The best way to make you and your company stand out in a crowd is to exhibit time management skills that showcase your ability to handle crucial assignments and/or a large workload.
Be eActionary
One of the biggest drains of time is, interestingly enough, also one of the quickest ways to communicate in business today: electronic mail. Email first emerged in the late 1970s and was a part of everyday life by the 1990s. Its invention has allowed for the almost virtual elimination of other time-consuming, written ways that businesses communicate: “mail services, memos, and faxes, oh my!” This much quicker exchange of ideas, contracts, and proposals has also created a new type of traffic jam.
Set aside time early in your work day to read all new mail in your inbox, process the information received, and then act on it immediately. This eActionary approach will speed up the communication highway and move a current or pending clog along. With the vigorous onslaught of all things computer, a new approach to business, the green way, has been developing: going paperless, fewer keystrokes, and touching information only once.
Spend less time processing and exporting emailed information. Relay the information to the proper channels, act where necessary, and then, move on! It is easy and addicting to simply sit and scroll endlessly through an inbox, waiting for the next important email to drop in. Take control of your inbox and the time you devote to it.
Now granted, some emails will require more than one touch. When this is the case, create an eFolder or eList and move the item or task to be acted upon at a later time and then, schedule that time. Take advantage of the calendaring functionality of your email server and set reminders to complete tasks. Additionally, print as little as possible, the less paper to sift through, the better.
Consider a business twist to the old relationship adage of never go to bed angry, “Don’t leave the office until all email is read.” Habits take about two solid weeks to instill. Make being eActionary a habit: act quickly and move on. Establishing a daily routine is a giant step toward managing the time of which we never seem to have enough.
by rayannethorn
from Bonus Track by RT on recruitingblogs.com
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