Human Resources Department

New Employees

The Workforce

Having a successful organization requires strong commitment from both the employee workforce and leadership team members. An employees’ role is critical to uphold the organization’’’s mission. Not only should the employee understand their job role, but they must also execute their job duties consistently and effectively while adapting to change. Through management’s unwavering support, the workforce can execute job tasks and find a healthy work balance. How will you participate in creating a healthy work environment? Regardless of your role, you can make a difference!

Employee Responsibilities

Employee responsibilities help define the course of a successful career with the CoSF and play a vital role in creating a team-oriented environment that is sure to achieve successful outcomes. But employees are also a critical component to how management succeeds. Without the employee workforce and their dedication to work assignments, management would not be able to produce or present services throughout our community.

Be a Better Employee

Employees should strive to improve and set personal goals while in their position. Whether you improve upon your current job skills or learn new job skills, an employee who models adaptability and flexibility shows a willingness to learn and grow. Employees who seek opportunities also show their commitment to our community because when they embrace change for themselves, positive change makes its way to our community. Even if an employee is successful in their current job, learning opportunities to refine or refresh existing skills through team collaborations can inspire new ideas or a change to a current process. Often times coworkers provide the best advice. If you are willing to accept and apply the feedback they provide, you learn more about yourself and make a conscious effort to address areas of improvement through practice, practice, practice. Changing a habit will take time, but consistency will go a long way and you will never regret the positive change.

As a workforce member, defining your purpose requires a certain level of commitment.

While some roles within your job duties require leadership input, setting personal job goals is very much within an employee’s control. When a workforce member chooses to participate in a positive manner, the impact on their team is bound to be great. The more teams come together to share knowledge and focus to align organizational goals, the more we can yield in resources.

Throughout any position, there is always room for improvement or the ability to make enhancements. Take the initiative to have the awareness it takes to succeed in your role. Remain open-minded, learn new skills, stay adaptable to change, and always stay engaged by asking yourself — What is my purpose? What are my goals? And what do I need to achieve them? Reach out for assistance as needed and bridge gaps within your department to create a work environment that contributes to the bigger cause… Our Community.

TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION INTO YOUR NEW POSITION

• Structure your day. Set goals for yourself and be realistic around the expectations.
• Take regular breaks. Acquire and maintain job skills by taking care of yourself first.
• Ask questions. It is important to understand your job role, so seek out supervisors and coworkers for assistance. Teamwork leads to successful outcomes.
• Maintain good and healthy boundaries. Whether these expectations are set for yourself, or they are expectations related to the position, deal with issues before they become overwhelming.
• Remember that change is good. Make a conscious effort to routinely change your own processes and establish changes that are engaging and maintain consistency. Allow yourself to be adaptable and flexible through change, it will carry you through challenging times.
• Develop your skills. The City offers various training opportunities and your Human Resources department consistently provides various trainings to all employees.

Improvement

Ultimately, it’s an employee’s awareness of themselves that will be the reward throughout their career. When an employee has a good understanding of themselves and wants to improve, they set expectations and reasonable goals that will help them achieve success in any organization.

Success can mean producing good work or even deciding the job is not suited for their career needs. Until an employee is well established and understands the consequences of their contributions, it can be impossible to connect with the job role and feel as though you are of part of the Mission. Whether you foster self-growth or growth amongst management and coworker through interactions, job skills are built around your willingness to be a positive, contributing team member.

Through personal accountability, respect is earned; Through consistent communications, loyalty is earned; Through respectful interactions, trust is earned; Through self-awareness, success is achieved. Improve for yourself first and you will always achieve expectations.

Below are some things you can do to improve:

• Continue learning from other staff, and taking courses, classes, or trainings.
• Have a mentor you can call on and be a mentor to others.
• Ask for feedback from management and coworkers.
• Nurture yourself often by knowing and understanding how you work most effectively.
• Gain knowledge by staying open-minded to new ideas and presenting your ideas often.
• Expectations of your role should empower you to achieve.

Strengthen your skills by using consistent communication and active listening in the office. Continue to develop your skills by inspiring and supporting change amongst leaders and employees alike. It is not how much you know but how you use what you know that will help make a difference, so don’t wait to implement a new change or skill- take action.
BE THE CHANGE!

Job Purpose

Congratulations! If you are reading this document, you are already on a path with a purpose.

Our employee workforce is the reason our organization exists and why our City functions to provide much needed services to our community. To help define and properly execute your job role, take time to learn and understand your organization’s mission and your department goals. Your active participation in developing and improving upon your job skills set is invaluable to our organization’s success. The City of Santa Fe needs a strong employee workforce to create and foster opportunities all while defining our purpose.
How an employee chooses to commit to their job role and the dedication they show to their team will set the tone for a positive career path within the CoSF.

Much like our personal lives, our goals help define our purpose. In an organization, finding a purpose can sometimes be challenging. If your job role gets lost in the day-to-day grind or amongst the rigors of staffing shortages, find solutions to create a purpose for the duties during that timeframe. Seek clarity from your supervisor and make note of your original purpose so that once the gaps are filled, you can easily adapt to the ebbs and flow of your department.