Denise Dubei in his article – Sharpen up at work to avoid losing your job points out 5 key ways for IT professionals to avoid redundancy in today’s recession rid times. They are:

1. Get Noticed
2. Keep upgrading your skills
3. Do not take advantage of the access to the systems that you may have
4. Do not make demands
5. Do not spew negativity

Agreed no one in the IT world is immune from the current market situation and is (sometimes easily) replaceable. My question here is:

-Are these pointers only applicable during tough times?
-Is it okay to sitback on your bum, not upgrade yourself
-and access sensitive data on your intranet okay during good times?

No I don’t think so!

Except for being resonably demanding, I think rest of the points should be adhered to at any workplace; whether you are in IT, Finance, Customer Service, Teacher or even a bus driver!