13 things successful people do in the first 3 months at a new job

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• Successful people know how to excel in a new workplace.
• A key way to lay the groundwork for a successful run in your new job is by establishing achievable goals.
• You should also take the time to establish social ties throughout the office. 

 

Your first three months on the job can lay the groundwork for major achievements down the road. 

Successful people know this when they start a new job. When it comes to your first few months in a new workplace, it's important to set goals, prove the worth you sold in your interviews, and make social ties outside of your own team. 

Here's what else successful people do in their first 90 days on the job:

They say yes to exciting opportunities, even if they're not quite sure how to execute them

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Even if you're not sure how exactly to complete the task or what its benefit to you might be, if you're offered with an exciting opportunity, go ahead and say "yes."

"Say 'Yes, absolutely' even though you have no idea what lies ahead and maybe this is the right decision or maybe it's not but who knows and who cares," author and speaker Danny Rubin wrote in a Business Insider post. 

They make sure they have achievable goals established

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Career strategist Miriam Salpeter previously told Business Insider that it's important to have goals that you can use to measure your success.

Otherwise, you might not know what you're working towards every day. 

Hopefully your boss developed goals for you to accomplish during your first six months or year of work — whether that's a sales goal, a number of projects to complete, or something else. Those goals should be clearly linked to your job description and the overall goals of the company.

Did your boss not give you any goals at all? Then, Salpeter advises you develop those goals yourself. 

Then, they reflect regularly on those goals

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It's easy to set lofty goals, then forget about them. But you should reflect regularly on whether you're actually achieving what you promised to do in the outset of your job. 

"Whatever you sold them on in the interview, make it your mission to demonstrate that you're going to do it," Amanda Augustine, a career advice expert for TopResume, told Business Insider.

Examine how your goals have changed and how you can improve your workflow to get more done and become the version of yourself you wanted to be on Day 1.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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