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What 3 things should I do in my first few months as a Junior People Advisor to set me up for success?

Eddie

Hi Community,

I posted a few months ago as I left my role in recruitment and decided to full-time study for my L5 in People Management to help me move into HR and I was asking for advice. Those of you who commented where very helpful in giving me some perspective and hoping that you might be able to help here too.

I'm pleased to say that I completed my studies beg of April and within 6 weeks of me moving back to London I landed my 1st role in People as a Junior People Advisor. I'm beyond over the moon and I am LOVING it so far. We are a small HR team since going through a restructure and I am lucky to have such a supportive and caring Head of HR.

My question to all of you is given your experience and when looking back on your early careers knowing what you know now, what 3 things would you say I should do/be aware of that would better set me up for success? I know that the world is a different place to how it was 10 years ago and with that HR priorities have shifted, but I would welcome some of your ideas.

To be clear my role is a generalist role with a strong focus on ER. 

Looking forward to connecting with you and discussing this.

Eddie 

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  • Firstly Eddie, congratulations and long may your love of your new role continue. What a great question.

    You've already had some great advice below and I would echo much of it. Again in no particular order I would say my three things.

    1. Remember a new role is a marathon not a sprint.

    Take your time to learn, the people, the dynamics, the business, your role, listen and observe and take things in. During our first few months we can see things we might become immune to seeing in time. This is the time when we can walk in the shoes of other new joiners and get a holistic picture of the organisation. I like to think of it as putting the pieces of a jigsaw together which then can change over time.

    2. Keep learning and being curious and make time to reflect on your work and learning.

    We can forget the progress we have made by constantly focusing on looking forward to what we still need to do and the speed at which we feel we need to work. Reflection and curiousity are two things I cherish and which I use a lot.

    3. Celebrate success.

    Looks for the small wins, that help us know we are doing a good job and ask for feedback. You can't control what people say and how well they say it yet I've found asking for feedback regularly, means it becomes less of a fearful experience.

    Wishing you all the very best with your continued success.
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    Hi Sharon, thanks for taking the time to respond to me. It's great that so many of you have been able to offer me some great advice. Your point around it not being a marathon resonates so well with me. I have a tendency to move quite quickly as am so keen to learn and be involved in everything. I'm really working on taking things more slowly and taking the opportunity to learn and ask questions. We are a small People Team and therefore there is a high volume of work which can sometimes fuel the speed at which you want to do things, but this is great advice.

    Celebrating success is another aspect I am working on. This past year has been a real year of growth for me and I have achieved an awful lot which I am super proud of myself for doing. I will bear this in mind as I move forward with my new career.

    Thanks again,

    Eddie
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  • in reply to Sharon
    Hi Sharon, thanks for taking the time to respond to me. It's great that so many of you have been able to offer me some great advice. Your point around it not being a marathon resonates so well with me. I have a tendency to move quite quickly as am so keen to learn and be involved in everything. I'm really working on taking things more slowly and taking the opportunity to learn and ask questions. We are a small People Team and therefore there is a high volume of work which can sometimes fuel the speed at which you want to do things, but this is great advice.

    Celebrating success is another aspect I am working on. This past year has been a real year of growth for me and I have achieved an awful lot which I am super proud of myself for doing. I will bear this in mind as I move forward with my new career.

    Thanks again,

    Eddie
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  • in reply to Eddie
    Thanks for the thanks Eddie. I am an interim so the marathon not a sprint resonates with me a lot as I work on the basis of days and months, rather than days, months and years. Even in a short space of time, when we all want to make powerful first, and lasting, impressions and do good work it remains important to remember to 'play the long game'.

    Thanks for such a great question. It's been great to answer and read other contributions. That's the beauty of this forum.