What are some things such as courses, certifications and etc that are free that people can do to make them a better employee?
What Are Some Free Things People Can Do to Make Themselves a More Attractive Employee?
Specificagent1 on 17/05/2021 - 17:35
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Tighter trousers.
Nobody cared about this in the old days… now everyone is obsessed to do more for nothing & learn more for less then it's worth.
Slap on more foreign work force and toilet paper worthy degrees and you've got yourself a nation of over skilled over educated over ambitious workers ready to learn it all, do it all while chasing the cheese that's not even in the cage anymore. Lol @ u
If you're interested in IT there are a number of near free certifications from Microsoft you can do, specifically the 900 series of training. They regularly run free webinars that include a days training and a code for the related exam (exams otherwise are about ~$100usd). They also hold events such as Ignite and have offers where you can complete a specific online training path and get a code for a free exam. Having a few of these fundamental certificates will definitely help you stand out in the IT world as someone willing to take the time to get Microsoft certified where most people will only have experience or tafe/uni qualifications.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/browse…
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Here I was hoping the thread would be about free things people can do to make themselves more attractive generally…
What physical attractiveness? You'll need to win the genetic lottery for that one. Or unload some money in body surgery giving you fake parts or replace faulty/broken/ugly parts… Dunno how they'll last compared to being natively born with it.
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Depends on your industry, but I guess a general one is, unless you're super bright or absorb a lot when you learn at work, one of the most important things is to learn more about whatever process, systems, tools you use for your work outside of it, read up about it.
Work more without getting paid…
Keep learning and building new skills.
Be resilient when the pressure is on.
Have a sense of humour.It's who you know, not what you know.
It ain't right, but it's the reality time and time again more so at big country wide or global companies.
Be attractive!
Some things I value in my employees are
1// Be truthful.
2// Be fair.
3// Be patient.do a first aid course
- Get a haircut,
- take a shower, and
- wear makeup and perfume.
Nice breath. No cologne
I'm in a pretty modern company where there the aim is to focus on things that add value, and the people we hire must believe in values related to positive teamwork.
I pretty much learn things from my team mates (above and below) & from my manager all the time. I have 1-on-1's with my manager which are super informal, and they tell me what things I could do better, and what things I did well - and I actively try and find reasons to 'action' the feedback. I also give feedback to my manager when I don't feel empowered to do something, or when something is holding me back to do something.
I have similar 1-on-1s with a junior to help them develop, which also working on my mentoring skills.So far all of these have been free, and make me a better team player -> this is pretty easy to spot in interviews (all the people at my level are expected to help with 1st round interviews and yeah we can spot other team players pretty easily).
It's pretty easy to understand why the focus on team work is important - in our field with lots of unknowns (i.e. mistakes will be made, research will be involved, proverbial crap will hit the fan): A team of people will handle any unexpected events well, and can can maintain more of a balance - people can go on leave when they want to.
I actually came into this job with little experience in the field, and my team has helped a lot to get me up to speed (with lots of studying outside of hours of course, and asking lots of stupid questions.).
Why you feel that way?
Huh?
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Get the jab a few times, wash your hands often with chemicals, wear two masks, rubber gloves and a face shield.