A New Year-New Goals, New Expectations

Yes, I am writing during the weekend.  It was the only time I had to myself this week.

This is the time of year where my work is on overdrive.

Multitasking is a way to survive and to accomplish goals.

This will be my fourth January with this company.  This is the busiest time of the year for our company.

Last year, I have only three days off as a recruiter and supervisor.

This year, because of the requirement to have an assistant, I will actually have some weekends off.  Not many, but at least this weekend.  Starting this week, I will be working 6 to 7 days a week.

I didn't get to write much this week.  After writing on Monday, I had a full day on New Year's eve at work.  Then, I had a whole day off on New Year's.  The day after New Year's, I went straight to work at 5 AM.  Friday was a full day of major hiring and training.

I usually do a lot of hiring and training during the first couple weeks of January.  This year the expectations and goals aren't as high as they were last year.

We are still training supervisors that were promoted last year.  We lost the manager and the driver last month and it's affecting my hiring time.  I am rehiring a former manager.  I have two full-time drivers and one or two part-time drivers to complete qualification. 

The next two weeks or three weeks I will be working nonstop to get these goals done by the next two weeks.

I guess you could say that my New Year's resolution for this job is to accomplish my manager's goals with hiring and recruiting.

With that, I also have a goal of at least sending one job application per day on days that I work out of the office.  The reason I made that goal is because when I workout at the office, I don't usually work eight hours.  I usually have more time to really concentrate and focus on the job posting.  When I'm not working except on weekends, I will send out at least five or more applications.  I'm giving myself a limit of five because that's how many I was able to get out on New Year's when I was off.  Even though I am off from work, it's these heavier days of expectations that I still have to work to make sure that everyone's on boarding forms are complete. 

I'm looking forward to the new crop of employees were going to have to see. I think we will have a better group than previous years.  I think that happens every year anyways.  It comes with experience from my side and from the available candidates.

This week, I may not be writing every day again.  I will try to make sure I get some things in a couple times this week and next week.