Tips to Get Organised for 2013

Sort Your E-mails

Our inboxes are full to bursting at times and a new year is a good time to have a good clear out and file the important ones.  This can be a tedious job but you’ll feel much better and have a clean slate to start again and sort things as you go along.

Have a Tidy Up!

I know you’ve have probably heard the ‘new year, new you’ phrase before, but why not consider using it in terms of your work? Clearing out any clutter and junk will help to clear you mind and will hopefully make you feel more organised in the New Year.

Keep your desk tidy, try to just have on your desk the papers you need for the project you are working on.

Take Time to Think

Try to spare an afternoon during the week to reassessing your career and its progress. Are you likely to get a promotion in the near future? Are you happy there? Is the commute taking its toll on your salary?  There may be many questions that you have wanted to sit down and ask yourself so write them down and think about how you can develop your career prospects.  Also, take time to plan your workload from week to week.  Spend half an hour at the end of each week to plan your next weeks work so you’re ready for it all to begin again the following Monday!

Focus and Finishing Existing Projects

We are very often juggling a number of projects.  We start off with good intentions but have to break off to work on something else that is nearing the deadline.  Try to make sure you finish off any existing projects so you can start afresh on the next job knowing you don’t have to worry about the loose ends of the previous one or two jobs you didn’t get to complete.

Update your Online Profiles

Check out all your online profiles and make sure they are all up to date. Before heading back to the office in the New Year, why not reflect on the experiences you have had and the skills you have gained over the past year. Update your LinkedIn and any other profiles to ensure that all of your current skills and capabilities are highlighted.