Are you disorganized to the point of finding yourself spending more time trying to locate things rather than actually working?

Typically at work there are probably two main areas that lead to a sense of complete disorganization:

1. Your desk

If you're the type of person who believes that how busy you are at work has a direct correlation to the amount of paper on your desk, you need to get this thought out of your head.

Do you print out virtually everything that you come into contact with and then pop it onto a pile on your desk for future reference? Have you run out of space on your desk to actually create new piles?

Start by figuring out the difference between things that need to be printed and things that don't.

Then figure out what you have that should be kept, and what can be discarded.

Organize the papers that need to be printed or kept on file. Put them into a file folder system that makes sense to you and allows you to easily and quickly find it in the future. Don't go crazy and simply take all the stuff on your desk and put it into folders. If you don't need it, don't keep it.

2. Your email In Box

Are the type of person who keeps a copy of every email you've ever received and hasn't heard of the "delete" button?

Do you have 300 folders set up in your email In Box to organize each email that you receive and now have trouble finding the folder you're looking for, let alone the contents of each?

Email has become so pervasive especially when you add in spam so you really need to ensure your In Box doesn't swallow you up.

If you don't need the email, delete it immediately after reading it. Leaving it in your In Box and expecting that you'll go back and delete it later on in the day most likely means it will still be sitting in your In Box in several months time taking up unnecessary space.

Just like you have to manage your time, you need to manage your In Box too.

Also, think twice before printing something. Do you really need to print it or can you simply keep a soft copy on your computer for future reference?

Prioritize your daily tasks to ensure each gets done. Once you get into a routine, you'll most likely find you start doing things differently and more to the point more productively.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it?s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it?s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it?s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I?m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!