How to Deal with bullying at work

How to Deal with bullying at work by Michael Cheary Unfortunately, for some of us bullying doesnt end in the school playground.Bullying at work, amongst grown adults, is a reality. And it’s a reality which, if not dealt with in the right way, can lead to serious difficulties for everyone involved.Many cases of workplace bullying go unreported or misunderstood and, as a victim, it can be hard to know where to turn.Here are some practical ways to identify if you or anyone you know is the victim of bullying at work, and how to deal with it.Are you being bullied at work?As any accusations you make are likely to be taken extremely seriously, the first thing is to ascertain whether you are actually being bullied.Being chastised for poor performance may sometimes be difficult to deal with, but as long as it’s done professionally, is unlikely to be classed as bullying.Identifying the difference between bullying and performance management can be difficult, especially if your role is goal-orientated or target-drive n. However, it’s important you consider this distinction before you decide to take your claims any further.What’s more, as bullying is almost always carried out on a repetitive basis, it’s important to ascertain whether your situation is the result of an isolated incident, or a prolonged episode of bullying.What is bullying in the workplace?Bullying at work comes in a variety of shapes and forms, and may be carried out at various levels.It could come from a manager, a supervisor, a co-worker or anyone else from around the organisation.Although this is by no means a comprehensive list, some examples of bullying in the workplace might include:Insults, rudeness or intentional embarrassmentSpreading rumours or stories about individualsExcluding and ignoring people or any other form of victimisationUnwarranted personal or professional criticismOverworkingMaking staff members perform demeaning, degrading or pointless tasksThreatening behaviourUnwanted sexual advances and harassmentP reventing promotion or other professional developmentIt is important to remember that, just as bullying can come in a variety of different forms, it can also be carried out in a variety of different ways which may not necessarily be limited to face-to-face communications.If you’re being bullied via e-mail, telephone, text message or any other type of written or verbal communication, its no less serious.Effects of bullying at workBullying can have a number of negative consequences for the victims, having a significant effect on both their professional and personal lives.Aside from the obvious loss of motivation at work, it can also lead to anxiousness, sleeplessness, loss of self-confidence and other self-esteem issues.For example, victims of regular bullying often find it difficult to maintain concentration, making it hard for them to cope with daily tasks and continue working effectively.Bullying can also lead to a deterioration in health, mental illness, stress and depression, a ll of which can lead to extended periods of absence, which could have serious repercussions for an employer’s business.To put it simply, if not dealt with properly, bullying has the potential to cause serious damage to all aspects of your life including your career.Excuses for bullyingWhatever their position and your relationship with them, workplace bullies may attempt to justify their behaviour, and convince you that any wrongdoing or victimisation is simply a misunderstanding.Sometimes their superiors, other members of staff and co-workers may also try and explain their actions. Common excuses include:They’re under a lot of pressure to get resultsThey’re ‘just passionate’They’re firm, but fairThey’re ‘just not that sort of person’Perhaps even worse than these excuses, a bully’s actions can sometimes be ignored because of their position within the business. If someone is seen as indispensable to an organisation, they may be allowed to act in any way they choos e, with other members of staff fearful of repercussions if they are brave enough to speak up.Always remember that, despite what anyone says, excuses like these do not vindicate the actions of a bully. Bullying is always inexcusable, regardless of the instigator.If you feel you’re the victim of bullying, it’s time to take action.What can I do?Talk to the bullyThe first thing to try to do is talk to the guilty party.The person in question may not have realised how badly you’ve reacted to their behaviour and the complaint might not have to go any further.If you don’t feel comfortable approaching them alone, ask a colleague to come with you and act as a mediator. Although this won’t always be enough to change their behaviour, a large number of workplace issues can be resolved informally, and needn’t be taken any further.Talk to the right peopleIf talking to the bully isn’t an option, then find the right people to take your complaint to.Ask to speak to your line manager or someone from your employer’s Human Resources department.Explain how the issue is causing you to feel unmotivated and affecting your performance in the workplace. Discussing the issue with other people will not only mean the issue gets resolved more quickly, but it can also be extremely comforting and cathartic.Seek formal help If it’s got to the point where no-one else will listen, then you could take the matter further by seeking external assistance.A good place to start is ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service). Their main aim is to improve working life through better employment relations and they offer free and impartial advice on the subject.Advice can also be sought from the Citizens Advice Bureau, and many other independent bodies. However, following more formal procedures may only exacerbate the situation, and this option should only ever be used as a last resort.For more information on who to speak to, visit the directgov website.Stay calm, stay profession alHowever you decide to deal with the situation, it’s always important to stay calm.Although it’s often easier said than done, letting the bully see that they’re getting to you may make the situation worse. Try to remain as rational and professional as possible, and take the right steps to find a resolution.If you do think you’re being bullied, don’t suffer in silence and don’t wait too long to speak up.Remember: Nobody deserves to be a victim.Still searching for your perfect position? 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How to Know When To Quit Your Day Job (PODCAST) - Classy Career Girl

How to Know When To Quit Your Day Job (PODCAST) Many years ago my husband and got married and drowned ourselves in debt. Its something I am not proud of but what I am proud of is that we got out of debt, decreased our expenses and somehow were able to both quit our jobs to pursue our career and business goals. This did not happen overnight. Today I am going to walk you through some of the beginning budgeting basics we learned in order to decide whether we could quit our day jobs and actually make a living with our business. So if you are considering quitting your day job and doing your starting your own business, this episode is for you! How to Know When To Quit Your Day Job Subscribe  on  your favorite platform below: iTunes Google Play Music Stitcher Radio TuneIn iHeartRadio Sound Cloud What You’ll Learn: Take care of your money and it will take care of you. Get on a budget and work to get out of debt.  The more you track coming in and out the more you will receive. Don’t ignore your current financial situation. 1)  Take inventory of where you are at right now. Look at what you are currently bringing home at your day job and what your current monthly expenses are. 2)  What expenses you can cut right now that  you don’t really need.  Eventually, you want to invest your money back into your business so decrease as many expenses as you can in our personal life. 3)  What do you need to make in your business in order for you to quit your day job? 4)  How much money do you currently have saved? Can you save up at least 3-6 months of savings to lean on when you quit your day job? You may also like these episodes: 3 Fundamental Myths About Balancing Work and Life How to Find Your Passion and Purpose Lets face it, budgeting and managing your money is tough, especially if you are a new business owner. Thats why I created the The Insanely Simple Budgeting and Forecasting Template For Small Business Owners that I use every month to plan out my budget and expenses in my business. You can grab it now by going to https://www.classycareergirl.com/moneytemplate

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Yahooooooo! I have a new column debuting on Yahoo! Finance today. Im very excited. Yahoo contacted me in November, right after I moved to Madison. And right after I signed the contract, they were all about the head shot. This makes sense. Yahoo wants everyone to look good. Totally reasonable. If nothing else, theres the fact that good looking people are more successful at work than ugly people. (Thanks, Jordyn) So anyway, I sent Yahoo the photo you see here, on the sidebar. And they were not impressed. In case you dont know the seriousness that is Yahoo! Finance, you can look at the headshots of the other columnists and see that my photo would have looked really unprofessional. Probably because it is: My aunt took it of me and my cousin, at a party, eight years ago. So its not just kind of old, I also had to chop the photo up to get rid of the party and my cousin. But I really love the photo. Please notice my eyebrows. Theyre perfect. This photo is from the time in my life when the only responsibilities I had in the world were to run my company, please my venture capital firm, and look hot enough to find someone to marry. My eyebrows were always meticulous. Yahoo insisted on a new photo. I immediately went into panic mode, worrying that I wouldnt get one I liked. I do know a thing or two about head shots. I had one taken in New York City when I was writing a column for Business 2.0 magazine. Heres what happened: I gave birth on a Friday and they demanded that I take a photo on the following Wednesday. I said, No. Forget it. I am too fat. I said, Run an illustration of me until I lose the weight. They still said no. So I capitulated. The night before the photo session I was up nonstop with the baby, but at 8 a.m., I went, baby in tow, because I had just read about how reliable people are reliable all the time and I wanted to be one of those people. I went without showering, I brought one, black, dirty shirt, and I had not slept well for weeks. I walked into the room and there were seven people there to take care of all the stuff I needed: hair, makeup, they brought clothes for me, they had a caterer; it was amazing. There was a person in charge of making wind blow my hair. And the photos were incredible. No one would ever know how crappy I looked. So when Yahoo said I needed another photo, I knew I wanted another miracle-working photographer, but I knew there would be no one in Madison who specializes in wind for hair. I became a lunatic. Thank god I had signed the contract already because I was literally calling my contact at Yahoo three or four times a day stressing about how to do a photograph in Madison. Or Chicago. Tech columnist Eric Benderoff writes in the Chicago Tribune about how online photos are the new self-portrait and a form of digital self-expression, and how people judge you as soon as they see the photo. All stuff that made me a wreck about scheduling the photo for my head shot. But at the end of that article theres a quote from a photographer who says, If you portray yourself with honesty, people will respond to that. That sounds true to me. And you know what? I had the pictures taken in Madison. There was no wind and no catering, and I brought my own clothes. But I really like the result: Check out the new, Madison me.

Professionalism And Dedication Dont Depend On Your Salary - Learnt On The Streets Of Mumbai

Professionalism And Dedication Dont Depend On Your Salary - Learnt On The Streets Of Mumbai I often watch a lot of part-timers work quite unprofessionally and not being dedicated to their work. Ive even asked some of my friends why they are unprofessional to their work whether that is dressing shabbily or not being dedicated to finishing something they promised they would finish and the answer I usually get is that they dont get paid enough; if they were paid above the minimum wage, they would put more effort into their work. The case is not different when considering those in full-time employment, either. Even professionals I know who earn what one would call a good salary (for the brains they have at least) are unprofessional and not dedicated sometimes. When I lived in Mumbai I was doing an internship with a friend, he was my best mate. We were getting work experience for about £120 a month. We earned about £3 a day. I spent £1.20 on travel a day, as did he. I wasnt always as professional as I am today, if I may claim to be professional ?? But looking at my best mate, I learnt from the streets of Mumbai what no book could teach me. My best mate had lost his father at a young age. Whilst doing his final year at college, he lost his mum. He was kicked out of the home that he was living in, as he didnt have the government privilege to live in there. He was on his own. For a year I didnt know where he was; he spent about a year in his village, giving up his studies, giving up the work experience and going away without a word. And then suddenly out of no-where he appeared again. He completed his final year and finished his work experience. The guy was crazy enough to complete what he had started. I asked him why he was being a fool why not just get a job and move on from there. And he answered that he had to honour the commitment to finish off his college. And the work experience, even though only provided £3/day was worth doing for the future. The guy was an orphan, lived with his friends family till domestic fights forced him to spend a night or two at the train station before a different family took him in for a few days. In this circle of grave injustice he remained professional. From him and from his experience on the streets of Mumbai I learnt that, in the face of grave injustice or trouble, you have to be professional and dedicated to your work. It doesnt matter how your personal life is; being professional doesnt mean you have to earn hundreds of thousands of poundsBeing professional is a choice you make, a choice that defines you. It shouldnt matter whether you earn £3 or £30,000. So think about this guy somewhere on the streets of Mumbai, being professional whilst earning no more than £5 a day, so you have no reason to let down your work. If any of you are wondering, I am not in contact with him. He doesnt have a permanent address and his mobile number changed a couple of years ago. When I see him next he is due a punch, but until then his experience serves a reminder that professionalism doesnt depend on your salary. It depends on you. 28

6 Things That Kill Your Productivity at Work (And Steal Your Time) - CareerMetis.com

6 Things That Kill Your Productivity at Work (And Steal Your Time) It’s logical that when you come to work, you want to do some actual work. You want to accomplish something, and you want your boss to see your productivity and dedication.Have you ever given a thought on how are you spending your time at work? How much of that time are you doing the actual job? You may be wasting your precious time without even realizing it.There are silent killers of productivity, and there are some obvious ones. But you might not be aware of half of the things you do. Here are six things that steal your time at work the most.Source:Salesforce.com1. Replying to emailsevalevalEmails are undeniably out of great importance when it comes to business communication. We are swamped with emails daily, but the thing is not all of them are THAT important.When summed up, the time we spend responding to emails is shocking. That’s the way people like to start their workday. But what they do is postpone the real work that they should be doing.The thing you could do to help yo u avoid finding yourself in a loop of responding to thousands of emails is to flag those that are most important, so you know that those are your priority, and you won’t waste your time reading all the others.Other, not-so-important emails can wait until you have some spare time.2. CellphoneThe number of times people check their phones is shamefully high. Leaving your phone on silent sometimes isn’t enough, because you still hear that buzz.And then your curiosity just won’t let you be, and you need to go and check it out. And if you haven’t heard any buzzing sounds, you still need to check just in case someone important has reached out.What you need to do is schedule a particular time you’re going to look at your phone, and stick to the plan. Limit yourself the similar way you did with your emails, respond only to the most important texts and calls.evalTo be productive, you must prioritize almost everything, including people that text and call you.3. Chit-ChattingYou may b e one of the lucky ones with great co-workers whose company you genuinely enjoy. Or maybe there’s just that one co-worker that’s a close friend as well. That’s great; it makes your job ten times better.However, know when’s the time to hang out and when’s the time to do some actual work.The time to hang out is never in the office. The only exception is when you’re on a break. But don’t make your trips to the water cooler trip-to-Mordor long. You’re there to get water, not to tell your life story.evalIf you want to hang with your buddies from work, ask them to go for a drink after work.4. ClocksIf you are obsessing about time, it will kill your productivity without a doubt. Measuring how much time you have left to finish your assignment or how long until the break- you’re not going to get very productive.You need to focus on your task, instead of obsessing about how much time you have for doing it.Planning your day will be a much more efficient way to deal with this problem. Think ahead about the tasks you should be doing for that day, and stick to your schedule.You know the approximate time it takes to do a specific job. If you plan your day, you won’t have that much free time to think about the time. Keep yourself busy and focused.eval5. MultitaskingSure, multi-tasking looks excellent on paper, but that’s about it. You might think you’re doing several things at once, but you’re wasting time.It is not possible to be equally productive doing four things at once as you would be if you were doing one at a time. It will take you three times more time to do a task than it would regularly.When doing several things at once you’re tricked into thinking you’re super productive, but you will do a mediocre job, and it will take you more time. And again, proper organization is the key.If you organize your tasks, you won’t have to do several things at once. That way, everyone can have your undivided attention, and you will do a much better jo b.6. The InternetevalThe Internet, oh. A land filled with wonders. As it can be our friend in numerous situations, it can also be our frenemy. You can find a bunch of useful information there, but the Internet is chock-full of material that will distract you from the actual work.From social media, YouTube, exciting articles, to quizzes about which kind of bread represents your business style.It is easy to get sucked in the loop. You promised yourself to start with work just after you check your Facebook and Twitter. Two hours later, you haven’t even started, and you’re laughing at memes about a corporal world and crying to a YouTube video of a gorilla cuddling up to a man and his wife.You need to have strict boundaries when it comes to browsing through the web. It’s very likely that you’ll have to use it for work, but don’t let yourself get sucked into the black hole. And it is so easy to get there. So, so easy.So now you have six things that are the biggest culprits when it comes to wasting time at work. You want to be efficient and to make your time at work count.evalIt is simple to get sidetracked; this is why you need some extra planning and extra discipline not to let yourself fall into your trap.Effective organization and some self-discipline are essential. If you don’t think that those are your strong points, don’t fall into desperation. With some time and practice, anyone can become better at it. It does take some time to adjust, but once you do, it gets 100 percent better.

What is so different about video interviews - CareerAlley

What is so different about video â€" interviews - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Face to face interviews have been the preferred selecting tool for recruiting employees but this is gradually changing as video conferencing technology is advancing rapidly. Using this easy to use technology, employees can be recruited overseas in various parts of the world, which allows companies to broaden their employee pool in a globally competitive world. Video interviews take up far less resources as far as money, time, people and environmental impact is concerned. Large time zone differences between locations are a big challenge, and videoconferencing provides the solution. Most of the college career centres these days train students to prepare for videoconference interviews as well as face-to-face ones. Unlike telephone-interviews, which are far more economical in terms of resources during the process of recruiting, very few companies actually hire just on the basis of these interviews. Nonverbal cues like body language, eye contact and gestures that can influence a persons perception are very important to assess, which is simply not possible on the telephone. There isnt much difference between preparing for a normal and a video interview. In both, you have dress appropriately, show up on time, do plenty of homework on the particular job and the organisation, and present yourself confidently. In almost every way, a videoconference interview is weighted the same as a face-to-face meeting. Nonetheless, it is still man-made technology that we are relying on and differs from an in-person meeting on the most fundamental level. The few technological hindrances that may come in your way include: There is a good chance that a synchronisation problem of some sort could occur. Either of the two parties could have a slow connection speed, because of which the speakers voice and the facial expressions could rarely go off. You must prepare yourself for that, and not get irritated or nervous. If there is a video or audio problem, dont hesitate to speak up. As an applicant, a technological glitch will not be held against your case. Contrary to an in-person interview, you may want to minimise your body and hand movements on a video interview. Rapid movements sometimes look jerky on the video screen. Make sure you look into the camera when answering questions, and not on the person in the screen. Consider the camera your interviewer and speak normally as in a conversation. Keep your head up, and dont forget to smile occasionally. The dress code varies slightly for normal and video interviews. When videoconferencing, trying to avoid white shirt or white jacket, plaid and striped patterns since some cameras have trouble focusing on light coloured clothing. Also, some video monitors form fluctuating patterns on the screen when broadcasting striped patterns. Instead, solid colours should be worn. Dont get too involved in presenting yourself perfectly on the video screen. Make sure you leave a good impression about your goals and achievements, rather than focus entirely on technology the whole time. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Visit me on Facebook

Why Does Indeed Write My Resume?

Why Does Indeed Write My Resume?Indeed is a service that will review your resume and tell you if it is good or not. This is how they pick their best writers. Indeed, an internet company that sells resume writing services will give you a small percentage of commission from each job that you get done. These authors will have various qualifications.They are sure to provide you with the best job for you. You should know that this service will help you get a good-paying job in your field of choice.Sure, they will offer you the service of writing your resume online. You will need to fill in a free form. You will be given an outline of your abilities and any skills that are related to your desired job.This service has a professional resume writing service that is well-known in the industry. It is also available on its website and even on other sites. If you want a job, you can find a possibility to get it.Sure, writing your resume online is very simple and straightforward. Moreover, there i s no need to spend money on college courses to learn a skill.Sure, they will write you a resume for your job. Actually, it will be very similar to what they would write for your previous job. Therefore, the work that you do there will be your resume, so to speak.Sure, they will try to weed out those who don't meet their qualifications. They will check out whether the resumes submitted are for your preferred job or not. If they are, they will try to match you up with the one who is best qualified for you.Sure, it may take some time, but the services of the Indeed Resume Writing Service will ensure that you will get a well-qualified, work-ready resume. After all, the most important part of getting a job is your resume.