20 Useful Tips to Keep Your Job

How do you look after yourself when what you often hear nowadays are financial crisis, retrenchment, pay-cut, and bankruptcy? Check out the following tips to hold your position in the company:


1. Self-confidence: You know your self-worth, your expertise, and your contributions to the company. You are aware that you can do things better than others and people respect you for that.

2. Consider other people’s points of view: When you offer a suggestion think about the repercussions for others. Your ideas will always be acceptable when you take into consideration others.

3. Keep your promises: Always under promised and over delivered. Be a trusted person and always deliver on time.

4. You have a bright idea: Write it down and carry it out. Just do it. An idea is useless without acting on it

5. Lifelong learning: Keep yourself up-to-date by continuous learning. The extra knowledge could be a competitive edge over other staff.

6. Accept the challenge: When you are given a new assignment, accept it, and do your best. Your boss is observing you. If you can make it you will be promoted

7. Do more: Surprise your boss such as giving him the extra valuable information in your routine reports.

8. Be an expert in your own field: It does not matter what position you hold in the company, be the best in your area of expertise.

9. Keep improving yourself: Do not be complacent. Adopt a learning attitude, be curious, and be alert to new ideas.

10. Manage your boss well: Able to understand his needs, his worries, and his expectations and offer him some bright ideas. Be proactive and don’t just be an order taker.

11. Be a solution provider: When there is a problem do not throw it at your boss. Play an active role and come up with a solution to the problem. Your initiative will be valued by the boss.

12. Building better people skills: Respect others and keep your promises. Go to other staff and speak to them. Be humble and be friendly.

13. Improve working efficiency: Efficiency at the workplace means getting things done in less time and able to do more. Always think of ways to do things with less cost and create higher value.

14. Smile: Always wear a smile. When you smile at the people you meet, you are giving a positive impression to them and they feel good about it.

15. A balanced life: Don’t bring your work home. Look after the family just like you look after your job. A happy home life means you will go to work with a peaceful mind. and 100% undivided attention

16. Active networking: Always be in touch with your colleagues after working hours. You never know when you will need their help. Don’t call them only after you get retrenched. Be in the good book of those people who are capable of deciding your future in the company.

17. Play your part to look after the company: Help to achieve the company’s goals. You may be just a supervisor but you can play your role and contribute towards the aims of the company. Think of ways to improve the image of the company, cut down expenses, or boost sales. When you look after the company you look after yourself.

18. Maintain your health and fitness: Your energy and your youthfulness are derived from your daily exercise. Physical activities such as jogging and swimming give calmness to your mind and you are able to concentrate better at work

19. Your personal brand: Project an image to others that you care a lot about yourself and you have a positive image of yourself by dressing smartly and appropriately.

20. Respond positively: When there is a pay-cut, accept it gracefully. Do not complain about it. Do your work as usual. Your positive attitude will be noticed and appreciated by your boss. Continue to contribute. The company survives and you also survive.


A successful career is a continuous process of improving and upgrading oneself. Do not slack off and the chances are that you will be more than capable of keeping your job.