The First Week of a New Job

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So I've entered the next chapter of my life and have started "Making it in the Real World" per se. I am excited. I am scared. I am not ready. There is no way to be ready until you are thrown in.

I dove in head first.

Last Monday was my first day of employment at the corporate headquarters of a credit union in Green Bay, WI. My official title is Event Specialist, but this encompasses so many different areas - marketing, event planning, public relations, social media, and writing to name a few. I work within a growing marketing department and I even get my own office! It's the bee's knees!

Need to fill it in a bit more and make it homey!

My first week was filled with HR paperwork, training details, and meeting many, many faces. For someone bad at names, it's a little terrifying! But I'm delving into my position. I'm working on two events within the next month and I am currently learning about ones coming in the future. I've already had a couple of meetings and I'm beginning to take control of the events side of this position.

 But I still have so much to learn. I'm developing a donation/sponsorship request evaluation system within the next three weeks. I'm taking the lead for our social media outlets. I'm learning financial and marketing lingo specific to this organization. And I am connecting with the voice and culture of this place.

But I really need to get better at internal meetings.

Seriously. I am still struck with a bit of fear when we hold department meetings. I shouldn't be! I am intimated by my lack of experience; however, my co-workers are doing their best to bring my voice out. Even though there are age differences between most of my co-workers and me, we are all on equal footing and I hope to shake off this newbie syndrome soon. I want to be better so this next week I am going to focus on speaking, (as my boss says), transparently.

So, wish me luck for the coming week. I have a couple of projects, but I want to continue growing and developing this position into my pride and joy! I want to take this organization to new heights with their engagement to the members and communities. I just need to remember to take it one step at a time and not over-whelm myself too quickly. As Ron Swanson would say, "Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing."



Remember your first week on the job or recently started yourself? What were/are your biggest fears and what did/do you want to get better at? Comments always welcome! :)