even if it's 8am - you've been up, begrudgingly, since 5 am - and you're confronted with a case study given by high up guy who has served on several boards within ginorm new company, read it. read it even if you're falling asleep on your laptop. don't skim it. don't half read it. READ. IT. THOROUGHLY. because that's the moment he's going to call on you and ask you to summarize the main points of the study and elaborate.
this answer is not acceptable: "uhhhhh....ummmm....." long delay, then a bunch of bullshit.
you also shouldn't say "that's not in my job description" but that's a given and didn't happen - Thank God.
big board of directors guy just looked at me and said "ehh...need a little more than that."
me : blank stare....
(this is after two large cups of coffee, no less)
efffff....really not looking forward to the day i run into him in the hallway.
at least my position isn't really relevant to the case study - that would be embarrassing. truthfully, all of orientation was really nothing to do with my role, and my real learning begins tomorrow when i finally get to my desk.
no worries, still drinking the kool-aid.
(sorry - most of these posts are about my new job considering it's all consuming at the moment. when i get home from work, i still have mandatory obligations to fulfill, like online courses and an endless amount of scary and confusing forms).
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How to rise to the top? MAKE EVERYTHING IN YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION!
It's the first week, so no worries!
Ugh, this would totally happen to me. In fact, I'm sure it has. NBD. It's still the first week. You've got lots of time to wow them with your skills!
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