“My previous employer terminated my position as a customer service manager due to frequent tardiness, even after receiving several warnings. I often managed a very tight schedule between my personal life and work, but I was expected to report to my job by 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. My ...
While it is important to be honest about your weaknesses, there are a few traits that are not appropriate or beneficial to mention in a job interview. This includes tardiness, poor attention to detail, and an inability to meet deadlines. Example Answers: Strengths: I consider myleadership skil...
If you find yourself saying "sorry" at work multiple times a day, for everything from getting to ameeting 20 seconds late to bumping into the printer, you're not alone. At least24% of U.S. workersapologize on a daily basis for something that is noteven under their control, according ...
material for my “entertainment”. I think they wanted to give me at least something to cling to because being grounded without anything to improve myself with for two years (yep, they grounded me for two years) would have been drastic. Instead they gave me a choice. Knowing that I was ...
Some middle school and high school students exhibit irritating and disruptive behaviors, such as tardiness, cell phone usage during class and apathy. Address tardiness by talking to parents about the problem to make sure it isn't the parents' fault. Explain guidelines about tardiness to students ...
White male faculty are given “the benefit of the doubt” and are assumed to be highly competent by students (and others); lack of preparation in the classroom, tardiness, poor communication skills, and other issues—at least initially—are more often assumed to be exhibiting “absent-minded ...
It is the chairman's responsibility to begin and end the meeting on time. It is the responsibility of attendees to arrive on time. Two techniques proved effective in curing cases of chronic tardiness are (1) to ignore latecomers; and (2) to make no attempt to bring late-comers up to ...
“Negative attitudes and tardiness have severely dampened team morale and reduced our productivity. Unfortunately, we don’t think this highly collaborative position is right for you, and we have to terminate you.” “Your organization skills are atrocious, and even a toddler could keep track of ...
Here’s a metaphor to explain what’s happening. Imagine that you’re taking a music class here in the United States, where they’re teaching the class in English. Then, you study abroad, where you’re taking another music course, but now it’s in Spanish or German. The first language...
In any case, let’s see some examples of how you might explain why you need to cancel the meeting. “Since the meeting intersects with a holiday, I suggest that we postpone it until after everyone is back at work.” “Unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to prepare as thoroughly ...