What to Do on Your First Day at a New Job
Orientation isn't just for filling out HR paperwork
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First days at a new job fall on a continuum. There are the days-long orientation with each minute planned out with activities, power points, and trainings. And then, sometimes you get to work on day one and the manager has no idea what to do. He gives you 20 minutes of paperwork and the next eight hours are spent pretending to work on tasks that don't exist.