Buy Holiday Gifts for Coworkers with a Professional Approach

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In a formal office environment, one must exhibit a professional approach towards work and other situations. Even if it is a special occasion / holidays, where you need to buy holiday gifts for coworkers, you need to mange the show professionally and appropriately.

Here, I present some tips, which can help you while buying holiday gifts for coworkers.

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Do be Financially Conservative with your gifts budget, whenever you are buying holiday gifts for coworkers. It is not necessary to go overboard and buy expensive gifts for everyone. (Keep in mind that the gifts should not be too cheap either, they should be reasonably priced).

Moreover, in case you buy too expensive gifts for coworkers, then it might send out a signal that you also expect some expensive gifts in return, (which is not at all our purpose of giving gifts. Gifts should be given to express your affection and friendship towards your coworkers, it should not be like any business dealing).

Also, it is pertinent to remember that everybody’s salary is not the same. Those having a lesser salary than yours, might feel a little bit dejected when they come to know that a certain colleague of theirs is handing out expensive gifts for his friends whereas they are not in a position to do so. So, better not to buy too expensive holiday gifts for coworkers. Keep your budget small and intact. This will help to establish your professional image in office.

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For the majority of coworkers on your list, try to buy generic gifts such a fashionable decorative gift item, food baskets, chocolate gift baskets, flowers etc.

For those coworkers with whom you are quite close and have a more stronger friendship, you can present to them more personal gifts like the Music Cd’s / apparel of their liking.

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Before buying holiday gifts for coworkers in your office, is that you should always ask yourself the question first of all – “Would that person like such a gift if I presented it to him in front of the entire office”.

Conversely, before buying the gift, you should also ask yourself—“If I were to receive such a gift in front of the entire office, then would I like it ?.”

The above 2 questions would help you decide to buy the most appropriate holiday gifts for coworkers, and when you do present the gifts on the actual occasion, then such sort of self questioning will eventually help to establish your reputation as a professional, thoughtful and considerate person, and you would be liked by all of your coworkers.

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As a general rule, buy holiday gifts for coworkers, only when there is a special occasion / holiday season. To explain with the help of an example, If someone was earlier coming late to the office regularly and now has started coming on time, then it simply makes no reason to give him a gift. Try to restrict your gift presentation activities for special moments / occasions. This would further help you boost your image in front of your coworkers as a professional executive.

I would continue to provide more useful information in my upcoming articles on effectively buying Holiday gifts for Coworkers. 

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Some Additional Last Minute Holiday Gifts for Coworkers

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As usual, some special occasion / holiday is round the corner and like me, you may also have forgotten to buy some presents for your coworkers, friends, relatives etc. Here, I present a small list of trendy, practical and inexpensive last minute holiday gifts for coworkers, which can be time savers for you as well as enjoyable for your friends.

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Cases and Skins for Phones (Iphones, Blackberry etc).

These surely belong to the category of inexpensive last minute holiday gifts for coworkers, if you are really short of time, just note which phone brand your friend has, then shop online or go to a electronics shop in your neighborhood and select the latest case / skin which matches that phone.

Such a practical gift would surely be remembered by the recipient for a long time. Also, add some fun by buying some colored ones.

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Headphones:-

Many of your coworkers might be fond of using headphones quite often (for using with iPod’s or MP3 players, so they would really like this gift.

Other coworkers might be regularly using applications like skype, and such a cool gift would be appreciated by them.

So, without a doubt, it can be added to your list of last minute holiday gifts for coworkers and friends. They are inexpensive, compact, and superb for listening to songs Or for skype phone calls.

3)

USB Keyboard Vacuum Cleaner.

Very often, we concentrate on cleaning entire work-desk and office, but we neglect to clean our computer keyboard / laptop keyboard – the one thing which we use the most during the day.

Also, many a times, we OR our coworkers are eating lunch on our desk, and there are a lot of chances that the keyboard also gets to have some small crumbs.

So, do yourself your friends a favor and gift them a USB based Keyboard cleaner. You should keep in mind that it should not have any batteries. It should be inexpensive and should be operated by USB connection only.

So, do include this inexpensive gift among your list of last minute holiday gifts for coworkers.

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Portable speakers for Ipod and MP3 Players.

Many a times, we do not feel like putting the headphones and then listening to stuff in our iPod. In such cases, if we have some portable speakers, then we can easily connect them with our iPod and listen to our favorite songs etc.

Our friends must also have this same feeling sometimes, so this holiday season, why not present to them portable speakers, which they can carry along wherever they go. And whenever they want to listen to some high volume music without hurting their ears, they can always make use of your gift.

Such thoughtful and practical last minute holiday gifts for coworkers would be used by your coworkers and friends for a long time and thus you would be remembered by them, whenever they use these gifts.

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How to Effectively Buy Holiday Gifts for Coworkers

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Buying holiday gifts for coworkers can be time consuming and sometimes a difficult exercise. In this article, let us try to see how we can make this whole process efficient, inexpensive and time saving.

1) Make a List.

This is the first and the most important step while buying holiday gifts for coworkers Make an exhaustive list of all the people you are working with. In this initial list, don't exclude anyone. Initially, just concentrate on writing the names. Also, If possible, then do write alongside each person his hobbies liking etc. (It may be a tough task initially, but it would help you in the long run to purchase the most unique gift for that particular person).

2) Prioritize.

Once your initial list is ready, then decide whom do you want to give the gift. As a general rule - You should buy gifts for your immediate superiors, your close coworkers and anybody who gave you a gift last time. You may also include the people form other departments like Accounts, Administration, etc, depending upon your relationship and interaction with them.

Remember, there is no need to give a gift to everyone at the office. Such an action might not be very much appreciated, and moreover, it might also not fit into your budget.

Also, since you might not know all the people personally / properly, So, it might be a little bit awkward situation presenting a gift to an unknown person.

Just Try to limit yourself to coworkers whom you know personally.

3) Once you have your priorities set, then decide upon your Budget for each prioritized list of coworkers.

Obviously, you have to make a budget, You don't want to overspend on giving the gifts, ( as the gifts may vary from being inexpensive to expensive). The value and the type of gift should correspond to your relationship and closeness with your coworker.

4) Decide upon what to give to each person.

This is related with point no. 1 , wherein I had mentioned to note down the likes, hobbies etc. of each person you know. this will help you decide the most unique and also inexpensive holiday gifts for coworkers .

5) To save time on buying gifts, mark out a day and a particular time on that day in your calendar to go out shopping.

You can choose a holiday / weekend, but preferably, set the time of visiting the store in the afternoon, because then the stores will not be too much overcrowded.

6) Don't forget the Greeting Cards.

Try to buy them at the same store where you are buying the other gifts. This would save a lot of time for you and would also prove to be in inexpensive way of shopping as you won’t have to go from one shop to another to buy just the cards. Usually, if you are buying a lot of stuff from one store, then they might give a give discount on the items as well as on the greeting cards.

Personalized Greeting Cards would add a special touch to your holiday gifts for coworkers

Just an inexpensive card on which is written "Best Compliments" can be sufficient. However, you may go in for different types of greeting cards if you wish and if you time and budget allows it.

7) Select the shops where gift wrap packing would be done easily,

This is quite essential, so that you do not have to do it yourself when you reach home. This would prove to be an inexpensive as well as a time saving option, as compared to the situation, where you buy the gifts from one store, then go to another store to buy the wrapping paper, cello tape etc. then going home and gift wrapping the gifts yourself.

8) Now you are ready with your gifts to present further to your coworkers.

I would be continuing with additional ideas and information pertaining to holiday gifts for coworkers , in the subsequent articles.

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Additional list of Unique Holiday Gifts for Coworkers

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In my previous article, we discussed some of the unique holiday gifts for coworkers based upon their personality traits and likings. In order that a person likes the gift and remembers you for a long time, you should try to make that gift as unique as possible. Here we try to expand our list of unique gifts which you can present to your coworkers and friends. (both in the expensive as well as in the inexpensive category).

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For the Consistent Traveller :- You can present to him/her a branded luxury watch.

This can be a unique gift, especially for your coworkers in the Marketing department. These people have to travel a lot, have hectic work schedules and always have to reach important meetings / customers at the right time. So, a stylish luxury watch would be highly appreciated by your friend.

Moreover, if the person is an international traveller, then it makes more sense to gift him a watch which can show different time zones. This would further add to your thoughtfulness and the recipient is bound to remember you even when he is in another country.

For both men and women, there are various famous brands to choose from :- Tag Heur, Omega, Longines, Tissot, Swatch, Citizen, Titan etc. Take your pick. Some of them might be expensive, but worth the price and your valuable relationhsip with your friend. 

These branded watches can surely be counted among the unique holiday gifts for coworkers.

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For Aspiring Chefs:- A recipe book would be among the inexpensive and unique holiday gifts for coworkers who are fond of cooking. What’s more,........ when they try out some new recipe, they may even invite you over for lunch / dinner. So, that would be an added bonus for you – giving an inexpensive gift to your friend and also getting a treat. Cheers to that………

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For those who are Fond of Jewellery: - Depending upon your budget and closeness to that person, you can gift a silver / gold / stainless steel bracelet. They would be wearing around their wrists and subconsciously thinking about you whenever they see it / whenever anybody gives then a compliment for the beautiful bracelet.

Furthermore, you can have their names engraved on the bracelet to make it all the ore special for them, thus making such a present among the unique holiday gifts for coworkers.

Apart from bracelets, you may also gift earrings, chains etc, the list is endless. As I mentioned, it all depends upon your closeness with your friend and your budget.

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For those who like Shopping: - The best and the safest options is to present gift cards. Your friends would love it. Just be sure to give the gift card in tune with what the other person likes, for example, if they are technology savvy, then gift them a discount card to purchase their favourite computer accessories.

If they are fond of eating out, give them a gift card / discount card to a local restaurant.

You can also buy for them a subway pass / metro pass, so that their travelling expenses are reduced a little bit. Believe me, such thoughtful gifts; even though they are inexpensive, would be highly appreciated by your coworkers.

In order to make the present unique to the particular individual, you just have to find out their interests and give them the gift accordingly.

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For those who like Sports :- Just find out which sport your friend likes and then give a gift accordingly. You can gift him a discounted subscription of his favourite magazine, or you could gift him a couple of tickets to the upcoming sporting event of his liking. You can also gift him the latest shoes / apparel from sporting brands like Nike, Reebok, Adidas etc.

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For the Movie Lovers: - Do gift them a collection of the latest blockbusters. They would really enjoy this unique gifts during their holidays.

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For the Music Lovers. : - A gift pack consisting of the latest music Cd’s would make a unique gift for such coworkers.

Thus, with a little imagination and thoughtfulness, you can present unique holiday gifts to coworkers and friends alike, which would be remembered for a long time..

I would be continuing with my list of unique holiday gifts for coworkers in the subsequent articles.

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Unique Holiday Gifts for Coworkers

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We encounter various kinds of unique personalities in our office. Some of our coworkers are highly professional, some are aggressive, whereas some are cool, some of them are more inclined towards beauty and arts, while some of our coworkers are more inclined towards fashion. So, we need to keep in mind these unique traits while choosing gifts for every individual.

This holiday season, let’s be a little bit creative and try to come up with ideas for some Unique Holiday Gifts for coworkers and friends.

Regular gifts like books, music cd’s, laptop accessories etc. are fine for normal occasions, they can be presented to everyone, But Unique Holiday Gifts for coworkers are those which include something special and are aimed at each individual separately. i.e, the gift is in line with the personality of the individual who is receiving the gift.

Below, I present a small list of such Unique Holiday Gifts for coworkers

1) For the Thorough Professional: - You can gift him / her a Business Card holder

This is among the most thoughtful and Unique Holiday Gifts for coworkers , executives and friends alike. A good business card holder always adds an extra touch to the professional image of the executive. So, such a gift would also add immense value to your relationship with your friend

A stylish business card holder is bound to get noticed and complimented, whenever anyone pulls it out of his / her pocket to take out a business card.

Business Card holders are generally made of leather, or sometimes of metal (with a sleek, satin finish / gold finish), and many times in Durable, elegant polished acrylic.

What’s more, if you want, then you can even have the name of your friend printed (in case of leather) / engraved on the card holder (in case it is of metal). This will further add to the attractiveness of the gift to your friend.

You can select and buy various types of Business Card holders below:-

Leather Business Card Holders.

Silver / Gold Plated Business Card Holders.

Acrylic business card holders.

2) For those coworkers who appreciate art and beauty:- You can present to them gifts made of crystal.

Some gifts set the standard of style, beauty and elegance. Gifts made of crystal are one of them. They add to the aesthetic appeal of the worker’s desk. Such an artistic item looks simply superb in any office setting and is sure to get a lot of compliments from everyone.

Furthermore, a crystal is timeless, meaning that it can remain for years and years on your friend’s desk and still retain it’s elegance and beauty. Thus, they are sure to bring a smile on your friend’s face every time they look at it.

So, be sure to include a gift item made of crystal among your list of unique holiday gifts for coworkers

You can choose from crystal globes, paperweights (which come in different shapes), miniaturized statues , crystal glasses etc.

3) For the Fashion Conscious: - There is an immense range of unique holiday gifts for coworkers who are fashion conscious.

Among the best gifts which you can present to them are the latest perfumes.

For both men and women, you can choose from a wide range of perfumes. You can take your pick from some of established brands like DKNY, Dolce & Gabbana, Polo, Ralph Lauren, Givenchy etc.

The main thing while gifting perfumes is to make sure that the receiver would like the fragrance. This is quite easy to find out. During any informal discussions with your friend, you can just casually ask him which brand of perfume is a good one, and you can make a mental note of it. When later on, you present the same brand to him / her as a gift, then it is bound to be highly appreciated by your friend.

So, with a little observation, you can present highly unique and personalized gift to your coworkers and friends and be remembered for it for a long time.

I would be continuing with my list of unique holiday gifts for coworkers in the subsequent articles, where we would be selecting more gifts for different personality types.

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Last Minute Holiday Gifts for Coworkers

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Sometimes, It so happens that some Special Occasion / holiday is just around the corner and we are so much engrossed in our hectic work schedules that we simply forget to buy a present for our dear friends and coworkers.

Here, I present a small list of last minute holiday gifts for coworkers, which can be time savers for you and enjoyable for your friends.

One important rule while choosing last minute holiday gifts for coworkers and friends is that - Before giving a gift to anyone, just ask yourself a question, “Would I like to receive such kind of a gift for myself. ? “. If your answer is - "Yes", then you can go ahead and present the gift.

Such sort of introspective questions can help you decide the various kinds of thoughtful and beautiful gifts which you can present to your coworkers and friends.

1) Chocolate Gift Baskets :-

Chocolates can definitely put a smile on everyone’s face. The moment anybody feasts their eyes on the sweet goodies, it is bound to make their mouths water.

Few people can resist the tempting taste of a good bar of chocolate.

Even of someone is on a strict diet Or his doctor has restricted him not to intake fatty and sugary foods, they would still prefer to take a tiny bite, just to pleasure their senses.

So, chocolate gift baskets can be on your list of last minute holiday gifts for coworkers and friends alike. They are sure to remember you when they bite into the mouth watering piece of chocolate bar / sweet.

2) Flowers

Again, you can never go wrong with flowers. These fresh, sweet smelling flowers would spread their fragrance throughout the room where they are kept and your coworkers are bound to remember you most of the time for such a fragrant gift. So, do include it in your list of Last minute holiday gifts for coworkers.

It is quite easy to order flowers. You can just order them online from most flower shops, which also offer to deliver at your doorstep.

3) Computer and Laptop Accessories

You must surely be having a lot of coworkers and friends who just love computers.

Trendy accessories which give a nice look and feel to your laptop / desktop are the one of the most thoughtful gifts which you can give to them.

You can choose from a wide range of products like :-

For Laptops :- Cooling Pads, Extra Batteries, Bags, Speakers, Mouse etc.

For Communicating :- Webcams, Headsets and Microphones, Modems,

For Storage :- USD Flash Drives, External Hard Drives, Memory Cards etc.

For Desktop :- Printers, Keyboards, Mouse, Speakers, etc.

Such thoughtful and practical last minute holiday gifts for coworkers would be used by your friends for a long time and thus you would be remembered by them, most of the times when they use it.

4)  World Music

For those of your friends who love music and travelling, you can present to them some great MP3’s of World music. You can select from a range of different regions – African, Jamaican, Scandanavian, Romanian, Russian, Brazilian etc.

You can check our the above link for listening to free samples of music from different parts of the world before purchasing their MP3

Your friends are sure to appreciate this musical gift and probably may also ask you for some more. So, do include them in your list of last minute holiday gifts for coworkers.

5) Apparel

For the fashion conscious friends of yours, you can gift them some trendy apparel, like Jeans, Cardigans, Blazers, Tops, Tees.

You are bound to be remembered by your friends, whenever they get any compliments for such fashionable apparel.

Cheers….

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