Gone are the days when you were given 6 months to a year to settle down into a new job, and the days when your boss used to say to others that “(S)he’s still fairly new”, even ten months into your tenure. A new workplace today is like the Skypak man’s domain – everything is wanted yesterday. Sounds daunting ? It isn’t, really. Here’s a quick survival guide:
1. Remember that you’re technically an ‘old’ employee in just 30 days; so make every day count, don’t waste it.
2. Get familiar with your organisation, environment, department, product portfolio and work deliverables in two weeks or less.
3. Don’t hide in your cubicle or your room – stay visible, and as vocal as is prudent. In other words, be seen, and within limits, be heard. Be pro-active rather than reactive.
4. Once you feel like you’ve settled down (two weeks, remember ?), identify the departmental and the organisational priorities. Run these by your boss to make sure you’re not off-track.
5. Target the low-hanging fruits, the problems that need resolution and have quick fixes with low investment in cost, time and stress.
6. Don’t function in a vacuum. Interact within and outside the department, and ideally, across functions, to get a feel of what needs to happen and where you can contribute.
7. You’ll encounter antagonism: soft-pedal, stay neutral and put it down on your to-do list.
8. At the end of a month, define a 100-day target for yourself.
1. Remember that you’re technically an ‘old’ employee in just 30 days; so make every day count, don’t waste it.
2. Get familiar with your organisation, environment, department, product portfolio and work deliverables in two weeks or less.
3. Don’t hide in your cubicle or your room – stay visible, and as vocal as is prudent. In other words, be seen, and within limits, be heard. Be pro-active rather than reactive.
4. Once you feel like you’ve settled down (two weeks, remember ?), identify the departmental and the organisational priorities. Run these by your boss to make sure you’re not off-track.
5. Target the low-hanging fruits, the problems that need resolution and have quick fixes with low investment in cost, time and stress.
6. Don’t function in a vacuum. Interact within and outside the department, and ideally, across functions, to get a feel of what needs to happen and where you can contribute.
7. You’ll encounter antagonism: soft-pedal, stay neutral and put it down on your to-do list.
8. At the end of a month, define a 100-day target for yourself.
After Day 101, if you receive spontaneous feedback that suggests that it feels like you’ve already been there for a year, you know you’ve probably done something right.
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