Dedicated to all freshers

Gone are the days of carefree enjoyable life @college. No tension and full of joy. Exams were the biggest celebration or you say festival of college for which all friends would gather together to collect the material or wait at the Xerox center with pile of books and notes to be copied. Collecting material was also like opening an agency where friends were the members. Toppers at that time would be  demanded, searched for getting all the class notes  and ‘IMP QUEST’ (important  questions) to be asked in  the exam. One of the friend from the group going to the college to collect the seat number and room number for the exams. No matter how  the exams might be good or bad, but celebration was like mandatory business for us. Enjoying as if won the battle. Hooting and dancing, firing crackers on the last day of final exam of the year.

Umpteen time spend at the parking or say in the cafeteria, oh gosh no end to our talks. Though there were altercations  among friends but all that was temporary. This friendship was amalgamation of emotions, caress  love and ruffle. Even professors were enrolled in our friendship.

Events and Rock Concerts were a real fun. Treasure Hunt was  one of the favorite event of the participants. Everyone went crazy to have a snapshot, mostly with an intention to post it on Facebook . After winning ,waiting  for long hours  at the auditorium either to receive the prize or to cheer friends was left as a purpose .

In all it was fun and also learning at college .But  how do you feel for the transition from college to corporate life? Do the  Corporates  demand change in the life style? Did you realise, you are being watched and noticed for every move you take ? Does your performance matter to the organization?

The answer to all above questions is YES. So ,what you need to keep in mind while landing to Corporates? These places are not agora, where one can behave the way they want , but a sense of maturity and responsibility  are tangible.

Now question might come to your mind ,how to manage this? Well Corporates can also be a fun only if you mind your steps.

Offices are like mini-families because we spend almost 9-10 hours a day in close proximity, sharing the same office space, facilities, break rooms ,coffee pots ,etc with our work colleagues. Everyone shares responsibility for making the company work, run smoothly and stay profitable. And to give the output, one needs to be contented, only then one can give the performance. Whenever free for say 15 minutes  a day, take a round, greet all the people you know with a smile and exchange pleasantries. It can wear off the stress most of us go through. Besides, making this effort adds to your desirability factor at work. And even though it is cliché do remember smiling is contagious.

Generally we see people from one country/region tend to flock together . This, quite often leads to disregard for the other region/country. On the positive side ,it could be that there is no disregard but just that lack of understanding  of each other’s culture etc that leads to differences. Any excessive flocking/disregard can lead to moral issues which could impact the productivity. So, mingle culturally with the employees of all regions and all countries.

In your day to day execution of your tasks, you do many times come across some better ways of doing the same task/activity OR you learn something new which could help you immediately in enhancing your performance. So for every new learning /discovery, you have 2 options, one is to keep the learning to yourself and second is to help your peers by spreading these learning. Normally a weak hearted person would keep the learning to oneself as s/he is not confident of making newer discoveries to improve performance etc. A strong and confident employee would share the same as s/he is confident of unearthing newer discoveries. And the more you share, the faster and better your team performs and obviously management would want to share higher rewards with you.

You should prioritize your job daily so that you land up doing the important ones earlier and thus create an impact on clients, vendors, management, etc. Identify 20% events which deliver most of the impact and focus on them. That will ensure 80% of your success. If you follow this, you could land up being part of those 20% who matter 80% to the management.

Ensure you don’t become part of any group which is known to garner negative feelings against certain people and groups.If everyone perceives you as neutral they will leave you alone and you will not risk jeopardizing your career. Be everybody’s and nobody’s person.