Firstly, lets unpack the difference between time management and punctuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1- Punctuality <\/strong>is the habit of being on time \u2013 whether that be for the start of your working day or for a meeting. Being punctual would also incorporate meeting deadlines. Punctuality is an important part of time management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2- Time management<\/strong> is defined as the process of organising and planning your time, dedicating an amount of time to a certain activity. Having good punctuality will help your time management massively; meaning you have devoted time to ensure you meet deadlines as arranged, know exactly when a meeting is taking place and can shape your working day accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time management and punctuality will help you be a top-notch employee. They\u2019re important skills to have to be sure that you hit your targets, reach your goals, and perform in the best possible way each working day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s take a look at some ways you can hone in on these skills and maximise your time to avoid stress and become a time management pro!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Priority is key <\/strong>\u2013 take a look at what deadlines you have coming up; what things do you need to do to achieve that result? Plan your workday according to these tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fall in love with to-do lists <\/strong>\u2013 Have a think about what you have coming up in the week and create a general overview of tasks to achieve. Take a look below. Doesn\u2019t look too scary, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you\u2019ve created your weekly to-do list, take a look at what activities there are for you to do. Do you need to prepare notes for the meetings? What content might need creating? Break it down into smaller chunks! On your daily to-do list, allocate a time \u2013 such as \u201c9am \u2013 9.30am check emails\u201d. This helps structure your day, but don\u2019t stress! These are general; you don\u2019t have to stick to the plan by the minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minimising distractions and setting boundaries are also important in ensuring that you practice good time management and punctuality. If you work in a noisy environment, try using headphones (where possible) to listen to some relaxing music whilst cracking on with your work. Perhaps your phone is a distraction; put it in your bag and out of sight. If you can, try putting it on \u2018do not disturb\u2019 mode to limit notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You might have a desk neighbour who is desperate to chat with you about the latest episode of the hottest show you\u2019re both enjoying at the moment. There is no shame is setting a boundary and saying \u201cI\u2019d love to talk to you about this, but I\u2019ve just got to focus on this right now. Can we catch up later?\u201d Your colleagues will understand, and you can always catch up over lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A final bit of advice is to be kind to yourself! Practice some self care; get a good night\u2019s rest, always eat breakfast and leave yourself plenty of time before your working day starts, putting you in a good headspace for your day ahead. An important aspect of time management, that often gets forgotten, would be to avoid work outside of your working hours! Good time management and punctuality should help this. However, you might get an itch to check your emails in the evening, or just want to get that last bit of work done before the morning. Try not to put additional pressure on yourself and remember any work can always be resumed the next working day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Careers and Enterprise team are always on hand to help you develop your skills and get you ready for the workplace. If you want to learn more about other transferrable skills, take a look at the rest of our blogs in the series and search the careers and enterprise online hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want more support?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you considered GradForce? <\/p>\n\n\n\n The project team have created the bespoke (and free!) \u2018Get Hired!<\/em>\u2019 training programme aimed to help you get that graduate job of your dreams. It’s an employability programme for final-year students and recent graduates of CCCU. Registrations are open now for the programme to kickstart in February 2022. If your keen on developing your skills and building your confidence ready for the graduate workplace, sign up here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Careers and Enterprise team Christmas hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We’ll be open until the end of 17th December, and then will re-open on 4th January. We’ll be checking our emails until 24th December, so feel free to catch us on careers@canterbury.ac.uk If you\u2019re reaaaaaaalllly keen then here\u2019s 4 ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ?If you\u2019re a final year student or recent graduate, you\u2019re welcome to apply for the GradForce programme <\/a> But most of all, we wish you a restful Christmas, and a hope-filled New Year, from all in the Careers & Enterprise team!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this next blog, part of our transferable skills series, we\u2019re talking all about time management and punctuality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265102,"featured_media":9809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41,10,5,498],"tags":[25,262,573,21,570,569,577,509],"class_list":["post-10021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-graduates","category-jobs","category-news","category-transferable-skills-series","tag-alumni","tag-employability","tag-graduate-outcomes","tag-graduates","tag-job-support","tag-students","tag-time-management","tag-transferable-skills"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Abbie-Rose Rigden","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2021\/09\/Transferable-skills-series-1200-x-628-px.png","postExcerpt":"In this next blog, part of our transferable skills series, we\u2019re talking all about time management and punctuality.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10021"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10138,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021\/revisions\/10138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Example](\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/506\/2021\/11\/image-2.png\")
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