Friday, January 16th, 2015
Helping Your New Accounting Recruits & Interns Rock Their New Job
Have you checked-out Slideshare? If you are in a leadership position in a CPA firm, you need all the resources you can get. I’m always on the prowl for things that will be helpful to you to build a winning culture and a winning firm.
I really like this slide deck (My First 90 Days), on LinkedIn Pulse that is intended to help newbies make the most of their first 90 days on the job.
Starting a new job can be daunting. It’s time to meet your colleagues, impress your boss, get into the rhythm of your new role. So how should a newbie navigate those first 90 days?
There are only 14 slides that provide links to 8 posts on advice aimed a surviving a new job. The eight titles:
- Start working before Day One
- You can’t fix it right away
- Say yes to everything
- Ask your coworkers to lunch
- Listen to everyone you meet
- Make your boss look good (includes quote from Guy Kawasaki: “Either you rise to the top together, or crash and burn together.”)
- Take care of yourself first
- Don’t try to be the golden child
This is not just for newbies. CPA partners and managers need to read these posts, too. I frequently remind partners in accounting firms, “Don’t forget what it was like to be the new kid!” Most experienced partners admit they were lost, confused and clueless.
- "Make yourself available, work hard, and over time you will make yourself indispensable."
