hey ambitious professionals it's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you to a career and life
you'll truly enjoy now if you are working from home which the majority of us are considering
this coronavirus pandemic that we're in you might be finding it hard to really showcase your value
to your boss to your manager to your co-workers because you're at home so today i want to share
with you my best tips on how you can shine as a remote employee and how you can showcase your
value even though you're working from home and you're not in the office so let's get started
as a career strategist i've been able to help numerous ambitious corporate professionals
just like you to land their dream job offers and if this is something that you're interested in i
will talk more about my coaching program as well as my online courses at the end of this video it's
really easy for you to feel like you're lost in the shuffle when you're having to work from home
and when everyone's working from home and you feel that because you're behind a screen and you don't
get to spend that face time with your manager with your co-workers that it's hard for you to
showcase your value and demonstrate how strong of an employee you are i get it this is a unique
situation that we're in and if you're someone who's used to going into an office environment
and now you're forced to work from home you're probably wondering how do i navigate how do i make
sure that i can demonstrate my value so these are my five best tips on how you can shine as a remote
employee while working from home my first tip is to do the work now this may sound self-explanatory
and obvious but you really do not want to give your boss your manager your co-workers any reason
to think that you're not doing anything when you're working at home you really want to make
sure that you stay on top of your assignments your tasks that you do a high quality job that you hand
them in by the deadline or better yet before the deadline to make sure that everyone feels good
that you're doing your job and you're working from home and that they don't have to worry about you
a lot of the time it is really easy to slack off and to leave things to the last minute
because no one's watching us or we feel that no one's watching us when we're working at home
and you really don't want to create that habit for yourself so do your job do a good job and make
sure that you hand in your work on time that's tip number one tip number two is to say more
than hi what this means is that you want to say more than just high in your morning meetings with
your manager or with your co-workers you want to schedule regular check-ins with your boss
with your manager and that means that you want to have a consistent time every week for example or
every two weeks where you are able to update your manager on what you've been working on how well
you've been doing and ask any questions or answer any questions that your manager may have for you
the reason why this is important is because it allows you that face time that you otherwise would
be missing because you're not in an office so you want to be proactive and ask for that facetime
meaning even if it's just a phone call that you have that 15 minutes to check in with your manager
inform them of what's been going on let them know that you're doing a great job and just making sure
that they feel good about you as an employee as their worker and that you're doing your job really
well tip number three when it comes to working from home is to make it obvious when i say make
it obvious i mean that you want to vocalize your achievements it is really easy when we're working
from home to have these accomplishments that we do and have them go completely missed and completely
under the radar because no one knows about it because we aren't saying anything about it
so what you have to do in those regular check-ins with your manager is to tell him or her what your
most recent achievement was let them know that maybe you reorganized the files in the folder or
perhaps you created a new template that saved every one time or you were able to identify a
cost saving that is going to help with the budget whatever it is that you're able to do you want to
mention it in your weekly or bi-weekly check-ins with your manager with your boss so that they are
aware of it and from there you want to track those achievements so that in your next performance
review you can remind your manager of what it is that you were able to accomplish over the
last little while tip number four is do not hide because you're working from home you might find
it really easy to do certain things certain things such as hiding behind an email hiding behind your
screen not turning your camera on when you're hiding you are essentially shutting yourself out
from being involved and being present with your co-workers with your manager and that does not
end well for you when it comes to a performance review for example where they feel that you just
weren't involved you weren't part of the team so stop hiding behind email if you can make
a phone call or you can actually have a video call with the person that you need to speak to
do that instead and when it comes to meetings show your face if that's what's being asked don't hide
and turn off your camera so it's really important to show your face put yourself
out there as much as possible just don't hide behind email don't hide behind your screen
because again that's going to play a role in your performance review and finally tip number five is
to learn video call etiquette there are some basic things that you need to realize when it comes to
going on video calls one thing is to make sure that when you are on a video call meeting that
you're not staring at something else don't stare at your phone and scroll through your phone
that's very obvious if you have your camera on that someone can see you and they're seeing
that you're not even paying attention really and you're looking at something else don't do
that also make sure that you put yourself on mute if you're not talking this is such a simple thing
to do but so many people forget to do it and it can be really unprofessional when they can hear
your dogs screaming barking in the background or your baby screaming in the background you really
want to make sure that you put yourself on mute unless you're talking there are just few simple
things i also have a video on how to look good on video calls that i have linked in the description
box down below so feel free to check that out but make sure that you learn some of the basics and
that you follow those also another tip here is if you're speaking and there happens to be noise in
your background apologize for it let everyone know i'm sorry something's happening right now it's
kind of loud let me move away and do what you need to do to get to a quiet space and then proceed
to talk people will completely understand because they're all in the same situation
as well so just make sure that you acknowledge it and don't try to talk through your meeting
while your dog is barking and pretending that he doesn't exist you want to acknowledge oh
that's my dog let me go to another room spend that five to ten seconds to move to another space and
people will understand and it shows that you are courteous and you're professional
so there you have it those are my five best tips on how to shine as a remote employee now if you
have been looking for a job for the last little while and you have not been successful and you
realize that you want one-on-one guidance from me then feel free to head on over to my website
lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through the page fill in the application form and from there
one of my team members will be reaching out to you directly otherwise if you want some free advice
i have my interview training workshop as well as my resume mastery workshop which are both free
so you can sign up on my website as well the links are in the description box down below
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