Work/Life Balance 

According to a recent study for the Center for Work-Life Policy (USA), 1.7 million people consider their jobs and their work hours excessive. These difficult and exhausting conditions are having adverse effects.
 

According to the Study 50% of top corporate executives are leaving their current positions. Although 64% of workers feel that their work pressures are “self-inflicted�, they state that it is taking a toll on them.

My best friend and I were once lured by this title when we were both contemplating how we were going to juggle our careers and our want for the pitter patter of tiny feet.
 We did online research, attended information nights and discussed it with our friends and family.
It became very apparent that it is one of the most difficult things to achieve, however it can be done if you really want it and you are willing to sacrifice some things to gain others.
 So here is my advice:

 1)      What is Important to you? – You cannot achieve a work/life balance if you don’t know what it is you want in your work and life.  Start the process by sitting down and writing all the things that are important to you and then prioritise them.  This will set you in the right direction in incorporating these things into your life.
 2)      Learn to say no – this advice is sound both in work and personal life, but at the end of the day you have a job do perform when you are in the office and although it should be encouraged for you to help out others when you can this should not be at the detriment to your own workload and therefore pushing out your time you leave the office.  

 

3)      Daily Schedule – Everyone schedules their time differently, some make hand written lists and some use electronic diaries, however you manage it stick to it.  You will find you can fit a lot more into your day if you have a daily schedule to achieve.  The temptation of distraction is also less likely.
  4)      Ask your Employer – A good percentage of employers are not ogres, they want the job done but not at the expense of high turnover, so if there is something you need to help you achieve this balance then ask.  Example: one of our staff member’s starts and leaves early one day a week to attend a specific gym class, there is no adverse affect on the company and they get their balance.  
 

If anyone has any other ideas on how to achieve such an important thing I would love to hear from you.
 

Kilee Giles
Manager Logic Recruitment
20June08

  The financial year is coming to a close and that means its also pay review time. The information below comes from an article recently published on news.com.au.

 With pay review season on the horizon, and the cost of living skyrocketing, it’s the time of year when employees are thinking about how to boost their pay packet.