Starting a new job can be a stressful time, whether it\u2019s your first job out of college or taking on a more senior role. All companies have their own acronyms and systems that can make you feel like you\u2019re on the outside looking in when you enter the door.<\/p>\n
Here are three tips I would offer\u00a0 to new employees about how to hit the ground running:<\/p>\n
\u25ba Don\u2019t try to be somebody you\u2019re not:<\/strong><\/p>\n Your company would not have hired you if you were not exceptional. So be true to who you are, be comfortable being who you are, and be comfortable letting your voice be heard. With everything so new when you start, it\u2019s easy to lose your confidence and not feel like yourself. It\u2019s vital that you dig-in and re-invest in who you are. Have faith that you are at your new job for a reason, and that your new employer wants you to be you.<\/p>\n \u25ba Be comfortable not knowing the answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n The questions you ask are more important than the answers you have. So be intellectually curious and ask questions about everything. Don\u2019t be shy if you don\u2019t understand an acronym or if you don\u2019t understand why something is done a certain way. Instead, question it! A good employer will welcome those questions because your fresh eyes are bringing new insights into the company. Too many companies get used to doing things a certain way, sometimes to their detriment \u2013 and your questions force a healthy re-examination of whether the old way is the best way.<\/p>\n \u25ba Don\u2019t be afraid of making a mistake:<\/strong><\/p>\n In any job, there will be things you don\u2019t know and areas outside your comfort zone. Don\u2019t shy away from these. Instead, move into your learning zone and treat failure the same way you treat success – as an opportunity to learn. Mistakes lead to experience, experience leads to wisdom, wisdom leads to instinct and instinct leads to faster decision making. If you\u2019re not making mistakes, you\u2019re doing yourself a disservice \u2013 and just as importantly, you are doing your new company a disservice as well.<\/p>\n Starting a new job is never easy, but if you are true to yourself, ask questions and aren\u2019t afraid to mistakes – you\u2019ll prove to both yourself and your employer why you are exceptional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starting a new job can be a stressful time, whether it\u2019s your first job out of college or taking on a more senior role. All companies have their own acronyms and systems that can make you feel like you\u2019re on the outside looking in when you enter the door. Here are three tips I would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":2824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n