Concentrate on building good relationships within your new team. Your new colleagues will help you settle in and get to grips with your role - it's important to start on a good note.
Look for opportunities to help your colleagues also. Your colleagues can help you climb the career ladder, so a good relationship is important. it's nice to be popular in the workplace also!
Find out what is expected of you. There's no point wasting valuable energy doing tasks that are not seen as important. Find out what your job really is – this might be different from what you read on the job specification, which may not have been updated for years. Set your personal goals both personal and work goals. After all, how do you know when you get there if you don't know where you're going!
If there’s anything you're not sure about, ask. Don't leave it until you're struggling. Your boss will be pleased to help you with your work in the early days, but he or she is likely to have less patience three months down the line. Start as you mean to go on – in the right direction!
What if it’s your first job?
Then you’re going to have to hit the ground running. Managing your time is going to be very important for you. Try your best not to miss a deadline. If it looks like you might, then make your boss aware in advance and explain why. Don’t get get dragged down with your the workload and fail. If you feel a deadline is unrealistic when it is set, then it's important to say something then.
In the early days, you may struggle to organise your tasks, so try and make a note of your daily tasks and tick them off once completed.
Don't worry if your new job seems a little different to what you expected or even if it makes you a tad nervous at first. These feelings are natural.