Career: 3 bad habits that will keep you from getting a job
Created: 06/21/2022, 17:32
By: Andrea Stettner
At work, habits like to creep in that prevent you from career advancement.
Anyone who recognizes them is already a big step further.
Everyone has their
bad habits
, be it in a partnership, among friends or at work.
We don't even notice many of them, which complicates things precisely when we're keeping an eye on a better position.
Because certain habits can cause lasting damage to your career opportunities.
You should therefore discard the following habits as soon as possible.
Restraint is rarely required when it comes to promoting one's own career in the company.
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3 bad habits that are holding you back from a career
You criticize the boss:
Of course, not everyone always agrees with their manager, be it because of their management style or the tasks they have been assigned.
But if you constantly openly argue with your boss, this can have negative consequences
have for your career.
US careers expert Sylvia Hepler agrees: "If you behave like this, you shouldn't expect a promotion.
Or even just believe that you will stay with the company for a long time,” she reveals to
BusinessInsider
magazine .
Instead, try to collect bonus points from the boss through good communication.
You keep complaining:
It can be just as fatal if you nag:
"Instead of constantly bitching about company policy, procedures, or other people, accept what you cannot change or make constructive suggestions to improve the situation," Hepler continued.
The job requires personalities who
look for solutions
instead of concentrating on problems.
Don't trust yourself:
Women in particular tend to downplay their achievements or have little confidence in themselves.
The reason for self-doubt often lies in old beliefs from childhood.
For example, if the maxim "Be perfect!" always applied, we think that we are only okay if we succeed in everything.
But perfection is almost impossible.
In an interview with the magazine
Emotion.de
, business coach Andrea Huss advises internalizing a new sentence instead, to put burgeoning self-doubt in its place, such as: "80 percent is good enough." Then stand up for yourself and yours Career soon no longer in the way.
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By the way, anyone who would like to climb the ladder and fish for a managerial position should above all rely on good relationships with their colleagues and networking.
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