The numbers just keep getting scarier. Sun Microsystems is laying off up to 6,000. For Pepsi Bottling it's 3,150. And that Citigroup figure still sends chills down your spine. So how do you hold on to your job when it seems like no one is safe?1.Be visible Hard work alone won't cut it（make it肯定/否定用CUT it表不起作用). （cut it out,得了吧，算了吧，省省吧，有完没完，chut－up）A noble toiler who thinks diligence is a virtue is wrong, says Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. Unless you know that what you're doing is appreciated and noticed, don't bother(不用这么麻烦，省省吧）. 2. Don't be a maverick（One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter不服从的人）） Experimenting and pushing the envelope （超越性能范围,超越极限，指挑战未许可的权力）may be encouraged during a growth period, but right now managers are looking to focus on what's core. This is not the time to throw yourself in an unauthorized (越权的，未经许可的）direction. 3. Manage yourself Your boss may be a nervous Nellie(无端惊慌，无谓疑惧的人) and may stop doling out assignments, so find work for yourself: Take on a new project or make another visible contribution. Your boss's boss may start seeing you in a new light(另眼相看）. 4. network People become more insular（isolated from others mentally) at times like this, says executive career coach Nancy Friedberg. Make sure you're having two networking meetings a week outside the office. You'll need those connections if your number comes up.(if it's comes to your turn如果你也遇到此类insular情况) 5. Dont blow off the Christmas party Holiday fetes will be scaled back and more intimate this year, says Allison Hemming, president of career consultants The Hired Guns. If you still have one, your boss probably had to fight for it - and may take it personally if you skip it. |
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