KEEP YOURSELF UPDATED

•  You should always upgrade yourself by improving and honing your technical skills. This would help you in long run. Employers look for upgraded skills and expertise in relevant areas.

•  Good leadership, co-operation and precise decision-making are three important maxims for administration.

•  If you feel your present job is dull and uninteresting you should first Identify new areas in your organization that you feel you can make an impact on, then approach your immediate manager to discuss.

•  Don't forget to expose yourself to varying responsibilities and skills.

•  Learn the tricks of personnel and money management, not technology management only.

•  You should relax adequately so that you can take correct decision quickly and properly.

•  Keep a record of how you actually spend your time. Effective personnel should concentrate his time and energy on the essential tasks.

•  It is essential to decide what is really important and what is really urgent. Focus on the important work, do not allow minor things to consume your time.

•  Learn to say "no" to meaningless tasks and protect your priorities and your time.

•  If you need to criticize a member of staff, do it in private, never in front of people.