5 Key Tips to Avoid Working on Vacation
August 9, 2010 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
Let’s say you’ve decided that this year you’re going to take a real break. Look at it this way: Successfully planning and managing a good old-fashioned vacation can be a sign of just how competent at your job you really are. The question is—how to pull it off?
Get everyone on board early. Well in advance, notify coworkers, clients, and everyone who might be affected by your absence. People can’t work around your schedule if they don’t know what it is.
Find a vacation buddy. If your duties permit, train someone at work who can cover for you while you’re gone. You’ll do the same for that person when the time comes. Make sure everyone knows this is the person to contact with questions they’d normally ask you.
Leave a roadmap. List key contacts, the status of all ongoing projects, the location of any information or supplies your coworkers may need to access, and send it to the people who may need it. Do this a few days before your time off and then once again right before you leave.
Neatness counts. Leave your work and workspace in a condition that others can easily comprehend. This is good for the job and makes you look good, too. Also, leave yet another copy of that “roadmap” in a prominent spot…
Time it wisely. You may be tempted to schedule time off for immediately after a big deadline or right before a new project begins. But timelines can slip. Build in a few days of cushion. Schedule your absence, if you can, at a time when your presence is least needed…
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