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How to Make a Good First Impression

Your first day at a new job can be a daunting and nervous experience, so Edge Careers have taken a look at how you can make a good first impression and ease your nerves.

Time Keeping

You should aim to arrive for your first day early, just to show that you are eager to start, plus it gives you a few minutes to compose yourself. It is also a good idea to leave a bit later as well, just to show that you are committed.

New Colleagues

You should make an effort to get to know your new colleagues and not shy away in the corner. This will enable you to build good working relationships and gain the assistance of your colleagues, some of which will have multiple years experience, which you will benefit from.

Be Proactive

You will most likely be given a small work load on your first few days to ease you into your role, but if you finish, don’t be afraid to ask for more work, this will reflect well on you and show your ambition for the role and that you are hard working.

Be a Team Player

If you have some spare time offer your help to your new colleagues. If there is a tea & coffee round join in and take a turn making a round. Though be sure to remember to remain focused on your work load and not get too distracted.

Ask Questions

Don’t be afraid to ask questions or ask for help. If you don’t know how to do something or are unsure if you are doing something correctly, ask a colleague or your manager for help. It is better to ask for help and get it right rather than do it on your own and get it wrong.

 

If you are looking for a new career within the construction and engineering industries, register your details with Edge Careers here.

 

How To Make A Good First Impression

 

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How To Handle A Counter Offer

Receiving a counter offer is a common part of the recruitment process. When you tell your boss that you are leaving, they may do what they can to keep you.

At some point in a career most people will have received a counter offer. It is a nice feeling to think your current company (which you may not be dead set on leaving) wants to keep you.

Once you have been counter offered you will be asking yourself the big question, do I stay or do I go? Edge Careers have taken a look at some points for you to consider when you’re trying to make this decision.

Delayed Offer

Why has it taken you to say that you are leaving the company for them to then offer you a pay rise or a promotion? Surely if they truly valued you in their business they would have already put you on the best salary and in the best position within the company.

You need to ask yourself, am I really valued and appreciated or am I just another body within the company?

Reason for Leaving

Why are you looking to leave the company in the first place? Is it solely for more money or is their an underlining issue?

If it was just for a pay rise then accepting a counter offer is probably the best thing to do as you are already in a job and company you know. If however there is an underlining issue it is important for you to remember that this issue will still exist even with the pay rise and/or promotion.

A lot of people who accept a counter offer usually end up leaving their current company anyway as the reason for leaving hasn’t changed.

Added Pressure

Yes moving to a new company is going to be a stressful and nervous experience, but thinking you are playing it safe by staying with your current company may not be as easy as you think.

Accepting a counter offer from your current employer could bring on additional stress with an additional workload and higher expectation. Also, you have now shown that you are willing to leave the company so your loyalty will now be in question.

 

Be careful when you come to receiving a counter offer and take these points into account. Also one of our Permanent Recruitment Consultants, Stuart Smith, wrote an article on accepting a counter offer which you can view here.

If you are looking for a career move within construction or engineering, register your details with us here.

 

How To Handle A Counter Offer

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google+  to stay up to date with all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

www.edgecareers.co.uk