Professional Behaviour

When working in the workplace there a important behaviours that are expected of you, this is so that you are seen as a respectable worker. The following behaviours are what is expected:

• Punctuality: Always turn up to your job on time, this will show your manager and work colleagues that you are reliable and motivated for the job. If your punctuality is bad this won't look good to your manager and you could face losing your job. For example; if you work in a radio station and turn up late this won't be good if you have your own show as it will ruin the time schedule and someone may have to cover or cancel your show, if this continues you would face immediate job loss.
• Respect: Always show respect to everyone, this includes your manager, work colleagues, clients and customers. If you have respect for others in the workplace then they will automatically have respect for you but if you don't have respect for anyone then they are less likely to have respect for you. If you show respect you could gain potential promotions within the workplace. This could cause you loosing your job if you have no respect,e.g if your pitching a product to a company and you show no respect towards them they won't even consider buying the product off you which can affect your job role.
• Self Presentation: Look after yourself and present yourself well. No one wants to employ someone who doesn't look after their image. For example; if you worked for radio and got sent out to gather some voxpops, if you are presented poorly no one will come over to you, they are most likely to walk away and take no notice. But if you are presented well to the public and look approachable you are then able to get the voxpops that you need as people will be interested. If you can't manage to get the voxpops for your work you could end up loosing your job.
• Motivation: Show motivation in what ever you are doing! If you show no motivation and come into work with the attitude of not being bothered to do anything then your work colleagues and manager will pick up on this and think that your not appropriate for the job. Make sure you go into a job that you like as you will have more motivation towards it.
• Communication Skills: Communication skills are important when your in the workplace as this will get you noticed through networking. To network you need to be able to communicate with people easily.  For example if you are on the radio you need to be able to communicate with the listeners who will be of a range of  different ages, if you can't communicate with them they won't listen to the show. You will also have to communicate with your colleagues, also if you are collecting voxpop you need to be able to communicate with the public.
• Time Management: Time Management is important when your in a job as you have to meet with the deadlines that you are set, if you don't hand in your work on time you could face losing your job. If you finish your work on time this will give you more free time in your own time.