So you have landed your brand new and exciting role (hopefully with the help of Scout!). You are nervous, anxious, excited and probably slightly overwhelmed with all the new things you will need to take in – starting with everyone’s names and what they all do!! To help you out and hopefully calm you down, here are some tips and strategies to help you get the most out of those first few weeks:
Ask all the questions:
When you are new, no question is a stupid question and you have a grace period of a good few weeks where you are not expected to know everything about the new company. Use this to your advantage and ask everything you can think of. But make sure you write the answers down so you remember – keep that notebook with you at all times at first as it will save you from awkward moments eg. What was the name of that lady in Finance that needs to approve my expenses!
You are what you wear:
It is likely that on your first day you are going to be shown round the office and get to meet a lot more people than you will actually be working with day to day. The last thing you want to do is look out of place, scruffy or uncomfortable. Judge, at interview stage, what the accepted dress code for the office is and also ideally wear/bring layers as you don’t know what the temperature of your new office is going to be – nothing worse than being freezing or sweating when you are trying hard to make a good first impression.
It’s all about the timing:
It is always wise on your first few days to leave a bit more time to get to your new office. You may not have been to the office during rush hour or may not have parked in the allocated parking area for staff before, so until you are au fait with what to expect, expect that it will take you longer, so leave earlier.
Don’t be invisible:
You are going to want people to get to know you as quickly and as accurately as possible. Make sure that if there is a social occasion happening that you attend but don’t get really drunk! Make sure that if someone asks you to join them for lunch or come to that meeting that you make the effort to go. Also if there is a chance to volunteer for something (that you are actually able to achieve), put your hand up – people will be grateful, get to know you quicker and you will make an instant good impression.
Establish Goals:
This is your chance to really set out your goals and aspirations for this new role and stick to them, right from the beginning. What is going to be expected of you and what can you over achieve in? What experiences and you looking to achieve? Having a set of defined goals will direct you during at least your probation period, if not longer.
Rebecca x
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http://whitewavedev.co.uk/scout/jobs/
