Creating a Work Life Balance

Too many candidates are focused merely on landing a job without understanding the work parameters and expectations regarding travel, hours, ability to work remotely and overall time commitments and flexibility.

You must know upfront your job requirements as they relate to working time expectations including daily and weekly commitments. Will they be expected to work 10 hour days, evenings, overtime and is their flexibility to work remotely. Are the potential travel commitments reasonable and compatible with your commitments at home? Will you be required to travel 10% or over 50%? This can be critical and potentially disruptive to your family and life and work life balance. .

Focusing on organizations goals and your role rather than hours required will allow you to work effectively to help solve problems. Communicate your boundaries upfront to eliminate misunderstandings with your manager. You should expect that there may be exceptions (hopefully on a limited basis) that may require you to temporarily impact your level of commitment.

Keep yourself highly visible during your committed hours to ensure that you are available to jump into crisis situations. Keep a close gauge on the impact of your work and the status of the team's objectives.

Remember that your key objective is to focus on solutions and the success of the team, not the hours you are working. Focusing on the overall team objectives and how you can assist during your committed days and times, will help to ensure you sustain a true work and lifestyle balance.

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