Learning to Say No To Your Boss Without Losing Your Job
I suspect that most of us have been in the situation where a boss or an immediate supervisor asks you to take on another assignment. Given the state of the economy and the tenuous nature of most jobs, most employees believe that they have no choice but to accept the assignment despite the fact that it will likely cut into personal time or require overtime work. After all, saying no may be tantamount to a pink slip and collecting unemployment benefits.
In reality, employees who decline or say no to their superiors when asked about taking on additional work are not fired. That said, saying no may have a negative impact on future career trajectory. However, it is important to note that there are different ways of saying no and if saying no is articulated correctly, the effect on one’s career is likely to be negligible.
Not surprisingly, learning to say no the correct way takes some practice! And, in an article entitled “So, You’re The Worker Who Can’t Say No,” Eilene Zimmerman, author of the NY Times Career Couch feature, offers some sage advice on how to say no to a boss without jeopardizing your job.
If you are one of those employees who no longer has a life because you cannot say no the mounds of additional work your boss has piled on, I highly recommend that you read this article!
Until next time...
Good Luck and Good Job Hunting!!!!!!!!
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Let’s face it; most scientists are lousy communicators. While this is not an inherited defect, the poor communication skills exhibited by most scientists are a direct result of a lack of emphasis placed on oral and written communication skills during their training. In fact, being a “good communicator” may actually hinder a scientist’s success as a world class researcher. After all, prematurely divulging information or breakthroughs may result in being “scooped by the competition” both in terms of winning grant monies and publishing first. Consequently, from a Darwinian standpoint, good communications skills are a trait that may actually be selected against because they more than likely will reduce the overall competitiveness and “fitness” of most research scientists.
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Alan Alda, a well known actor and science enthusiast, is doing his share to improve the science literacy of Americans. His was the host of the Science Frontiers (which ran for 15 seasons on PBS until it was cancelled in 2005) and more recently the host of Wired Science which failed to catch on and was also canceled. Alda’s approach to science education is asking questions that nonscientists could understand while throwing in a bit of humor as well. In a
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The US economy has lost about 7.1 million jobs since December 2007 and nationwide unemployment is hovering around 8.5 percent. Despite the lost of about 80,000 pharmaceutical jobs over the past three years and unprecedented consolidation taking place in the life sciences sector—Merck-Schering Plough, Pfizer-Wyeth and Roche-Genentech—the job prospects for scientists at biotech companies, medical devices and diagnostics, and government appear to be stronger than anticipated. While drug discovery and sales jobs may be scare, there are rapidly emerging opportunities in the fields of medical communications, regulatory affairs, biomanufacturing, clinical trials management , bioengineering, medical devices/diagnostics and website development and management.