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Manage Your Workload
In a typical workday you will be bombarded by an endless list of tasks. When you’re new to the workforce, it’s hard to know how to get everything done while not making mistakes and keeping everyone happy. It’s hard enough just figuring out your assignments. First step: understand what tasks are urgent and important so you can prioritize correctly—and maintain your competence at every turn.
How to Define What’s Urgent
Urgency is something we’re all familiar with from school: the assignment with the nearest deadline is the most urgent; the assignment with the furthest deadline is the least urgent. This is true for the workplace as well, but urgency applies to more than just deadlines. In the workplace, urgency is defined ...
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