you'll truly enjoy now if you are working from  home which the majority of us are considering  

this coronavirus pandemic that we're in you might  be finding it hard to really showcase your value  

to your boss to your manager to your co-workers  because you're at home so today i want to share  

with you my best tips on how you can shine as  a remote employee and how you can showcase your  

value even though you're working from home and  you're not in the office so let's get started

as a career strategist i've been able to help  numerous ambitious corporate professionals  

just like you to land their dream job offers and  if this is something that you're interested in i  

will talk more about my coaching program as well  as my online courses at the end of this video it's  

really easy for you to feel like you're lost in  the shuffle when you're having to work from home  

and when everyone's working from home and you feel  that because you're behind a screen and you don't  

get to spend that face time with your manager  with your co-workers that it's hard for you to  

showcase your value and demonstrate how strong  of an employee you are i get it this is a unique  

situation that we're in and if you're someone  who's used to going into an office environment  

and now you're forced to work from home you're  probably wondering how do i navigate how do i make  

sure that i can demonstrate my value so these are  my five best tips on how you can shine as a remote  

employee while working from home my first tip is  to do the work now this may sound self-explanatory  

and obvious but you really do not want to give  your boss your manager your co-workers any reason  

to think that you're not doing anything when  you're working at home you really want to make  

sure that you stay on top of your assignments your  tasks that you do a high quality job that you hand  

them in by the deadline or better yet before the  deadline to make sure that everyone feels good  

that you're doing your job and you're working from  home and that they don't have to worry about you  

a lot of the time it is really easy to slack  off and to leave things to the last minute  

because no one's watching us or we feel that  no one's watching us when we're working at home  

and you really don't want to create that habit  for yourself so do your job do a good job and make  

sure that you hand in your work on time that's  tip number one tip number two is to say more  

than hi what this means is that you want to say  more than just high in your morning meetings with  

your manager or with your co-workers you want  to schedule regular check-ins with your boss  

with your manager and that means that you want to  have a consistent time every week for example or  

every two weeks where you are able to update your  manager on what you've been working on how well  

you've been doing and ask any questions or answer  any questions that your manager may have for you  

the reason why this is important is because it  allows you that face time that you otherwise would  

be missing because you're not in an office so you  want to be proactive and ask for that facetime  

meaning even if it's just a phone call that you  have that 15 minutes to check in with your manager  

inform them of what's been going on let them know  that you're doing a great job and just making sure  

that they feel good about you as an employee as  their worker and that you're doing your job really  

well tip number three when it comes to working  from home is to make it obvious when i say make  

it obvious i mean that you want to vocalize your  achievements it is really easy

when we're working from home to have these accomplishments that we do and have them go completely missed and completely  

under the radar because no one knows about  it because we aren't saying anything about it  

so what you have to do in those regular check-ins  with your manager is to tell him or her what your  

most recent achievement was let them know that  maybe you reorganized the files in the folder or  

perhaps you created a new template that saved  every one time or you were able to identify a  

cost saving that is going to help with the budget  whatever it is that you're able to do you want to  

mention it in your weekly or bi-weekly check-ins  with your manager with your boss so that they are  

aware of it and from there you want to track those  achievements so that in your next performance  

review you can remind your manager of what it  is that you were able to accomplish over the  

last little while tip number four is do not hide  because you're working from home you might find  

it really easy to do certain things certain things  such as hiding behind an email hiding behind your  

screen not turning your camera on when you're  hiding you are essentially shutting yourself out  

from being involved and being present with your  co-workers with your manager and that does not  

end well for you when it comes to a performance  review for example where they feel that you just  

weren't involved you weren't part of the team  so stop hiding behind email if you can make  

a phone call or you can actually have a video  call with the person that you need to speak to  

do that instead and when it comes to meetings show  your face if that's what's being asked don't hide  

and turn off your camera so it's really  important to show your face put yourself  

out there as much as possible just don't hide  behind email don't hide behind your screen  

because again that's going to play a role in your  performance review and finally tip number five is  

to learn video call etiquette there are some basic  things that you need to realize when it comes to  

going on video calls one thing is to make sure  that when you are on a video call meeting that  

you're not staring at something else don't stare  at your phone and scroll through your phone  

that's very obvious if you have your camera  on that someone can see you and they're seeing  

that you're not even paying attention really  and you're looking at something else don't do  

that also make sure that you put yourself on mute  if you're not talking this is such a simple thing  

to do but so many people forget to do it and it  can be really unprofessional when they can hear  

your dogs screaming barking in the background or  your baby screaming in the background you really  

want to make sure that you put yourself on mute  unless you're talking there are just few simple  

things i also have a video on how to look good on  video calls that i have linked in the description  

box down below so feel free to check that out but  make sure that you learn some of the basics and  

that you follow those also another tip here is if  you're speaking and there happens to be noise in  

your background apologize for it let everyone know  i'm sorry something's happening right now it's  

kind of loud let me move away and do what you need  to do to get to a quiet space and then proceed  

to talk people will completely understand  because they're all in the same situation  

as well so just make sure that you acknowledge  it and don't try to talk through your meeting  

while your dog is barking and pretending that  he doesn't exist you want to acknowledge oh  

that's my dog let me go to another room spend that  five to ten seconds to move to another space and  

people will understand and it shows that  you are courteous and you're professional  

so there you have it those are my five best tips  on how to shine as a remote employee now if you  

have been looking for a job for the last little  while and you have not been successful and you  

realize that you want one-on-one guidance from  me then feel free to head on over to my website  

lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through the  page fill in the application form and from there  

one of my team members will be reaching out to you  directly otherwise if you want some free advice  

i have my interview training workshop as well as  my resume mastery workshop which are both free  

so you can sign up on my website as well the  links are in the description box down below  

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