Settling In

Settle in smoothly during your crucial first weeks and months in a new position. Discover strategies for learning your role, finding mentorship, and building confidence in your capabilities.

Adjusting to your New Hours of Work

Like any new routine, it can be difficult to get used to your new working hours. Whether you have come straight from school, were unemployed or just used to...

Build Rapport with your Colleagues

Building rapport with your colleagues not only helps you feel happier and makes your work day easier, it can also help you progress in the company. Your coll...

Do the Menial Tasks at Work

Everybody wishes that there job was exciting and interesting all the time. Unfortunately this is rarely the case – especially when you are just starting ou...

Have a Positive Work Attitude

On a Monday morning, when you are struggling to get out of bed, having a positive work attitude can be a difficult thing to do. However, the more positive yo...

Out with the Old Work Habits; Time to Refresh

It is very easy to slip into bad work habits without realising you are doing it. When you are used to doing something a certain way in your job, there can se...

Setting a Good Impression at Work

In any job it is important to make a good impression at work, but especially when you are new and at the bottom of the ladder. You may not know the most or h...

Understand the Office Politics

Your first day in your new office can be a daunting experience at the best of times. And the last thing you want to be faced with is the internal politics an...

Using a Mentor in the Workplace

When you first start out in the workplace it can be an intimidating place and it is easy to feel quite overwhelmed. Everybody has been there at some point an...

What are the Unwritten Rules of your New Workplace?

Your first day in a new job is like your first day at school. You will meet your new classmates/colleagues and teacher/manager and you will endeavour to unde...