Tis not the season to make a fool of yourself at the work Christmas party!

By Mel Churcher

So it’s Christmas party season!

One would guess most of you are excited? Nervous?

PIE Recruitment have had our fair share of experience at company parties, whether it be Christmas, Awards events, someone’s birthday or just merely celebrating that it’s Wednesday!

I like the attached article, it actually offers some genuine tips for keeping your job - although the situations outlined in the article are perhaps more professional than those that some of us will have actually experienced!

Let me put my personal experiences to you too, and just for the record, I am NOT saying these are all things I have done! Some maybe, the rest not, I’ll let you decide...

 (It’s like a game of ‘I have never!’)

We’ll start with the ‘what not to do’s’. Mainly because there are more of them!

 

So, there are many people who may have a million stories to tell & the list above won’t contain even a small amount of them - but I know everyone can take at least one of the above as a tip.

As myself and the crew at PIE Recruitment prepare for the Digital Marketing and Recruitment awards tonight, followed by a lavish Christmas party at in a few weeks, I know there are a few who will benefit from reminding themselves of the above!

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Dodgy dancing, loads of booze and loose lips: the office Christmas party is a minefield of potential embarrassing missteps and opportunities for demotion or getting fired. How do you go about navigating these treacherous waters? Here are dos and don'ts from some etiquette experts who know the proper way to behave. Whether you heed them is another matter...

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