Comments on: First step in a new job is to figure out what it is http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Larry http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/#comment-23673 Larry Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:19:39 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/#comment-23673 All I can say is THANK YOU! I am starting a new job in the morning and I am scared to death. I have no idea what I am going to be doing and I just learned this weekend that several other new hires in to this position (tech manager of an elite development team) failed in no time flat. Just reading your post reduced my anxiety levels tremendously. Please keep up the good work! All I can say is THANK YOU!

I am starting a new job in the morning and I am scared to death. I have no idea what I am going to be doing and I just learned this weekend that several other new hires in to this position (tech manager of an elite development team) failed in no time flat. Just reading your post reduced my anxiety levels tremendously.

Please keep up the good work!

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/#comment-704 Penelope Trunk Sun, 11 Jun 2006 04:21:50 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/#comment-704 One good question is: "What do you expect the person you hire to accomplish in this position in the first 90 days?" If the person interviewing you does not have a clear answer to this question, then probably she does not have a clear idea of what job she really is filling. But just becuase someone doesn't have a clear idea doesn't mean it's a bad job. For people who are good at office politics, an ill-defined job is an opportunity to create a dream job once you get hired. One good question is: "What do you expect the person you hire to accomplish in this position in the first 90 days?"

If the person interviewing you does not have a clear answer to this question, then probably she does not have a clear idea of what job she really is filling.

But just becuase someone doesn't have a clear idea doesn't mean it's a bad job. For people who are good at office politics, an ill-defined job is an opportunity to create a dream job once you get hired.

]]> By: Wendy Waters http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/#comment-703 Wendy Waters Sun, 11 Jun 2006 03:56:03 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/05/06/first-step-in-a-new-job-is-figure-out-what-it-is/#comment-703 Any suggestions for good questions to ask at an interview to try to uncover a company's real motivation for hiring you? Any suggestions for good questions to ask at an interview to try to uncover a company's real motivation for hiring you?

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