hey ambitious professionals it's Linda
Rainer of Linda Raynor comm career
strategist and intuitive purpose coach I
help driven professionals like you to
enhance your personal brand so that you
can pursue a career you'll truly enjoy
and in today's video I want to share
with you six tips that I have that will
really help you if you're someone who's
just taken on a new job at a new company
in a different industry or you've just
joined a different department in your
organization and you're really wanting
to learn how to make a strong positive
impression on the job from the beginning
I have six tips that are probably a
little bit different from things that
you've heard before that will hopefully
help you in getting you into the right
mindset so that you can make that
positive first impression so obviously
when you start a new job you're going to
be polite you're going to be friendly
you're going to be courteous to the
people that you meet but beyond all the
typical stuff there are a few key things
that you need to be aware of and you
need to start to implement if you really
truly want to thrive in this new
position in this company that you're
going to be joining so my first tip to
making a good impression is to spread
your positive energy what that means is
get to know the people that you work
with but also get to know the people
that are on your floor
that are in your department even if they
don't first introduce themselves to you
so if you see someone who you know is
working in your department or working in
your company and you haven't yet
introduced yourself then make that
effort reach out your hand shake their
hand and tell them who you are what you
do and get to know who they are what
they do as well familiarize yourself
with the people around you because what
this does is it integrates you into the
team a lot more easily as opposed to
just being the new girl or the new guy
so don't hide yourself you want to
spread your positive energy you want to
give this give off this sense of this
genuine eager excitement to not only
meet them but also for the job that
you're doing because what this does is
if you can do this to as many with as
many people as possible it sets this
initial imprint in their minds that
you're someone who is genuine
only eager and who looks as though
you'll be one to work hard and to thrive
in your job so you definitely want to
set that tone right from the beginning
right from the onset tip number two to
making a good impression figure out the
lay of the land and what this means is
to make sure that you ask the people
that you meet through your initial
introductions what they do and what
their titles are and what they're
responsible for because what this does
is it's going to be very helpful for you
as you continue to work where if you
know that there's a certain item that
you're going to need or a resource that
you're going to have to refer to because
you've already made that initial
introduction and you've made that
connection with the right people you're
going to know who to reach out for when
you have a particular question so this
really helps you later down the line as
you continue in your role and you're
trying to understand the organization
trying to understand the functions of
the organization tip number three is to
ask good questions this is something
that I'm not so sure if other people
mentioned but I'm definitely going to
mention this to you here because it is
so key in leaving a good positive
impression with the people that you work
with if you know how to ask good smart
questions and so what a good smart
question really is is one where you're
showing genuine curiosity as to why
something is being done the way that it
is just so that you can understand it
further better for yourself so for
example if your boss is explaining a new
task to you or a process or a procedure
that gets done and you're understanding
you're learning the process as he or she
is telling this to you you wanted then
set aside and see if you fully
understand the process if you can
intuitively understand why they're doing
this the way that they do then you don't
have to ask the question but if you
don't fully understand why then it's a
smart question to say well why is this
process done this way and you're asking
out of genuine curiosity you're not
asking it to sound like a know-it-all or
to sound condescending you're asking it
because you
genuinely are curious so that's those
are the types of questions that when a
boss you know can hear that from a new
employee it gets them to realize that
this person is actually thinking beyond
just saying oh this is what I do other
good questions could be if you notice
that they tell you about a certain
procedure or certain process and you're
identifying that wait through this one
process maybe there's still a gap that's
not being met or an issue could come up
ask that question say so what happens in
the case of you know and you don't want
to ask too many of those what happens is
what happens if what happens if but if
it's one that's pretty blatantly obvious
that that could be an issue that comes
up then of course ask that question
that's considered a smart question
because you're taking in the information
that you're being given and then you're
thinking about how it can be applied to
different situations you're
understanding the underlying reason why
this process or procedure or project is
being done you're showing to your boss
or colleagues that you understand what
they're telling you and that you're
actually processing it in your mind and
thinking about it the right way
tip number four to making a good
impression is to do your work well this
is an obvious one but I can tell you
that the fastest way for someone to have
a negative impression of you is through
the poor quality of your work so you
want to make sure that whatever task
you're given whatever assignment you're
being assigned you want to make sure
that it is high quality that you've done
it correctly that you've done it well
and that you submit it either before or
right before the deadline you do not
want to set any negative impressions
that you don't do your work on time or
that you do it poorly so you really want
to make sure that you do a good job
that's just really obvious beyond
anything else tip number five don't be
too demanding from the onset if you know
that eventually you're going to want to
take on a certain type of promotion or
if you want to move up in this company
later on then you have to play the game
right because truthfully it is
a game in a way you do not want to be
too demanding and have too high of an
expectation when you first come in for
what you deserve in your role in the
sense that if you're given attack you're
given a project prove yourself show your
show what you're capable of
nobody knows who you are when you first
start a new job they don't know what you
what you're truly capable of they don't
know anything really so you're building
your personal brand from scratch from
that perspective with the people that
you work with and so you don't want to
start demanding things without proving
with evidence that you're capable of
doing whatever it is that you're asking
for
so for example if you know that you want
to get promoted later on and you know
that you want to start working on more
complex tasks well take on whatever task
that you are given now continuously
progress into those more advanced tasks
prove that you're able to do them well
and then trust me later on you'll be
able to leverage the results that you've
given the company the organization to
say that you want more this is something
that I think a lot of people don't
realize is that they think that they
need to be very upfront from the
beginning they're I mean they're you
know they're starting a new job so they
want to make sure that they get what
they want out of this job and it can set
the wrong impression and so you really
want to surprise people you want to
surprise people through your work your
ability to deliver results your high
quality of work and then from there once
you're indispensable and you're
appreciated and you're well respected
because of how good you are that's when
you can start to leverage that and take
yourself to the next level and finally
tip number six which might be a weird
one for some of you and that is don't
try to be too sweet so I told you don't
try to be too demanding which i think is
more obvious but not trying to be too
sweet is another one - this is a tip
that I have for you because it came from
a personal experience when I was a co-op
student back in my university years
where I was working at one of the big
four accounting firms and eventually I
got a full-time job there but while I
was working there through University and
I had to work on certain clients I mean
for me back then I was still very young
I didn't really know how to present
myself to people who were older than me
so when we had clients that we had to
visit and we had to ask them and and I
had to go and ask this one particular
individual at the client site for
certain requests and certain documents I
mean I always tried to be sweet I tried
to be nice but truthfully that's not
really Who I am I mean I'm a nice person
I think but I'm not overly sweet when I
talk to people I just talk to them like
they're normal people at least now I do
but back then I didn't know how to act
around these clients I thought that I
had to be super friendly super nice to
the point where I wasn't being myself
and so this is the sort of the other end
of the spectrum that maybe you're not
going to come up as too demanding but
then maybe you're going to come off as
being someone who's too nice who's
almost fake and you know I learned from
that experience because what I realized
was I wasn't being respected what you
want to do is that you want to approach
the people that you meet with the sense
of authenticity with being genuine in
terms of showcasing who you are you want
to be direct but you don't want to be
overly sweet and nice at the same time
if that's not part of your nature and
then on the other end of the spectrum
you don't want to be overly demanding
and rude or anything like that so it's a
fine balance really at the end of the
day it comes down to just be yourself
be yourself be direct be who you are and
people will pick up on that they'll pick
up on whether you're demonstrating your
true authentic self to them and if
that's the case then you're going to
have way better relationships with the
people that you work with you're going
to form stronger bonds with them and
that's going to help you further on in
your career while you're at that
organization so there you have it my six
tips on how you can make a good positive
impression at the start in your new job
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