’t argue about it, just do it as well as you canit as well as you can

After all, you might learn After all, you might learn somethingsomething

Get To Be Good Get To Be Good At Your JobAt Your Job

Learn to do your job fast Learn to do your job fast and welland well

You may get promotedYou may get promoted Employers think highly Employers think highly

about employees who do about employees who do a good joba good job

Be Able To Take Be Able To Take InstructionInstruction

Don’t think you know Don’t think you know more than your more than your supervisorsupervisor

Do it his or her way Do it his or her way regardless of what regardless of what you may have learned you may have learned in schoolin school

Be Able To Take Be Able To Take CriticismCriticism

This may be one of the This may be one of the hardest keys to accepthardest keys to accept

But remember, the boss is But remember, the boss is not picking on you if he or not picking on you if he or she tells you that you are she tells you that you are doing something wrongdoing something wrong

They want you to succeed - They want you to succeed - it is for your own good!it is for your own good!

AssignmentAssignmentWrite out your Write out your answers to the answers to the following following questions:questions:

1.1. What would you wear to apply for What would you wear to apply for a job at a fast-food restaurant?a job at a fast-food restaurant?

2.2. What would you wear to an What would you wear to an interview for a bank teller position?interview for a bank teller position?

3.3. How would you respond if your How would you respond if your boss told you that you had done boss told you that you had done something wrong?something wrong?

4.4. How would you handle a rude co-How would you handle a rude co-worker?worker?