The Office Survivor

using agile and scrum the correct way

Agile and scrum are the new methods every company want to have on one side, but on the other not all of them know how to use it correctly. In this article I'm going to give my 2 cents regarding what can went wrong and how it should be taken into consideration if you planning [...]

how to get ready for a job interview

The time has come (once again) and you starts to look for a new job….as this step requires your skills as office survivor as you have to use your brain in order to "vanish" from work and in order to get the answers you want and most chances the interviewer don't want to tell you.
This [...]

How to handle angry opponent-main classic strategy

Introduction
We all face anger. It’s a basic feeling when something went wrong, broke and the feeling of frustration griping you and eventually you take it our at someone or he takes it out on you. It can pop up in our working time and in our private life. Anger can come with different forms such [...]

Getting a raise-6th preliminary actions before the battle

Introduction
We have several articles about the main issue of getting a raise, so, I have decided to add my two cents articles which will try to summarize in key point several of the tactics one should follow to get the desired raise.
Some organizations, pay increases are tied automaticly to level and years of experience. In [...]

Office politics 8 tips that will help you supporting your boss

As the office survivor, your career prospects often rely on how effectively you interact with and support your boss or others farther up the organizational ladder. In front of every competent person there will eventually be a vacant chair; and your boss will have a major voice in determine who gets to sit in it. [...]

Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 3

This is the final chapter for using the office politics to upgrade ours salary. you can find previous posts here:
http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2010/01/using-office-politics-to-upgrade-your-salary-%E2%80%93-part-1/

http://www.theofficesurvivor.com/2010/01/using-office-politics-to-upgrade-your-salary-%E2%80%93-part-2/

Using the office politics
this approach requires the most of you, if earlier when using the "get it" approach you were nominated for an Oscar,this approach is one step above –it's Oscar winning performance.as it [...]

10 Tips for valuable contribution to a meeting

As a member of a working place, or as a participant in a one off meeting, you will have to use your office survivor talent to influence on decision making and to make your talent known and available to the organization. You can attend a meeting or you can be a participant. Whether solving problems [...]

Using office politics to upgrade your salary – part 2

Hello there office survivor, it's time for chapter number #2.
when you want to upgrade your salary you might come across difficulties as companies sometimes tend not to give what you want. In this article we are going to deal with the 2nd approach, the "get it" approach.
Get it Approach
this step can be done after you [...]