Workplace Safety Tips - My Top Ten List

Maintaining a safe workplace is almost but not entirely totally unlike following OSHA regulations. If complying with OSHA regulations at your lowest up front cost is your goal, then I suggest you read another site. However, if you are truly interested in keeping your employees safe and productive in your workplace then here are some workplace safety tips for you. They might even help you comply with some OSHA regulations along the way.

My Top Ten Workplace Safety Tips:

1. Maintain a clean work area. Not only will you remove many hazards from a work area by keeping it clean, but you will also provide a more productive work environment for your employees.


2. Use guards and engineering solutions wherever possible instead of relying on PPE - personal protective equipment. PPE is hard to police and uncomfortable to wear. Find a way to prevent the exposure in the first place. Your workers will be much more productive if they are comfortable


3. Assume your employees want to work safely and give them that chance. Many safety incentive programs seemed to be based on the idea that employees want to get hurt and you have to bribe them not to stick their hand in the machine. If you have that idea, then these tips are not for you.


4. Give clear work instructions. Make sure your employees know the right way to do what you expect of them. Don't just give them a list of things not to do. Include safety instructions in every procedure you write.


5. Don't dwell on worst case scenarios but focus on what is most likely to occur. Start by focusing your energy in preventing your most common incidents. That means you will have to keep an accurate OSHA incident log even if it looks bad to some manager you report to.


6. Love your employees. Don't confuse this with something that might get you a sexual harassment claim. I mean, care about your employees and let them know you do. If a machine is becoming unsafe, shut it down before someone gets hurt.


7. Spend time getting to know the work your employees do. Even if you once did that job, it is likely it is done differently by different people. Look at what people are actually doing and compare this to what is written in procedures. If the procedures are different from the actual practice , find out why.


8. Maintain the machinery in good working order. Many times employees get into dangerous situations by having to compensate for a machine defect or wear. In the case of wear, it may have occurred so gradually that they think it is normal. A strong preventive maintenance program makes for a strong safety program.


9. Avoid unnecessary hazards. Look for new materials or equipment that can eliminate the hazards your workers are exposed to.


10. Maintain a clean work area. See workplace safety tip number one above. Potential exposures to hazardous material and conditions can be dramatically reduced simply by keeping the work area clean. And the benefit in employee productivity and morale is worth the effort even without the safety incentive.

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An article by Dougles Chan - A recruitment mentor that speciliased in recruitment training and recruitment mentoring in Singapore and globally.

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Job Search Advice That Can Improve Your Success - 3 Tips to Implement

When you are gainfully employed you are complacent. But when you are unemployed you are facing stressful situations like job searching.

Here are three tips that can help:

1) As like anything in life job hunting is no different. Approach finding a job like it was a full time job. If it means waking up early as if you already had a job and get out there and hunt, hunt, hunt until you find something. Go to all the job and career centers in your area.. If you treat it like a part-time job it will take longer.

2) Set goals for yourself. Treat it like a project. You should apply all the skills you learn't in your last job to attack the present endeavour.

3) It's all about being your own boss. Set targets and expectations for what you want to accomplish.

Once a week meet up with yourself to see how much you have accomplished in terms of goals. Then plan steps to take and achieve for the next week. Write reports, one for the previous week and one for the up coming week. Compare these reports on what you wanted to have.

For example, you could set goals in the report, of the number people or businesses to call. Also the number of networking meetings to attend and the research you will conduct. In the weeks to come compare the results that you obtained the weeks prior. For example if you planned to attend 5 networking meetings and you only attended 2. Find out where you went wrong and write down in your next report steps you will take to not make the same mistakes again and make sure you hit your goal.

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Job Search Tips - 3 Ways To Get You Closer To "You're Hired"

Don't you just love on "The Apprentice" when Donald Trump closes it out with those two little priceless words, "you're hired?" Well in your own search for that ultimate career, I'm pretty sure, those are the two words you're wanting to hear.

So on that note, one critical part of your job search is in doing follow-ups. Here are three kinds of follow-ups that can help boost your job search results:

1. Follow-up your first resume/cover letter mailing with another resume/cover letter mailing. Things can happen with the mail--it can become lost, stolen, or delivered to the wrong address. So if you don't hear anything from the company you applied to, it wouldn't hurt to send in another resume/cover letter package. Wait about 1 week after you mail the first resume/cover letter. So what if they've already received it? Then they'll just get a second one, no harm done. What's the benefit of this? If anything, it will get your name and information in front of your potential employer twice. And that's another nice little technique that helps you to stand out.


2. Follow-up your interview with a thank-you letter. Too many job seekers don't realize how important this is. Do this--before you go to your interview, the night before, begin typing the letter in your computer, and save it. Then, as soon as you get home from the interview, the minute you hit the door, sit down and finish typing out your thank-you letter. Print it out and take it over to the post office. Not to the nearest corner mailbox, but to the post office. More than likely, it'll get to your potential employer the next day. Again, this gets your name in front of your potential employer at least twice, which can help you to stand out from other applicants that have been interviewed. It also shows your professionalism and enthusiasm for the position.


3. Follow-up with a second thank-you letter if you get a rejection letter. I know, I know. You're probably thinking, why should I send a follow up letter to a rejection letter? Because you never know--you could have been the company's very next choice. What if the person they hire works there for a while, and they decide to quit? Or what if the company feels the person they hired just isn't all they thought they would be? Either way, this would place you back in their prospective eye. So write a polite letter, thanking them for taking the time to interview you, and that you hope they might keep you in mind for any future positions that may open up.

These three types of follow-ups are not only polite and professional, they can greatly enhance your job search results and help you to stand out from other applicants. Which can lead to that moment when you yourself can ultimately hear those golden words, "you're hired."

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