It’s difficult to be this month’s top seller when you’re not feeling your super salesperson self.
Unfortunately, this is the time of year when nasty bugs come to Scotland for their winter holidays. And their mission is to enjoy making life a misery for humankind.
The good news is you don’t have to join in the chorus of coughs and symphony of sniffles and sneezes.
Follow our secrets to staying healthy in the workplace and, while everyone else is shivering under the duvet, you’ll be hitting targets and landing bonuses.
Have we got snooze for you
Every day begins with a wake-up call to go get ’em. But if you haven’t slept well, you’ll be more inclined to hit the snooze button than launch into full-on work mode.
A lack of sleep also lowers your immune system and leaves out the welcome mat for cold-calling bugs.
So, if you struggle to get at least seven hours’ kip, try leaving your ‘always on’ smartphone downstairs, use blackout curtains, drink chamomile tea before bed or listen to soothing, drift-away music.
Let’s not get personal
When your daily job is to engage with potential customers it’s not easy to avoid close contact with poorly people. But before you come to work dressed in a full body anti-contamination suit, bear in mind maintaining a polite yet imperceptible distance and washing your hands regularly with sanitiser will help protect you.
Not everything is finger-licking good
Anything with a name like ‘the winter vomiting bug’ isn’t going to be nice to your insides. So if this is ‘doing the rounds’, increase the hand washes and avoid touching hot spots – such as the photocopier, loo door or elevator buttons. Discreet use of a handkerchief will help without making you look completely paranoid.
Vitamins are vital
It’s not just one of Granny Ina’s tall tales: Vitamin C really does shorten the life of a pesky cold. Vitamin D, meanwhile, boosts your lung’s immune cells to fight off viruses.
Be generous with duvet time
No, not like that! If you’ve reached the position of senior sales manager, you know it makes more sense to lose a member of staff for a day or two than risk having the entire sales team missing. So always advise poorly colleagues to take time off to help shorten their ailment and stop it spreading.
Now let’s get your career fighting fit with a look at the Sales vacancies on s1jobs.