JOB ADVICE

Now I know all you college graduates have heard just about all the speeches and been given all the advice you can stand. You got your degree and now you wanta job. You want to start making money.Well, I won’t bore you with yet another speech.  However I do have some advice about jobs and working that I’d like to pass along to you if you would indulge me for just the time it takes to read this column.My first piece of advice is this. If you haven’t already learned the importance of being on time, you will now because time will become a serious factor when and if you get your first job. With every job there is the responsibility of being on time. Being on time means, if work starts at 7:00 a.m.; you should be at work and ready to work at 7:00 a.m. This is something that more of us adults should follow, but I digress.  For many employers time is money and money is time and they won’t stand for you to waste either one. So be on time. Here’s my second piece of advice.  Learn how to manage your money. More often than not when we’re young we fail to master the concept of money management early enough, (yours truly included) and we sometimes pay for our mismanagement later in life. One thing to keep in mind when trying to manage your money is this, never spend more than you are earning. If you start spending more than you are earning, then you are already on the road to poor money management, not to mention financial disaster. Making money is good, managing the money you’remaking is better. And last but not least, learn to manage relationships.  In other words, learn how to get along with the people you will  be working for and with.  Now this doesn’t mean you have to be a “suck up” to the boss or not have and voice an opinion or give up your values. It simply means that where ever you work you will more likely than not find that there will be people who are hard to get alongwith both those in charge and those who think they’re in charge. But you will have to work with both kinds. Find a way to manage a “working relationship” with these people. Why? Because they may not need you outside of work and you may not need hem, but you need the job. Find a way to deal with them.So there you have it, some simple advice and it really didn’t take that long for me to give it to you.Be responsible when it come to a job and being on time. Learn to manage your money when you get a job. Learn to how to get along with the people you will be working for and with.As a graduate I’m sure your thoughts are of being independent. Being free to make money and your own decisions. Not having your parents (or someone like me) telling you what to .  I can understand that, that’s why I gave you the advice I just gave you, it may help you keep a job which in turn may help you to become and to remain independent.