This month we are doing an extra quick tips series on how to add value at work. You are not limited by your job description. By “adding value” you can help your company meet their goals as well as also advancing your own career. Adding value to your role, your team, your boss and your company should form part of your goals/objectives to help you meet your career goals. It can improve your reputation, boost your chances of promotion, and from a personal perspective increase your job satisfaction.
Throughout this series, we will be doing a round-up of different ways that you can add value and how your career journal can help you plan and take action.
Invest in yourself and keep your technical skills up to date
Keeping your skillset up to date makes you more valuable to your employer and your company. Keep your qualifications and technical training up to date, and look to continue to add more technical skills to your skillset.
Invest in yourself and continue to improve your soft skills
It is also important to continue to improve your soft skills. For example your communication skills. Well-developed skillset will benefit both you and your employer and help make you a more valuable asset.
Therefore it is important to continue to improve your skillset as a whole and work on one goal or skill at a time.
Use your career journal to keep a record of how you have gone above and beyond what is asked of you and how you have developed your skills. Being able to explain how you have added value to a company, with examples, will stand you in good stead when it comes to negotiating a pay rise or promotion.