Starting A New Job

Don't say no to any opportunity that your employer gives you, even if it seems like it's not your job, or it's not in your job description. (upbeat music) A lot of times an employer will, or a manager or a supervisor will ask you to do something that maybe isn't part of your job description, because they want to see whether you can handle that particular thing. The individuals that I have seen in my life, and I myself have been successful in jobs, because I'm willing to do things that maybe seem beneath my position or maybe just don't seem to coincide with my job description, but by doing those things, I'm demonstrating to my bosses, hey, this guy's a team player or this individual's willing to try something new. Be observant, be patient and be a learner. Always step up, volunteer. Never discount anything even if at the time it doesn't seem important. Try to get some fundamental knowledge of whatever the task may be, because it could be useful in the future. And identify people within the organization that could mentor you and or support you throughout the way, be an advocate for you. Just average things like communicating with your new manager or new boss and then your teammates, to make sure that they're clear that you might need more work or you don't understand something. People won't necessarily seek you out for those questions. You do have the kind of self-elect and kind of solicit that feedback, but in a respectful way. I think asking for more opportunities, more responsibility, is the absolute key to pushing yourself to the next level. At first you're just focused on getting through the day-to-day and that's fine. Take your time with that, but once you feel that you're confident in what you're doing, ask for more. I would say, first off, they should know the mission of a company. If they're starting off with that then they have a foundation to build on, if they know what the mission is and they can carry that out in the work that they do. Then that can also help them stay focused on their job expectations. Asking questions, how does your role fit into the other roles of the company? How does my role help the company become successful? Engaging wit your team, really knowing your team, these are the people you'll be spending a lot of time with moving forward. So first week I would say, you're really just trying to meet people, get your bearings, figure out what's expected of you and where you fit in to your role, maybe within your unit or within the company at large. We want to hear you ask questions, because we know then you're engaged and we can tailor what we're trying to teach you and show you around those questions to know maybe where you have shortcomings, where things don't make sense. I pictured myself asa sponge. I just was ready to take on as much information as possible. So what was really important for me was to actually slow down and kind of go through, what did I learn today? What are the key things that, you know, I can jot down to remember and two weeks from now look into and what not. So really being ready to take in a lot of information and do that in a way that's effective for you. For me, I had a notebook that at the end of the day I literally bullet pointed what did I do today? Who did I talk with? What did they teach me. (gentle music)