“I was pleased to hear that your department has a system of tracking…”, “that you’re going to expand”, “that you interface with…”. Write about what you learned in the interview. With luck you’ll be back for second interview before the snail mail letter would have arrived – Less Is More. “Thank you so much for meeting me I really appreciate it”, “Thank you for your time”, “Thank you for being so generous with your time”, “Thank you for the time you to took to explain to me…”.Īs for the rest of the letter - and these days, that usually means an email. What do you say instead? There are different ways to say the same thing…I mean, it WAS good of the interviewer, who will indeed probably be very busy, to give you some time to explain the job and listen to you. Ok, that’s my harrumph grumble harrumph over. Actually, if I had ten dollars for every time I’ve read it in a thank you letter/email, I’d be sunning myself on a beach, not listening, for example, to the sounds of the OWS, Occupy Wall Street, protesters who were noisily marching past the building as I first wrote this blog a couple of years ago. Whatsoever. Remember, this blog on the Merit website is called “Margaret says” and this is one of those times when Margaret says and isn’t going to listen to any “Yes, but what if”s"…Please don’t ever use it. It is such a cliché, there is no excuse for using it ever under any circumstances. Busy season or not, getting a handle on time management is the key to your professional success.If I see that phrase “time out of your busy schedule” one more time in a thank you letter to potential employers, I shall SPIT. Your busy schedule doesn’t have to stress you out. Use the tools you have, plus a few new ones, and lighten your load. But you can definitely help push things along if you have some good music or encouraging words nearby.Īdjusting how you manage your time doesn’t have to be a chore. We all have moments when motivation is lacking. Have a shortlist of your favorite quotes, songs, podcasts, or TedTalks that can get you back into the groove of things. Spreading yourself too thin will only limit the quality of your work. So reschedule that meeting, delegate that other task, or just say no. You still can’t be in two places at once. Even though you are in high demand, stop double and triple booking yourself. And you are important, but learn to create boundaries and say no. See if someone else can support you in accomplishing them. Make a list of tasks you don’t have to complete by yourself or by a deadline. It might be a challenge, but try to move the smaller things off your plate. You could also achieve this with an Apple Watch. So an accountability partner will naturally make sure that you will stop, take a breath, eat a snack, etc. Oftentimes, we laser-focus on a project and forget to do simple things like eat. It’s the person who knows your schedule the best, might also be the best person to remind you when you are in too deep. This could be your coworker, spouse, or best friend. You’ll find that the level of your productivity will increase when you pick the right time to work. Are you a morning or an afternoon person? Or just an “after I have my coffee” person? Choose the tasks that will take the most brainpower for the time when you have the most energy. So let’s now focus on the 5 tools you might not be using. Regardless of when the busy season comes, do you feel prepared to handle it? Or are you overwhelmed and scrambling? If you’re like me, it is possible that you already use tools such as a planner, calendar, and alarms and are organized with clear goals set. Others of us find ourselves under time constraints during certain seasons – slow in the summer but busy in the fall. Some of us find ourselves swamped at the end of the calendar year or the end of the fiscal year (which might be different). A busy season can happen at any time of year. Managing your time might already be a challenge on an average day, but during your professional busy season, wow. Restructuring our lives to help manage all of these areas has been the key to survival, and one of the main ways to be successful is good time management. And for those of us with multiple responsibilities (i.e., work, home school, co-parenting, etc.), we have really been thrown into the fire. This busy year has helped us refocus on so many things.
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