Tips on keeping a job

The points in this article are great ones -- they are from a book called Sink or Swim by Milo and Thuy Sindell.

One of the tips they mention that I think is most important after landing a job is:

Knowledge. This category is broad, basically covering all the things you need to know to do your job. One of my favorite bits of advice falls under this heading: Don't reinvent the wheel. Talk to your co-workers and find out how your predecessor did things, instead of trying to start from scratch on every little process. ``No matter what you are working on, odds are that others have walked a similar path. It will save you and your company time, money and effort if you can identify and build upon existing work and resources,'' they write.

It takes more than a suit to keep a job (Akron Beacon Journal)

We all know it's important to make a good impression at an interview. But what about the impression we make once we've landed the job?

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