Need to manage your workload?  According to Robert Half International (www.roberthalf.com) you need to take the following steps to manage your work life:

• Organize and get ride of the clutter.  Make two piles – important and unimportant.  Deal with everything in the important pile that you can, and set aside some time to take the lower priority papers that still need to be dealt with.
• Set task priorities.  Consider each task that needs to be done and ask yourself whether it needs immediate attention or can wait until later in the day.
• Break large projects into smaller tasks, then prioritize them as above.
• Use tools that can help you save time and energy.  Don’t choose electronic programs or devices that are complicated to learn or hard to use.

September newsletter 2008