Starting the New Job(s)

Well here I am again, on the day that I start my new job(s), note that I put in the (s) because I will be working multiple jobs at the radio station, thinking to myself of what I should be going in with when I start the job(s).
And here's what I've come up with over the past couple of weeks, and more importantly the last couple of days.

It's important to know that everyone can experience some type of anxiety or fear of unknown sensation before starting a new job. You can ask all those questions that make the prospect seem forboding. Like, What if this doesn't work out? What if I don't do well? I might struggle with my efforts...all that stuff can take up space in your mind and will bring you down if you let it.

I've learned you need to push those fears aside, and go in with a positive mind and a confident attitude. If you believe its not going to work out, than it won't. If you believe and trust it will work out, then it will. Going in with a 100% positive attitude from the very start will direct the course of which you take when you start your job.

Secondly, remember your strengths. You know who you are, and you know what you can do. Focusing on applying your strengths to your job will affect your job performance greatly, especially in your supervisor's eyes. He will be able to see what you can do, and how to add you to the team of contributors he's closely working with.

Third, keep a broad, open mind at all times. Look at the whole picture on the projector screen instead of the slide under the microscope. Know who's who in the business, and familiarize yourself with every facet of the business. Then you will know where you fit in the business.

Fourth, its very important to have people in your corner. Your team players, your supporters, or whatever you like to call them, they are vital to helping you achieve your goals and applying your strengths to the job and the organization.

On a note here, you are always going to meet the people you don't like, the ones who oppose you, the ones who try to bring you down because of whatever reason, and you will always have your critics. I know because I've been through them. We all have. But its important to listen to what a critic has to say because you can take the bit of information they give you to help you improve on a weakness of yours. Look at it that way, and your working space with that person will be different and less strained.

My final bit of information I've come to in this, is that you have to just go with the flow when you start new prospects like this. Don't spend time on grating on yourself because you didn't do something right, just pick up and keep moving and learn as much as you can. Ask questions when you have them, pay attention to what's going on around you, and take copias notes.

Other than that, Have Fun! It's a new you starting to come out!

Much Overdue

A much overdue post is in order - it being June 4th, only 9 days shy of the 13th...haha. Not much news other than the new job I'll be starting on June 21st for the radio station in Savannah. I am excited, and ready to leave to start a new chapter of the current job market and as well as my own professional experience. 

To give a helpful hint, I believe familiarizing yourself with whatever job or industry you are going into is crucial to your success as an individual in the career you choose. To tell you what I am doing, just to give you an idea of what I mean - I'm listening to a radio station that's in the same office complex as the station I'll be working for. It's Magic 103.9, by Cafe Mocha, and I'm listening to it right now as I write. 

Listening to how the professionals do it, what they talk about when its their time to talk, what kind of music they put on, etc. is a great way to give you a learning experience about what to do when you are on the air. My advice to you: apply this strategy to your job. Take your job seriously if you want to make it the best you can ever do.