Face The Change With Perfections This New Year

Spring of April has cascaded down

Spreading its splendour through flowers and leaves

New Desires and Joys are bestowed with blossoms

Infusing their essence along the mellowing breeze

April – the month of mirth symbolizes the spring of beautiful tender joys, desires, the onset of new hopes and new aspirations... the month enjoys celebrations of new year across the nation- Jud Sheetal, Puthandu, Poila Baisakh, Bihu, Baisakhi, Pana Sankranti... call it by any name but the celebrations are enriched with the common emotions of holy new... It marks the beginning of a new change...

Corporates start their new financial year, farmers have their new crop, students enter new academic year, and even we are going to have our new regime too as April witness the start of biggest festival of democracy – Lok Sabha Elections this year with much frolic and fervour.

But most significantly the month raises higher the palpitation level of graduates, post graduates and professionals, who are going to enter a new career...Some of them might have written their exams awaiting results or got their results and waiting to grab marvellous job opportunities and a bright new future...some of them might have got the offers too and waiting to be smitten by a new life.

The charm of new is always fascinating indeed but the new beginning comes along with new surprises and new challenges too...

Are you ready to face the change and win the challenge?

When we enter our first office and we get our first chair, our first table, our first computer system...we feel like a winner...the experience can’t be expressed in words...Happily, we sit on our chair, switch on the system and next what??? A big blank and that very moment we realise we needed to learn other things too beside our regular curriculum.

Every office do have its significant work environment and no doubt they provide training according to their work culture but there are certain basic skills which every professionals should be equipped with to perform even better.

Befriend Keyboards

Do you know typing? This does sound trivial but is one of the most important skills to score high in office work. This era might be of smart touches and smart phones but Keyboard still enjoys its reputation at work place. Official communication needed to be typed and keyboard plays a significant role to execute the same. Moreover in office you have to meet the deadline too. To deliver your communication faster you need to type fast and to do that you need to learn typing. Hence its important to adept yourself with this basic skill.

Mail Drafting Skills

Many a times I come across mails from people who hold reputable positions and years of experiences in reputed organizations but their mails make me wonder-do they really hold such reputed positions? They certainly needed to know how to write and communicate. Remember, when you are working at any office you are always representing your organization. Your every attitude, your gestures reflect your organization and whenever you do something wrong and with imperfection it leaves a bad impression of your company only. Hence your communication, be it written or verbal, should always be perfect and measured and you should know how to start and how to end. What words to be used for what purpose? Your communication is always on behalf of your company not your personal. Never infuse your personal emotions, always keep it professional and learn the skill because it’s your responsibility to keep up and promote the reputation of your company. Better revise and recall all the letter writing classes you had in your school days.  

MS Office

MS Office- a great boon from Microsoft to execute office as well as personal task professionally.  Whether to develop proposals, maintain work records, prepare presentations -you must be skilled with this wonder office suite. MS word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel- the four basics will make you work faster and smarter.

Work Smart

It means meeting the deadline. Be punctual. Make it a habit to always check your mails, prepare daily work schedule, finish your daily assigned work on time and remain clutter free to start afresh the next day.

Work smart certainly doesn’t mean doing flattering and keeping your boss happy. Finish your work on time, help deliver the result on time and keep your boss as well as organization happy and flourishing.

Your Boss Your Mentor

As in our family and our personal lives our parents are our first teacher, similarly at our first work place our boss is our Mentor and first teacher. It is he only who introduces us to the work environment, acquaint us with various nuances of official work procedures and help us perform better. It is him only who gives us opportunities and allows us to grow professionally. Hence always follow its advice, ask his suggestions and allow him to guide you towards attainment of perfection and success in your professional path.

Follow The Rules

Never crib and complain.  Follow the rules of your organization and maintain the office work system. Just imagine if you run a company definitely you will expect your employees to follow your rules.

If you does feel that something needs to be changed and the change is beneficial for the company bring the same to the knowledge of the management formally, try to convince them by putting forth logical points and if your suggestions are accepted and implemented and prove to be beneficial for the company you will definitely get high regards both from your management as well as colleagues. Always go for logical discussion and proper communication instead of complaining.

Be Creative and Innovative

Always remember- your thoughts should never be borrowed it should be your own. You can quote the legends but you can’t take credit. Always bring fresh and innovative ideas. Creativity does not only confine to fine arts, designing etc. creativity is a formidable approach to perform your task better, differently and with an innovative appeal. If you are innovative and you have your own thought process and then only you will be able to develop and bring true identity not only to you but also to your work and your company and be a face in the crowd.

Learn The New

No one is perfect and no one can say that he or she knows everything. One should always be ready to learn new skills. And if your organization is ready to put you under some training go for it happily and learn obediently. Ignorance is not wrong but not allowing yourself to shun that ignorance and being in dun is wrong...not allowing yourself to learn the right is wrong. Keep imperfections at bay and allow streams of perfections enrich your way!

Last but not the least:

Wear Confidence and Be Positive- Success Will Always Smile Your Way!

Wish Your Desires, Dreams and Aspirations Receive New Countenance This New Year!

Happy Pundhal, Happy Jude Sheetal, Happy Bihu, Happy Poila Boishakh , Happy Pana Sankranti Happy Baisakhi!

Work SMart!  Enjoy SMart !

Happy New Year!