Spring Clean Your Office - Spark Hire

Spring Clean Your Office - Spark HireAccording to a recent survey, 57% of people admitted to judging a co-worker based on the cleanliness of his/her amtsstube. I know Im guilty (of both the judging and the messiness). So, since wed all rather be judged on the quality of our work, lets talk about some spring cleaning tips for the officeideas to de-clutter both individual offices and your company premises as a whole.Anyone organizing a workspace should begin by asking themselves, What do I want from my office space, and is it meeting my needs? So says organization expert Peter Walsh. Efforts to de-clutter wont do any good if the space encourages people to be messy. Identify places that tend to get messy very quickly. Does mail pile up quickly on your desk, or on the counter? Reclaim your horizontal surfaces by designating a specific place for everything that clutters up your space. Put the place in a convenient location for what the thing is. For example, if you have to walk all the wa y across your office to retrieve client files, of course theyre going to pile up on your desk. Sometimes theres only so much you can do about this, but do your best to make adjustments where you can to de-clutter your office.Do you feel that you dont need spring cleaning tips so much as a spring cleaning box of matches? I joke. Spring is a great time for tackling those files from six years ago that seem to be bursting out of the cabinets. Begin your organizing by setting a goal for the process. Decide which parts of your office could benefit from some spring cleaning tips, and commit to organizing those areas first. The second best advice I can give ask for some help. Most efforts to clean out files arent rocket scienceeven a new hire can follow a list of save this, pitch that, scan that. Remember, converting to digital as much as possible will save future headaches like this. Speaking ofIn addition to physical workspace, it is important to de-clutter digital workspace. A desktop fu ll of icons, or an overflowing email inbox can be just as stressful (and probably judgment-worthy) as physical clutter. Spring cleaning tips for organizing your digital space include organize your email inbox by folders, keep your computer desktop icons to a minimum, and set aside one afternoon every three months for organizing (read deleting) old files that you dont need. If you are concerned about losing data, talk to your IT department about archiving your files in a safe space that is leid your desktop.What spring cleaning tips do you have for the office? Lets get some good ideas because the idea people shouldnt have to do any of the heavy lifting. Right? Right?IMAGECourtesyof Flickr byZepfanman.com