Landing a job is easy. Understanding yourself, learning to navigate the culture and having a plan that keeps you on track are much needed in a highly complex and evolving world of work and life. Every year, millions of graduates (management and other domains) enter the workplace to make an impact to organizations and add value to their careers and lives. Look up this simple approach to get a head start when you begin your career. Keen to hear what you think.

1. Putting Your Best Foot Forward
- Be your best, navigate your workplace, build momentum and progress
at work and in life
Aniisu K Verghese (@aniisu)
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2. Focus Plan
Internal
Organization
Understand purpose, values
Read business updates, blogs, media coverage, industry perspectives
Take trainings, seek insights
Culture
Measures of success, recognition, social engagement
Connect with alumni, new hires, tenured staff
Team
Learn about sources of power, key influencers, grapevine
Understand goals, capabilities
Ownership, structures, performance measures
Peers
Identify key support base
Ask for tips, build relationships
External
Networking Industry forums, councils
Learning Certifications, courseware
Giving back Volunteering, leadership
Yourself Transition Define new role, inform and handover (if needed)
Starting-up Meet stakeholders, prepare plan, define goals
Performing Demonstrate quick wins
Sustaining Identify mentor, plan next role, discuss opportunities
Get A Head Start: The First 100 Days

3. Thank You & Stay Connected
• Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/aniisu
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/aniisu
• Visit my book (Internal Communications – Insights, Practices and
Models – Sage Publications, 2012) FB page
:http://www.facebook.com/ICbook2012
• E-mail: intraskope@yahoo.com
• Visit my blog: www.intraskope.wordpress.com