The New Year highlights a new beginning for your work.
Instead of fearing your New Year’s resolutions, view your goals as positives to help improve your lifestyle, especially in the workplace.
Credit Yourself
There are many learning curves that you will tackle at work, so it’s important to see this in a positive light. Understanding that everyone makes mistakes and not just you will encourage you to be easier on yourself and really enjoy your job.
Giving yourself credit will make you feel good, and your positive mood will reflect on the rest of the staff. Noticing when you do something successfully is a healthy mindset to have at work and will most likely lead to you being much more productive in your job.
If you struggle to give yourself credit, keep notes of your achievements and improvements so you can re-visit these areas in the future to boost your mindset and remind yourself that you can do it!
Set Personal Goals
It’s easy to get yourself down when you’re stuck in the same routine; this can also sometimes become boring and repetitive.
Setting yourself goals like trying to learn something new every week or month will allow you to develop and grow into your role. Your employer is likely to notice your learning journey; this will show you’re not only good at your job but that you’re passionate too.
Whether this is proactively learning on the job or undergoing research, it is a great way to progress up the ladder and get yourself noticed for a promotion.
Build Relationships with Colleagues
By regularly attending work meetings and events, you’ll continue to bond with your fellow staff members. This will not only make work a much more enjoyable atmosphere for you and them, but it is also proven to increase your productivity and quality of work.
Sustaining relationships with your colleagues will also show your great communication skills and possibly contribute to future promotions and credibility from your employer.
Lend an Ear
While it’s important to communicate with your colleagues, employers and customers, it is also important that you listen. This is how you pick up on ways to improve your work ethic and satisfy those around you in your work environment.
This could be constructive criticism or even a valuable complement, listening to either of these things will help you to successfully improve at your job.
Organisation is Key
There are bound to be days that are a lot busier than others which can be hard to keep track of.
Creating a physical to-do list or a weekly plan will help you to keep track of your priorities and manage how much you’re achieving day by day.
This will help you keep track of new tasks and work out the best ways to use your time effectively.
Maybe your New Year’s resolution is to finally go for that chef role that you’ve been longing after and with these tips and resolutions you’ll be on the right track. If you have any queries on applying for a new role, you can contact us to find out more about finding a chef role for you here.
