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What is "being a professional" to you?
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:25 am
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:25 am
Someone mentioned that some people at work were not being professional and that if you get paid, you are a professional and should be held to a professional standard. Someone else countered that it's a mindset and a character thing and a self respect in how you present yourself to others.
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Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:30 am to athenslife101
Full release and you leave after without saying anything.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:31 am to athenslife101
Handle your shite. Follow through on your promises. Treat everybody with respect. Don't make the other guy's job harder than it has to be.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:33 am to athenslife101
Having the best beard among all employees.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:35 am to Jim Rockford
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Handle your shite. Follow through on your promises. Treat everybody with respect. Don't make the other guy's job harder than it has to be.
All of this.....and mind your own business.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:38 am to ThatMakesSense
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Having the best beard among all employees
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The hardest thing for me after starting to work with civilians again was to realize that not all civilians welcome a military sense of humor. I guess military humor is not that professional.
This post was edited on 3/18/16 at 6:43 am
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:40 am to ThatMakesSense
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Having the best beard among all employees.
I laughed.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:47 am to athenslife101
Tucking your god damn shirt in
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:52 am to athenslife101
Having enough Flair on.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 6:57 am to athenslife101
Carry yourself well, not saything things like baw or slang when actually speaking. Making sure all your work gets done in a timely manner.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:03 am to Lionnation1993
It varies somewhat from profession to profession. It's little things. Being on time, being consistent with your production. But I've found with people who have worked for me that it can't always be learned. A lot of it is a personality thing. And some people are just jackasses
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:23 am to Jim Rockford
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Handle your shite. Follow through on your promises. Treat everybody with respect. Don't make the other guy's job harder than it has to be.
If most employees just followed these 4 simple things, life would be just splendid.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:25 am to athenslife101
Being a professional is a nice term for hooker
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:30 am to athenslife101
Someone who works in a profession. Which is a word used way too loosely these days
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:48 am to Jim Rockford
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Handle your shite. Follow through on your promises. Treat everybody with respect. Don't make the other guy's job harder than it has to be.
I don't think it can be said much better than that.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:49 am to athenslife101
gettin paid
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:51 am to yellowfin
Agreed.
Moreover, a professional in my mind is someone who is in an occupation that consumes more depth in their life than a job. Not necessarily a good thing, but someone who doesn't simply show up, perform a task for money, and leave. Typically involves some degree of independence, work outside of the office/beyond typical hours, outside licensing/continuing ed, etc.
I don't idolize the concept of a professional, sometimes having a simple job would probably be a better life.
Moreover, a professional in my mind is someone who is in an occupation that consumes more depth in their life than a job. Not necessarily a good thing, but someone who doesn't simply show up, perform a task for money, and leave. Typically involves some degree of independence, work outside of the office/beyond typical hours, outside licensing/continuing ed, etc.
I don't idolize the concept of a professional, sometimes having a simple job would probably be a better life.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:07 am to athenslife101
Nod yes, go to your desk and log back into TD.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:10 am to Pettifogger
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one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.
I go with this
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:28 am to athenslife101
Don't wear a baseball cap to work, wear clothes that fit well and are clean and wrinkle-free, and don't say "baw" or "bruh"
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