Stand Out At Your New Job With These 3 Tips

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Congratulations! You’ve finally landed a job and the tiring job hunt is over. Here comes the next hurdle: making a good impression at your new job. I’m sure you did a great job of blowing away your new boss and fellow colleagues during the interview process, but you shouldn’t stop there. It’s important that you continue to show up and live up to their expectations. I’ve got a few pointers here that will help you stand out at your new job during the first few months.

Form A Good Relationship

The most important time to start getting to know your colleagues is during the first month, but it shouldn’t stop there. You should continue spending the next few months cultivating and creating a good relationship with the people you work with. You could, for example, organize drinks with your co-workers. It’s important to note that you should make a relationship not only with the higher-ups, but also with people you work with and people who work under you. This shows that you are genuine and not just sucking up to those who rank higher.

Ask for Feedback on Your Career Goals

Whether your manager has set goals for you or not, it’s important that you set a goal you want to work towards. How else would you be able to measure your progress in the company if you don’t set any goals? Setting goals and writing them down is a good way to remind you of what you want to achieve in a specific timeframe. Writing your goals down and then asking for your colleagues’ and/or manager’s advice is a way for you to make sure you’re setting the right priorities.

But of course, even if you write your career goals down, it would be useless if you don’t stick to them. Set reminders for evaluation every couple of weeks or so, by yourself of with the help of others, to figure out the next course of action if things aren’t going exactly the way they should be.

Stay Open-minded

Being a newbie can be intimidating because of all the new things you have to learn, but this can also be an asset to the team because of the new perspective you bring. An unbiased perception can be useful in identifying areas that need improvement that others may have failed to notice.

Which is why it’s important that you question things. There is nothing wrong in being curious, as long as you stay respectful about it. Even if a process or structure has been in place for some time already, doesn’t always mean it’s the right way to go about it. Don’t be afraid to ask why some things are the way they are. I find that it’s always better to admit not knowing things and presenting curiosity, rather than pretending to know the right answer even if you actually don’t.