The Office Party. The simple sound of it can breathe life into an otherwise normal, plodding day. Heads pop up from cubicles, emails and instant messages are exchanged, there’s actually something to look FORWARD to that involves work. While a party on the boss can be a fun distraction from an otherwise normal work routine and provide great opportunities for you, it can also throw your career into a tailspin. I ran across the following article by Rob Kingdom on some office party do’s and don’ts, which provides some great pieces of advice that can both help to advance your career and keep you out of trouble.

Take a look at the article below, my thoughts follow in the My Comments section immediately following the end of the article.

How to Survive the Office Party
By Rob Kingdom

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Getting promoted is most likely the best thing that can happen to you at your job (assuming it’s accompanied by a raise). If you have a list of goals that you want to accomplish at your company, it is probably not only number one, but bolded, underlined, and highlighted. Taking this one step further, because it’s such an important goal there is always somebody looking for a way to get ahead at any given moment. Obviously, not everybody is looking in the right direction, or we would all be working at the same position for the same pay. The question then becomes: How do I make myself stand out and put myself in a position to get promoted?

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