I have mastered the art of 'looking busy', but it's got to be one of the most frustrating tasks to accomplish. I am not one to just waste time if I have work to accomplish, but when there is nothing on my plate except open tasks I've created for myself, the only thing I can do is master the art of looking busy.
It's not easy to pull up documents that you can attempt to 'work' on - especially when you are working with a double screen situation! You have to open one document on the left screen and one that is relevant and hopefully related to the other on the right screen. If you look up something on the internet to waste time, you have to shrink the browser and be ready to quickly close it should your boss actually be ready to delegate a purposeful assignment to you. It is such a shame that my two college degrees, two certificates and over 10 years of experience have mainly taught me these things.
I will never understand why I can't find a postition where I can actually utilize my skills and finally stop focusing on 'looking busy'. I'd actually BE busy! It's interesting how many people around me find they can't even take a water break, let alone figure out how to discreetlly perform an internet search. I wish I knew their secret!
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