I am hiring people in my team for more than 8 years now. And every time I get to see new personality when I start working with them. I should say…I have not regretted even once working with the people which I have personally interviewed and hired for my team.

The process of observation starts with interview itself and gets intensified when the hired person starts working with the hiring manager.

There are some very important qualities I look for in new joiner.

·        Be super energetic

It is known fact that new hires, especially fresh graduates bring in energy with them. Don’t be shy to participate in new initiative or even improvise an existing one in your team.

 ·        Bring in new thoughts/innovation

It is very likely that a new person in team sees the problem differently. And starts working on it in new way than old fashioned way.

 ·        Hunger for knowing more

This is period where new hire is expected to learn more and be productive as soon as possible. The more you learn and practice, the more brownie points you will start gaining.

 ·        Gelling around

Gelling around with your team mates is something, which is not really expectations, but it is the need. And this need…is for your benefit. In your new organization, you will need to have healthy connections. These connections will help you to get yourself acquainted to various learning/opportunities/discussions etc. You might also get friends out of this.

 ·        Weekly status

This will be kind of progress status which will keep yourself, your mentor, your manager in check of what is happening with your development plan. It is advisable to use following as guidelines to start with your status report.

• Knowledge topics undergone v/s planned
• Activities performed
• Achievements
• Outstanding/Pending activities
• Assignments where attention of mentor/manager is needed

Apart from these, do not forget to apprise your supervisor of your daily work summary.

·        Be vocal

If there are things which are bothering you, don’t keep it to yourself. Learn to raise valid concerns with respective person or team; it can be your team leader, manager, HR, Finance etc.

 ·      Follow the standards

Every mid/big organization has its own standards for many things e.g.

• Design guidelines
• Coding guidelines
• Testing guidelines
• Standard procedures for performing your routine work

A good hiring manager will always setup an introduction meeting with the new team member. This is to make sure that the team member is inducted correctly and this meeting can be used as a platform to align expectations and working styles. If such meeting is not set by your manager once you are hired, DO NOT hesitate to setup one and make sure you understand his/her expectations and a good mentor.