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also use this time to review your portfolio and Consider writing posts for your workplace, and
identify areas for further development. later, ask your manager what they think.
22. Learn a new skill. There’s always 29. Propose an initiative. You might have
something you can learn that’s relevant your own ideas about ways to improve the
to your job. Spare time gives you a great workplace. If you have the time, talk to your
opportunity to seek training in new skills, employer about your ideas and volunteer to
which can also boost your career prospects. put them into practice.
23. Find new efficiencies. There may be 30. Ask for a review. Get in touch with your
several processes in your line of work that are hiring manager or immediate superior and ask
inefficient. You can use your spare time to look them what they think of your performance. You
into ways of improving or streamlining these can use this information to work on areas for
processes, which can help you with future improvement.
work.
31. Learn a new language. Learning a new
24. Plan your weekend. If you haven’t done language can broaden your mind and acquaint
something new in a while, this is a good time you with new cultures. This can be a valuable
to look into new ways to spend your weekend, skill, especially if your company has branches
as long as doing so doesn’t interfere with your or operations in other countries.
work responsibilities. Research activities and
events in your area, and find something new 32. Update your CV. Consider keeping your
that you’d enjoy doing in your free time. CV up to date, as you never know when a
new opportunity might present itself.
25. Expand your vocabulary. 33. Create a reading list. This can be either
Communication skills and fluency can be a personal one for what to read at home or
valuable in almost any type of work. Dictionary a list of interesting books or publications that
sites often have words of the day, and you
can learn to incorporate these into your own can help in your line of work. You can also ask
vocabulary. your colleagues for suggestions.
34. Update your software. It’s common to
26. Make tea or coffee. If you’re bored, dismiss software updates when you’re in the
you can offer to make tea or coffee for middle of work. You can make use of your
your colleagues if they’re too busy to do so extra time to ensure that everything is up to
themselves.
date so your computer can operate at its full
27. Run office errands. In addition to making potential.
tea or fetching lunch, there might be other
errands that your colleagues need to do. 35. Do something nice. If you want to
If they don’t have the time, you can offer bond with your colleagues, do something
nice for them they may not expect. This can
to do them yourself, which can strengthen be something simple, like buying a box of
workplace collaboration.
chocolates for the office or taking care of
28. Start a blog. You can make use of someone’s tasks for them.
your experiences and ideas to start a blog. uk.indeed.com
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