Another great #SAChat, this week on First 90 Days on the New Job. Thank you to Alex Fields for MODing!
MOD: Q1: What is some of the best advice you’ve received about the first 90 days at a new job? #SAChat
A1: Be a sponge. It's really important to absorb everything you learn and take the time to learn the culture. #sachat
— poetik (@THEKarynDyer) April 13, 2017
A1: Best Advice? Hmm, to visit and personally introduce yerrself to key departments. #sachat
— becca o'donnell (@msbeccaodonnell) April 13, 2017
MOD: Q2: What do you wish you could tell your boss (or what have you told them?) about what you need in your first 90 days? #SAChat
A2: I love clear expectations & accountability #SAchat
— Matthew Jeffries (@msajeffries) April 13, 2017
A2 Seek advice/support from the colleague who started most recently before you.#SAChat
— Craig Z (@cz2day) April 13, 2017
MOD: Q3: How do you show your students that you’re there for them and a resource while you’re learning the job/campus yourself? #SAChat
A3:this can be hard if you work with someone else because students may go to them so they can get the answer right now, skipping you #SAchat
— Matthew Jeffries (@msajeffries) April 13, 2017
Q3: By being honest & transparent w/ them. It is OK for you NOT to know everything. Show you are willing to work to help solve probs #sachat
— Geovani Ayala (@MrGeoAyala) April 13, 2017
MOD: Q4: If you were talking to person starting a job what would you say is the most important action they can take in 1st 90 days? #SAChat
Q4 listen, coffee chats & lunches and learn abt the organization #SAChat
— Hon Lam (@honsololam) April 13, 2017
Q4: Know your limits. It's tempting to say yes to everything since you're new, but you have to establish boundaries from the get go. #SAChat
— kirsten bordell (@no_itskirsten) April 13, 2017
MOD: Q5: Who’s calendar do you wish you had gotten on in the first 90 days but didn’t? #SAchat
#Sachat a5 Chief of Campus Police, Director of Facilities/custodial, the BSU, The President, the Comptroller
— Montez Paschall MSEd (@MontezPaschall) April 13, 2017
A5: I met a lot of high ups, but I honestly learned most from entry level professionals and students! Go on coffee dates! #SAChat
— Crystal Kitten (@crystaldkitten) April 13, 2017
MOD FQ: What’s one question you wish we asked but didn’t? #SAChat
What should you do before day1?
How do you set goals?
What do you do to make sure your successor can learn from your first 90? #sachat— Craig Z (@cz2day) April 13, 2017
FA: What is the biggest mistake you've made in a new position? #sachat
— Hollie Daniels (@HESAHollie) April 13, 2017
MOD FT: Share your final thought as we close out #SAChat.
FT: We need to do better as it pertains to showing our "worth", namely being the first to arrive and last to leave the office. #SAChat
— Bart Stucker (@IJustBarted) April 13, 2017
FT: Form connections in new workplaces, listen to all advice, but don't take all advice, use good judgment. #SAChat
— Bianca Hicks (@BiancaHicks1) April 13, 2017
