Starting a new job is not always an easy task, especially if you've already spent a long time with your last employer. You will have to meet new people, learn the ropes, get familiar with fresh procedures and learn to excel in a totally brand new environment. Experts in Career Management, the leading recruitment site in North Africa and the Middle East, you expose the following key elements to remember to start a new job with a good foundation.
Be prepared
Read up in advance about the company and make sure to be well initiated into its products, competition, culture and orientation. Ask your new media director, as appropriate, to consult before joining the company and try to meet earlier some of your future colleagues so that the environment does not seem completely foreign.
Try to be on time for work the first week and work all hours required. Taking long lunch breaks and leave before everybody gives the wrong impression, moreover, it will not make you earn respect from your new colleagues.
Have a good look
Try to be appropriately dressed for the job, and try to look stylish, neat, seconded, resolved, satisfied and sure of yourself. Project a positive energy. First impressions are important so you should try to do good.
Ask questions
Ask questions and do not be afraid to ask for help when needed. It will take time to familiarize yourself with the policies and procedures of the company. Asking the right questions to the appropriate people is the best way to avoid potentially costly errors.
Listen
The good tip to follow in the first days of your job is to listen more and talk less. You have much to learn, and you do not want others away or annoy them by your exuberance or aggression before you familiar with the policies of the post and the new dynamics, and know the different actors.
Be proactive
Tackle projects that require work and do not hesitate to take on additional responsibilities provided they do not interfere with your basic performance. Your work ethic is valued from day when you join the company. You must do so with goodwill, enthusiasm and courage to take on heavy work.
Get to know your colleagues
Show that you are interested in you and your colleagues are happy to work with them, and smiling, being attentive, asking questions and offering your help. You will spend much time with your new colleagues, so it is essential to link good relations with them.
Show respect and courtesy
Earn the respect of your colleagues by treating them the way you want to be treated, show courtesy and respect in all your relationships. Earn their respect is essential in order to work effectively with them longer.
Honor your promises
Do not assume more responsibility than you are able. Try not to give promises you cannot hold, since this will be taken into account and reduce your future credibility in your workplace. Make promises and achievable target the small gains easy and fast with projects that have benefited from the agreement and support of senior management.
Be clear about your role
Make predictions before. Make sure you are clear about what is expected of you, what are the immediate priorities, how your performance will be assessed and how often you give your top news on the progress of projects and achievements?
Identify influential players
Identify key players and try to imitate them and learn how they conduct their missions. It is even better to be involved in projects with them.
Do not participate in a group chat in the office.
Do not participate in in-office gossip as it is endemic. You can listen to the rumors of the office to avoid making the same mistakes, but do not give your opinion or encourage gossip anyway whatsoever.
Avoid putting in place major changes
Your first weeks at work must be devoted to understanding the atmosphere, to ask questions and give lasting impressions to superiors, colleagues and customers, rather than implement major changes. You need advice, help, perspective and support from others in society in order to achieve lasting change; it becomes undesirable and expensive to try to take drastic measures without first gained their trust and support, and without performed the basic work.
Do not complain about your job.
Start on a positive note and avoid to slandering your former jobs, superiors or colleagues. This will only annoy your new colleagues and reduce their level of comfort with you.
Do not boast.
Do not start your new job you bragging about your accomplishments and past successes, it will only serve to deter others from you. Whatever the success of your career so far and the considerable efforts made by the company to solicit you to accept the offer, you must leave aside the quality of "star" and be humble and modest in your first week at work. You must always earn the respect and admiration of your new colleagues, and you'll get there only by excelling in your new role through the hard work, skill and perseverance.
