No matter what you do in a company, it’s important for you to get along well with your boss. Your relationship with your boss is probably the most important one you have at work. Why? Having a healthy relationship with your boss usually means you’re more satisfied with the work you do and have less stress. Your boss can be a key supporter in helping you achieve your long-term goals. He or she knows your company’s goals and knows what the company looks for in future managers and leaders. Here are some tips to keep the relationship healthy.

Show respect. Your boss is responsible for your work and the work of your colleagues. That can be a significant burden. Try to look at things from your boss’s view. Try to treat him or her with respect.

Don’t be afraid of your boss. Some bosses can be very serious, but remember, your boss needs you. Your performance is often the key to the success of your boss.

Do your best. Try to live up to the performance expectations set for your job. In doing your best, you’ll gain greater satisfaction from your work, earn the trust of your boss and help the organization achieve its goals.

Don’t try to hide problems. Can you find the problem when you meet the problem? If you can’t and the problem becomes serious, let your boss know as soon as possible. Offer solutions and ask for additional recommendations. Don’t let your boss find out about the problem from someone else.

Manage your anger. Blowing up in front of your boss solves nothing, but suggests clearly that you can’t control your emotions. This doesn’t mean you have to sit and keep silent when you’re angry. But learn how to communicate your anger appropriately. If anger management is difficult for you, sign up for a course to help you deal with it.

【推荐3】Useful Advice for New Graduates

With June approaching, here comes another graduation season. You are getting into the new places. Facing new challenges, you will be nervous and confused. Here are some rules for you.

Discover yourself

Consider this job a journey to learn about yourself.    1    : to discover what you’re good at, what you love to do, and what you dislike. Discover your why and you’ll become happier and more passionate in life!

Don’t hide from mistakes

Be honest.     2    ? Ask questions. Screwed up? Admit it! I’ve always valued someone willing to learn and we do that in different ways. I’ll always highly regard someone willing to be honest about their mistakes because we learn from those just as much as our successes!

Prepare for the future

Develop good time management habits early on. Your workload will only increase with time and so will your responsibilities.    3    .

Keep your own counsel

Don’t assume that a co-worker won’t repeat your criticisms of a colleague.     4     , be open and vague (模糊的) with your answers. Always reserve judgment on your co-workers until you have enough time to make up your own mind.

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Speak when you walk into the office everyday. Say good morning to your boss and peers as you walk past their offices, smile at cleaners and receptionists in your office. Treating people with humanity and honesty is most important.

【推荐1】After growing up in the foster (寄养) care system, Shanté Elliott is working to help others transition(过渡，转变) out of it. Elliott is no stranger to the foster care system. She was forced to change schools and adapt to different homes over and over again before finally being adopted at the age of 13. Elliott became the first member of her family to graduate college, double majoring in literature and communication and earning a master’s in education policy. Today she is pursuing her doctoral degree.

Elliott knows the challenges facing teenagers within the foster care system. “Often, teenagers are not viewed as children but as adults,” she recently told Reader’s Digest. “Think about it—most families looking to adopt want to adopt an infant or a young child, so they can experience developmental milestones with the child.”

There are ways to help foster children without becoming a foster parent, but finding permanency is still what most foster youth need most. And for those who age out of the system without finding those forever homes, there are additional challenges to face. According to Youth.gov, these kids are at greater risk of homelessness, health problems, dropping out of school and legal issues, all of which can make succeeding in adulthood more difficult.

Elliott wants to see that stigma end. “We need to change the national dialogue around this in a way that highlights the needs of older children. All foster-involved children want consistent homes. Potential families need to realize this.”

It’s a reality Elliott is passionate about helping others realize. “The need for protection, love, opportunity, and safety has no age limit. If more teenagers were adopted, youth would have more successful long-term outcomes after foster care.” That’s something these older foster kids who found their forever homes can prove.

【推荐2】Even before Molly Johnson-Jones graduated from Oxford University in 2015, she felt professional pressure to land a “prestigious (享有声望的)” job in a high-powered industry. She says she and her university friends felt there were professions that carried prestige—particularly the fields of finance, medicine and law. That’s why Johnson-Jones ended up in investment banking for two years once she graduated, even though it didn’t feel like quite the right fit.

These kinds of “very traditional industries” have indeed carried prestige, says Jonah Stillman, co-founder of GenGuru, a firm that focuses on different generations in the workplace. As Gen Z joins the workforce, however, experts and younger workers say what’s considered a “prestigious” job may be expanding. Some younger workers do still report making money is prestigious, especially as cost of living shoots up; and working for certain firms or in specific industries can make a career. But many also place equal stress on other elements, such as values of the company, flexibility, and freedom from long, intense work hours.

And some data indicates that Gen Z are indeed turning to more meaningful work. April 2023 data from LinkedIn of more than 7,000 global workers shows 64% of Gen Zers in the UK, Germany and Ireland now consider it important to work for companies that share their values. The data also shows these young workers highlight work-life balance and career growth as top draws for potential workplaces.

This change in Gen Z’s attitude towards work may be in part because mechanisms (机制) behind finding jobs and seeing other possible career paths are changing, says Josh Graff, managing director of EMEA and LATAM at LinkedIn. With a greater number of jobs being posted online, “people have so much more access to information today than we did when we were applying for a job 20-plus years ago … This allows you to have much better visibility into a wealth of roles,” he says. “That change in the workplace, in the workforce … is leading people to understand there’s a wider range of options out there.”

【推荐1】“If you want to own a home, stop buying brunch," they say. Meanwhile, under 30s are at risk of injury from the world's biggest eye roll (白眼).

But it is not tasty food like avocado, fast fashion or even travel abroad that's holding a generation back from achieving those traditional milestones - and we finally have some evidence to prove it. In fact, those aged 18 to 30 are more likely to be savers than any other age group, according to new research. Far from being wasteful, an overwhelming 84% of these young people are trying to save.

The real problem lies in the fact that younger people tend to have higher expense when spending on essentials compared to our older counterparts (对应的人)-and that house prices are at an all-time high.

The research also finds that nearly half (47%) of 18 to 30-year-olds have “low financial resilience” - they have little capacity to pay bills in the event of a financial shock.

Young people are significantly more likely to have fallen behind on domestic bills and credit card repayments in the past six months, at 31%, compared with 3% of those aged 51-plus, the research finds.

“Despite the criticism that young people often face, regularly accused of spending too much money on coffees and food and not being financially prudent (精明的),our new research shows just how much young people are trying to look after their finances and save for the future — more so than any other age group," said Ben Glover, the lead author of the research.

“Amid a cost of living crisis, younger people still face the greatest battle with the highest spending on essentials, a lack of support and a system that doesn't work for them.”

Ben also says it's time for the Government, policymakers and financial institutions to urgently work together to help improve young people's financial well-being and prospects, especially after the pandemic.

So there we are: nothing to do with avocado.