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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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New Job Jitters
I start a new job on Monday and am having extreme anxiety about it. Does anyone have affirmations for a new job or anything encouraging to say to me? I'd really appreciate it. It's my first job out of grad school and I am feeling completely overwhelmed and like I don't know what I'm doing. Thanks..
Re: New Job Jitters
It's perfectly normal to feel anxious about starting a new job. There are new people to meet, new things to learn, and a big unknown in that you're not 100% positive this will be a great job. All understandable.
I would go in being prepared for a busy, exhausting first week. But try and look at it as a positive. There is so much new to learn you won't be bored!
I remember my first "real" job after my postdoc. The first week was a whirlwind, but the people were great, I learned SO much, and it was worth it.
GL!
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Congrats on the new job!!!
I would suggest having a pad of paper and pen handy so you can take notes on things of importance on the project you will be working on (so you don't have to ask questions 30 times).
But do ask questions this first week so you can learn alot!
I felt the same way, I hate it! It's almost like a first date.
My advice is to be friendly, and ask lots of questions! Your window for being the "new employee" is not too long, so ask away without feeling stupid! I always look forward to getting to know new people when they start with the company, I'm sure many of your new co-workers will feel the same way about you.
Good luck!
I know it sounds stupid, but when I am really nervous (like, when I am getting ready for my first day, interview, etc) I just keep repeating something like "You've got this" or "You can totally do this" in my head as a kind of positive mantra. I also normally go over situations in my head that I will probably face and make them always positive (i.e. manager is taking me around the new place and I meet the "big" boss and end up having a good interchange with them), and trying to remember good things to do, like smile and introduce myself and *attempt* to remember names.
And like the PP said, DON'T be afraid to ask questions! Communication is very important- ask people to walk you through things, to show you how to troubleshoot possible problems (or in my case, problems that just haven't cropped up yet because they haven't let me loose on a task LOL), ask how tasks are done or see how they differ from your previous experiences. You're more likely to learn things when you ask questions!
I know you're nervous (I just started a new job on Tuesay!), but they wouldn't have hired you if they didn't like you
I felt the same way!!! I had 4 months of "on-the-job" training and I almost quit 4+ times within that period. The first day I was so completely overwhelmed with the information being thrown at me that I kept saying, "This job isn't for me - I can't do the job requirements". Yet, I knew that quitting would have made me feel like crap about myself and I didn't want to let myself down. The other times I felt like quitting was because I have bi-polar coworkers whose sole purpose in life is to sh*t on others and backstab everyone. I've learned that they will always be crappy people and I only have to deal with them for 8 hours and the benefits and pay totally out-weigh everything!!
I don't think that was totally uplifting but good luck!!
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