TIPS TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY WITH PEOPLE OLDER THAN YOU

TIPS TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY WITH PEOPLE OLDER THAN YOU

If your parents were so cruel to drag you to places you never wished to go during your child hood, you probably remember the inescapable discomfort. The adult, in your work places send cold fears in your ways. They, in high-pitched voices, asked what grade you were in, while the people who hated children sent cold stares your way. You didn’t belong there and it showed.
Fast forward a decade or so. You are wearing your new suit and sporting your best smile. It’s the first day of your new post-graduation job and you’re meeting your new co-workers. You hear the same question and receive the same icy stares.
The work place is getting older as older workers are waiting longer to retire; therefore, there’s a good chance your first job out of school will be filled with colleagues who are several years, or decades, older than you. While most people will be glad to have you on their team, not everyone will welcome you with open arms. However, unlike that 8:00am mathematics class you admirably signed up for but quickly dropped, you need to stick with this job. So how do you convince your co-workers that you belong on the team when you’re the youngest worker in your workplace?

FIND YOUR PLACE:
Part of establishing your role on a team in your work place comes with understanding what you can learn from others and what you can offer them.
“While it is important to be knowledgeable, it is more to understand your status,” advised Tina Hamilton, president and CEO of hire vision group, a human resources firm. If you show a willingness to learn more about your position and company, others will be eager to assist you. Most will be pleased to do so and as such will look at you in a positive light - - - if you are inexperienced and attempt to act otherwise, you risk coming across as difficult to work with or immature.
So if you aren’t experienced, how you give back anything to the team?
Simple: use the knowledge you already have. Oha Ben is the youngest person in his auditing agency, and he realizes that his age can be an asset. “Many employers value the new techniques and information you know because you are younger and know a young audience. Make sure you use your age to your advantage. This is especially true with my knowledge of teamwork and other social networking websites. Don’t throw caution in the wind. That you are a youth does not automatically make you an authority on cutting edge technologies like social networking and new media. Avoid arrogance and ageism by assuming anyone over 40years of age has no clue what social networking sites and the current happening in technology are. Always offer your view on any subject matter as a member of the teem, not as the only person at the table whose opinion counts.

BE DEDICATED TO YOUR WORK:
You may not know how to do many things as a beginner, but be dedicated to doing the ones you can do first. You might not become the office darling in a day, but good work will earn you the reputation of a dependable and a hard worker. Earn respect by putting in all effort into your work. It is only through hard work that you can prove to your co-workers that you actually deserve to be there. When your dedication makes you to be the first one in, last one out, it will make you not to be popular, but each time they had to make sure something got done right and in true, you will be the first choice to be considered.



MAINTAIN GOOD COMMUNICATION:
Speak clearly, intelligently and authoritatively. Make sure to consistently use standard business and workplace vocabulary, not buzzwords or cliché, use amour street boys.

DON’T SHY AWAY FROM PROBLEM:
Participate in problem solving and brainstorming. You will only be remembered for two things; the problem you solved and ones you created. Participating positively in problem solving will boost you profile and give you a face-lift. Take steps to consistently offer fresh ideas, perspectives and solutions that can resolve specific problems or situations that will prove that young associated are experienced, insightful and initiative takers. Never you hesitate in doing what will positively make you just a little bit more invincible.

DRESS THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT TO BE ADDRESSED:
The way you dress speaks volume about you. There is no way a supervisor or senior executive will take an employee seriously if he or she is not attired appropriately. Revealing on casual attire indicates a lack of respect--- for oneself and for the organization, and a lack of judgment, neither of which will get an employee anywhere. Be respectful. Dress respectful and you will enjoy a positive work environment among older and senior staffs.

Sincerely Yours
Edward freedom
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PRINCIPLES FOR NAVIGATING WAY YOUR OUT OF UNEMPLOYEMENT

There are universal principles that can help you manage any problem, including the problems of unemployment that seems to defy all solutions. Every living human being has problems. You do too. Learn how to manage them.

PRINCIPLE NO 1: Put your problem in write perspective. Many people could not overcome their problems today, not because they don’t have what it takes to outsmart the problem; but because their perspective about the said problem(s) is wrong. This is a major case with unemployment. Below are the wrong perspectives we can have about our problem which may stop us from overcoming them.
Þ Do not underestimate your unemployment problem. This is trying to beat the seriousness of your problem down.