Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy. And in today's video I am going to walk
you through my 5 tips on how to adapt to a new workplace environment so that
you can set the best impression and set yourself up for success in your new
company
Ready to get the job you want? Top Notch Interview is coming soon! For more info
and free training head to JOINTNI.COM As a career strategist I've had the
honour of being able to help numerous professionals land their dream job
offers and so if this is something that you're interested in working with me one
on one I can give you details about that at the end of this video when you first
start a new job it's very easy to just go with the flow do as you're told and
try not to rock the boat just so that you can pass the probation period but
what if I told you that there were different ways that you can show up to
your new workplace environment not only so that you can just fit in and adapt
but that you can really truly be your best self every day so I'm gonna walk
you through my five tips on how to adapt to a new workplace environment so that
you can set yourself up for success in your new job in company tip number one
observe the lay of the land notice how things are done if you find that the way
that people work in your company or department is very individualistic
meaning people are very independent with their work then take notice of that and
keep that in mind this likely means that in this company they tend to value
making independent decisions and working independently and being able to come up
with solutions and recommendations on your own with limited guidance and
supervision on the other hand if you find that there's a lot of collaboration
going on people sharing ideas with one another then perhaps this company or
team tends to value communication and teamwork being able to take notice of
your environment and keeping this in mind will help you in your future
interactions with your co-workers and colleagues on the tasks assignments and
projects that you end up working on tip number two be friendly and introduce
yourself to people as you meet them now you don't have to necessarily go around
handing cookies to every new co-worker that you meet and introduce yourself but
you should be willing to smile and introduce yourself and talk to anyone
who comes across your path and makes sure that you get to know them as your
potential new co-worker so don't be afraid to make small talk with your new
co-workers ask them how long they've been here are they enjoying it what do
they do you want to ask them small questions about themselves in a friendly
yet professional way tip number three learn the processes systems and business
well the earlier and more that you're able to understand how the business
works how the processes are run how the systems function the better that you're
going to be able to perform your job with fewer hiccups and setbacks so take
notes ask critical questions when you're receiving training play around with the
software in system so that you understand them do not be afraid to ask
questions these will all help to accelerate your
learning of the basics for your job tip number four ask smart questions when you
first join a company right then and there is the time that you need to ask
the questions that need to be asked people aren't going to be upset with you
if you ask them basic questions and critical questions now but they may be
upset with you if you ask basic questions six months or a year from now
you need to think through the questions that you want to ask so that you can
help to understand the business and the processes better and you need to be
willing to actually open your mouth and ask them and don't forget what the
answers are you don't want to repeat the same questions again and again because
you didn't take proper notes or you didn't actually understand it when it
was explained to you so to leave a positive impression is to ask smart
questions ask critical questions ask why questions and then understand it and if
you don't understand follow-up right then and there don't
wait a week or two to ask them again and finally tip number five identify
low-hanging fruit opportunities for improvement once you're familiar with
your team your department business processes and functions it's time now to
start to observe and identify possible areas for improvement these are things
that you know can easily be improved on and will increase the level of
efficiency for your team and company for example let's say that you identify
manual processes in your team or departments that are slowing things down
and that you know if you just implemented an automated Excel
spreadsheet that that would speed up the processes and would require less manual
labor once you identify these potential areas
for improvement don't be afraid to bring them to the attention of your manager
and make the recommendation to have them changed and offer for you to be the lead
person to make that change and then the key is to do it
implement that change implement that improvement and don't forget to record
the results of that change or improvement that you implemented so that
at the end of the year when there's a performance review you'll be able to
bring it up and that's going to help you with your bonus and your salary and your
future promotion potential so there you have it those are my five tips on how to
adapt to a new workplace environment so that you can set yourself up for success
now if you are someone who is currently in the midst of a job search you've been
looking for awhile you haven't had much success and you realize that you need
one-on-one professional guidance from me then feel free to reach out head on over
to my website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through the
page fill in the application form and from there if it seems as though we're a
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