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As a full-time employee, your pay isn\u2019t necessarily connected to the specific amount of hours you work. That being said, time-tracking \u2013 keeping careful track of how you spend your working hours \u2013 may not sound like a valuable use of your effort.<\/p>\n
Time-tracking, however, has the potential to transform your job, help you meet your goals, and give you powerful leverage with your employer.<\/p>\n
Knowing how many hours you\u2019re spending at work, and what exactly you\u2019re doing during those hours, can help you:<\/p>\n
In the following article, we\u2019ll look at specific ways time-tracking can help you achieve the above, and potentially more.<\/p>\n
[content_upgrade_scripts] What are your career goals? Maybe you want to start your own business someday. Maybe you\u2019d like to retire early and pursue a different passion. Or maybe you\u2019re interested in climbing to the top of the corporate ladder.<\/p>\n In any case, one of the single most important keys for helping to reach your goals is greater productivity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Greater productivity makes you a better employee, develops habits where you enjoy your job more, expands your responsibilities (and potentially pay), and helps to reach your personal goals.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how time-tracking can help to boost your personal productivity at work:<\/p>\n Unless you\u2019re a superhuman (or a robot), chances are that you find yourself tempted by distractions throughout the day. Whether it\u2019s Instagram, the news, or text messages, most of us know how quickly a glance at your phone or new browser window can turn into a rabbit hole.<\/p>\n Even your email inbox can turn into a productivity-sucking source of stress and distraction. One study<\/a> found that when people check their inboxes only three times a day, their stress levels decreased and sense of productivity and accomplishment increased.<\/p>\n Using a time-tracking tool like Timing<\/a> can help you remain accountable to staying on task by showing you exactly how much time you\u2019ve spent on your laptop or desktop computer…what you were doing during those hours\u2026.and how productive you were.<\/p>\n At the end of each day (or throughout the day), you\u2019ll check your \u201cOverview\u201d tab in Timing, where you\u2019ll see a detailed breakdown of where you\u2019ve spent each hour (and minute). You\u2019ll also see a \u201cProductivity\u201d score, which is assigned according to project.<\/p>\n A wise strategy for productively approaching your workday is to set three specific goals that you can meet by the end of the day. Time-tracking with Timing can help you meet these short-term goals with a couple of different features:<\/p>\n Do you ever feel that you\u2019re spending the majority of your workday putting out fires instead of getting real, productive work done?<\/p>\n Time-tracking can help you take control of your workday \u2013 and your productivity \u2013 by giving you a comprehensive look at how you\u2019re spending your total working hours.<\/p>\n For example, if you find that you\u2019re spending a significant amount of time on non-priority work, or a client, account, or project that\u2019s demanding but not high-value, time-tracking will reveal that reality to you with hard data.<\/p>\n With Timing, you can view when you\u2019re using specific applications, visiting specific URL\u2019s, and working on specific client work. Timing also offers an API and a Zapier integration with various applications and systems to give you even richer insight into how you are spending your time.<\/p>\n Ultimately, you\u2019ll gain a better understanding of how you\u2019re using your working hours…and how you might shift your time and productivity to create a more streamlined (and less stressful) workday.<\/p>\n If you frequently work remotely, time-tracking can become even more of an asset to you as a full-time employee.<\/p>\n 43% of employees work remotely<\/a> at least part of the time, and while most of us appreciate the freedom and flexibility this provides, working out of office comes with its own set of challenges \u2013 including staying on task and communicating effectively.<\/p>\n As described above, time-tracking can help you resist distractions (which seem to multiply when we\u2019re out of the office), but it can also help you report back to an employer who\u2019s not peeking over your shoulder.<\/p>\n Using the \u201cReports\u201d feature in Timing, you can produce detailed, specific evidence of your working hours for your employer. Not only that, but Timing can also be used on your mobile phone, so that you can easily track hours spent offline (such as during a lunchtime meeting or extended phone call).<\/p>\n Ultimately, time-tracking can help you become a more efficient, productive remote worker. <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span> It may even give you leverage for asking your employer to allow you to work remotely more frequently (which we\u2019ll get to next).<\/p>\n Whether you want to ask for a raise, change in position, or request to work from home some of the time (or all of the time), time-tracking results can serve as powerful proof of your value and hard work to your employer.<\/p>\n As mentioned above, the \u201cReports\u201d feature in Timing produces detailed reports that show how many hours you\u2019ve worked, and on what. Depending on how you\u2019re using your time, you can use this kind of data to show your employer that you\u2019re spending additional time on developing systems and processes, or working more productively from home than in the office, or working overtime.<\/p>\n In any case, you\u2019ll have the numbers to back up your claims and help persuade your employer to say \u201cyes\u201d to your request.<\/p>\n So far, we\u2019ve reviewed how time-tracking can be used for employees. But what about employers?<\/p>\n
\n[content_upgrade cu_id=”1186″ preload=”1″]Free Download: 4 Steps to Report Time-Tracking to Your Boss<\/strong>[content_upgrade_button]Click Here[\/content_upgrade_button][\/content_upgrade]<\/p>\nBoost Your Productivity<\/h2>\n
Keeps You Accountable<\/h3>\n
Helps You Meet Your Short-Term Goals<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nGives You Richer Insight into Your Working Hours<\/h3>\n
Improve Your Remote Work<\/h2>\n
Gain Leverage with Your Boss<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nA Note for Employers<\/h2>\n