I like to think I am a hard working employee - I used to be a student assistant where I work and they hired me full-time right before I graduated in 2011. I remember feeling incredibly happy and blessed at this opportunity and slightly guilty because I had a great, steady job just out of high school when all of my friends were stressing about moving home and finding a job! I am not one to take time off at the last minute, I never try to take the short-cuts around things, and let me tell you, I have a great response time for emails! If it is a lengthy request, I ALWAYS email the faculty or staff member to let them know I received the email and when to expect a completion email. Even though I don't get paid to do so, unless it is of urgent manner, I tend to read emails and respond to them after work hours / on the weekend. It is a personal decision to answer emails and I know that it does not go unnoticed in my work and I have been rewarded for it (i.e. not getting penalized for an extended lunch every once in awhile, being able to leave work early on some days). It makes me feel better knowing that by fulfilling these email requests, I am satisfying my colleagues and also not walking into work on a Monday to an email frenzy!
I try very hard to always be positive and not bring my personal life into my work life, which sometimes is harder than it seems! I am constantly perusing the Internet in my downtime reading up on the technology we use and the updates or new features coming out for it. I am also pretty involved on campus as I am the Wayne Cares - Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure co-chair for Wayne State University. This has given me so many opportunities and I have met so many incredible people because of it on campus. Being involved is really important to me and I found that it helped make me a better person to be able to give to others like that!
What do you bring to the table at work?
What do you bring to the table at work?
What do you bring to the table in your personal life?
Do you think these things make you an all around better person?
Krystal, congratulations on landing the full-time job right out of college :) I still work three part-time jobs, so I am hoping this masters degree will let me downsize to one!
ReplyDeleteI love how you mentioned that you reply to emails, even though it is not in your job expectations. As someone set to graduate in a week and thus applying for jobs relentlessly, I am always SO EXCITED when I receive an email (from a person and not a robot), which states that my application has been received and is in the process of review. I appreciate companies that go out of their way to at least contact you in situations like this, because I just spent 1-2 hours of my life applying to the job.