# 248: How To Make Your First 90 Days In Your New Job Role Count
Apr 18, 2024
Discover how to make your first 90 days in a new job truly impactful. Learn the importance of intentional planning and building connections before you even start. Set personal objectives right away and seek feedback to refine your approach. Each week has specific goals: orientation, setting short-term targets, adding value, and establishing your presence. Combat imposter syndrome while creating a strong foundation for your new role. This is your chance to hit the ground running!
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Why 90-Day Planning Matters
90-day planning reduces overwhelm and keeps you focused on actionable steps.
Mapping the first 90 days creates a roadmap that accelerates progress in a new role.
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Prep Before Day One
Use the time between accepting an offer and starting to research the company's culture and people.
Reach out on LinkedIn to future colleagues and ask targeted questions to learn expectations before day one.
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Set Personal Objectives Early
Identify role expectations from interviews and set personal objectives for your first 90 days.
Use the pre-start period to upskill and plug knowledge gaps to reduce imposter feelings.
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In today’s episode of the Career Change Maker podcast, I share my tips and insights on how to make your first 90 days in your new job role count. You have spent the time and energy focusing on making the move, now you need to focus on what happens next, starting with the time between landing the role and beginning the role - this is a great time to research and make connections. Don’t wait for the onboarding process, there is room for you to be intentional and make an impression, this is the way to create a foundation to your new career and hit the ground running. If you're ready to fully own and embrace your new role, this episode is for you!
Email me on janine@careerchangemakers.com and I can share my 90-day planning sheet with you – make your time count! Summary:
What you will learn in this episode:
Why 90 day planning is helpful - to reduce overwhelm, stay focused and push you to take action to move towards your goal – learn how to create the road map.
How to set personal objectives for your first 90 days - and how to ask for feedback early on, this will help you to plan the 90 days that follow.
Learn how to apply this formula - Week 1: orientation. Week 2/3: set short term goals. Month 2: Add value, contribute, and demonstrate skills and abilities. Final month: establish your presence, grow and evaluation your progress.
Episode Notes:
As an award-winning certified executive and career coach, TEDx speaker, podcast host and former lawyer, I have seen way too many female professionals under selling themselves and settling for less in their careers. I am committed to equipping high achieving women with the tools and support to create careers that are both meaningful and impactful.
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