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Tip #1: Reach Out & Learn

ICE BREAKER: (allow 3 - 5 minutes)

For this activity, you need to group more than 4 people together. Now, in the next 3 minutes, people in a single group should discuss and jot down on the back of your NOTES sheet, at least 10 things they have in common. The things (like school, home city or state, favorite cuisine, favorite sport, movies, etc.; anything except topics related to work) should be common among all individuals in the group.

Tip #2: Join iForty

Does your professional organization fit you?

iForty -- http://www.utexas.edu/staff/iforty/

Staff Council -- www.utexas.edu/staff/council/Black Faculty & Staff Association -- www.utexas.edu/staff/bfsa/ Hispanic Faculty Staff Association -- http://www.utexas.edu/staff/hfsa/ Asian/Asian-American Faculty & Staff Association -- www.utexas.edu/staff/aaafsa/ UT Staff Toastmasters Club -- http://utstaff.toastmastersclubs.org/ International Association of Administrative Professionals -- www.iaap-austin.org

Tip #3: Jump start your career

Who said “Knowing where to go and what to learn can

have a major impact on the success of your career?”

(a prize for the correct answer)

Tip #4: Increase your professional ‘net worth’

André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947.

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the

courage to lose sight with the shore"

Tip #5: Explore TXClass

...the University’s complete training

resource for UT Faculty and Staff

Tip #6: Visit the Professional Development

Center

Advance in your field, gain new skills, or train

for a new career.

Tip #7: Become familiar with

www.utexas.edu

Are you using the tools available on our home page?

Tip #8: Use ‘askUS’...

Why you need the University’s search

engine...https://austin-utexas.custhelp.com/

Tip #9: Use UT Direct

Your homepage away from home...

https://utdirect.utexas.edu/utdirect/index.WBX

Tip #10: Know your role

How do you impact the success of your

organization?

Tip #11: Time to Stretch & Wiggle...

Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds

and shake things out...

Tip #12: Learn the Lingo..

Can you name these acronyms ?

BDP EOM HOP ITS

WORQS

GRA EAP CCYYS

FBS AIR DEFINE

DPAC NSF TLC

Tip #13: Network and develop your contacts

Why who you know can be just as important as

what you know... Understanding the culture Building a network Knowing who has the answers

Tip #14: To be happier… Be

organized!Can any of us be truly organized

in our frenzied, multi-tasking worlds?

Set priorities each day – Plan your work – Stick to your

plan – Delegate – Hire Workstudy students!

Tip #15: Be in the “Know”

Use your calendar to track deadlines, meetings... And use UT calendars to track special events, academic

deadlines, etc!

Tip #16: “Accounting” is all around us …

Get to know the many faces of your colleagues in

Accounting and the many facets of their

work!

Tip #17: Track that inventory...

Inventory reconciliation is always just around

the corner; do you know where your

equipment is?

Tip #18: *DEFINE yourself while you

can…

Know the University’s major data base and why it is transitioning

to the web...

Tip #19: Hire the next superstar for

your office

HRMS can help you hire a Full-time Employee

(FTE), a Temp-to-Permanent, or a

Student.

Tip #20: Helping the troubled employee

How do you help your employee (or yourself)

get back on track?

Tip #21: Time to Stretch & Wiggle...

Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds

and shake things out...

Tip #22: Persevere like a Champion...

Name the University sports team who won their NCAA 2012 national championship...

2004 – National Championship, loss to Stanford2005 – Sweet 16, loss to Hawaii2006 – Elite 8, loss to Stanford2007 – Elite 8, loss to USC2008 – Final 4, loss to Stanford2009 – National Championship, loss to Penn State2010 – Final 4, loss to Penn State2011 – Sweet 16, loss to UCLA2012 – NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!

Tip #23: Know where to find University policies and procedures

“Every employee is responsible for making sure that the University

conducts its business with honesty and integrity.”

Let this website serve as your guide to university policies; it has a new

look...and new numbering system for HOP policies.

http://www.policies.utexas.edu/policies

Tip #24: Be “In Compliance”

What does University Compliance Services do

for you and your organization?

http://www.utexas.edu/compliance/cep/)

Tip #25: Finding meeting space…and time!

How do you find meeting space

on campus?Toughest part of meeting

planning…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8

Tip #26: Meetings can be virtual!

Will a ‘Virtual Meeting’

work for you and what are the options?

Tip #27: Know your ITS

Information Technology Services

...and what they can do for you and your

organization!

http://www.utexas.edu/its/whatweoffer

/

Tip #28: Your computer is your

lifeline..

ITS has several options to assist you with your

computer repair or replacement...

Tip #29: Waste not want not...

How do you reuse and recycle your refuse?

Tip #30: Know who to call to fix almost anything!

Facilities Services

Maintenance/Minor Repairs service

Light bulb replacement

Adjust room temperature

Repair plumbing fixtures

Trash/Recycling pick up

Tip #31: Do the WORQS…

Welcome to the Work Order Request & Query System…the best way to

get the job done!

Tip #32: Time to Stretch & Wiggle...

Every 20 minutes, stand for 20 seconds

and shake things out...

Tip #33: Another ‘Key’ to your success

is...

Locks and Keys

471-8640

SER 101, 304 E. 24th Street,

7:30a – 4:00p

Arrive no later than 3:45p

Tip #34: Building things at UT

Project Management & Construction Services

(PMCS) builds The University of Texas at

Austin

Tip #35: Know Parking &

Transportation Services

Parking will always be an issue on an urban

campus. We sometimes jokingly refer to our

permits as a “license to hunt”.

Tip #36: Bon Voyage...

Use Travel Management Services for your travel

planning needs...

New Concur on-line for flight booking

Tip #37: Know your University of Texas Police

Department

“As diverse as our campus, as unique as

you”

Learn more...

Tip #38: ARRG! There be Perks

ahead...

Working at UT can be more than just a job;

enjoy the perks of being part of a community...

Tip #39: Attitude is everything!

“Maintain an attitude of

anticipating success!” ― Tae Yun Kim, The Silent Master: Awakening The Power Within

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoX2zd-RgY

Tip #40: Welcome the Feedback

Questions?

Comments?

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