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Increasing challenging demands
Increase your challenging demands if you feel bored or uninterested in your work assignments.
Spend a small percentage of your time on challenging assignments that help you develop your skillset and stay relevant. It’s your job to be the best employee you can be and often requires you to create these opportunities yourself.
Another option is to sit in on projects you find exciting but aren’t formally part of your responsibilities. Most of the time, you will be asked to participate.
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Increasing social resources
If you feel like you're not getting new, thought-provoking feedback, advice, or mentorship, it might be time to pursue another form of job crafting, namely increasing social resources.
Social resources aren't always a given. So look outside your team, department, division, or company, to fi...
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Increasing structural resources
If you're feeling stifled at work and unable to operate in ways that you know are more efficient or productive, it may be time to increase your structural resources.
For example, make the decision to modify the tasks that seem unnecessary. Then, when you've made the change, document the rat...
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Decreasing hindrance demands
Job crafting can also mean decreasing stressful tasks or relationships.
- Start by keeping track of your work activities for a few weeks. For each task and relationship, evaluate the degree to which it is energy-depleting.
- Have conversations with colleagues or managers about re-n...
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Job crafting instead of job hopping
Employees who want to join the Great Resignation may underestimate the switching cost and overestimate the potential satisfaction of a new job. Instead, they should seek opportunities to job craft.
Job crafting is proactively customising tasks and relationships to create a fulfilling job....
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Limitations of job crafting
Job crafting can fix a person-job misfit, but it can't fix systemic issues such as misalignment with organizational values.
Job crafting might not always be well-received. It could force colleagues to change when they don't want to change.
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"Wears many hats”/“And other duties as assigned”
"Wears many hats" means you will likely be asked to do things outside of your job duties. "And other duties as assigned" may appear elsewhere in the posting.
Candidates who appreciate the structure of a predetermined set of responsibilities should consider this a red flag....
Balancing shallow and deep work
- What should be done when your team's "shallow work" is just as important as their "deep work"?
- How do you empower your team to find a balance between small improvements and general maintenance tasks on the one end, and building new and exciting developments on the other?
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Get organized
- Carry a homework planner at all times. Entering homework, projects, tests and assignments as soon as they are assigned will make sure they aren’t forgotten about.
Pay attention in class
- It’s important to concentrate and avoid distractions when t...
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