September 2022 - Astute Financial

Starting a new job is an exciting opportunity for you to connect with interesting people and make a great first impression. This could be because it’s a step forward in your career, or you might be relishing the chance to work on a fresh, new project. Either way, preparing carefully can help you get the most out of the opening weeks of your job, while also setting yourself up well for the future.

Below, we explore how you can achieve this:

Transportation

Many offices are now opting for a hybrid working strategy. Instead of working in the office every day of the week, employees are given the opportunity to split their working hours between home and the office. Nevertheless, transportation to the office on the days that you are working is important. You’ll want to get to the office punctually and in comfort.

If you’re anticipating a long commute, it might be the right time to upgrade your car, or at least book it in for a service!

Clothes

Every office has slightly different expectations for the clothing you wear. For some offices, it’ll be mandatory to wear a suit and tie to look professional at all times. Elsewhere, smart casual might be more acceptable. Either way, you should find out what the expectations are in your office before sorting out your ‘work wardrobe’ and shopping accordingly.

Make contact with your manager

You are likely have conversed with your manager during the interview process for your new job. But it’s certainly worth setting up this relationship further before you start your job. This can help you settle in and position yourself for success from the outset. But what’s the best way to achieve this? Well, a couple of days before you start you could drop your manager a message to show your enthusiasm and that you are ready to be effective from day one. This can help you enjoy first week success before going from strength to strength.

Research the company and your team

Finally, it can make the world of difference if you research the company and the team you’re joining. Naturally, you’ll have carried out plenty of research to pass the interview process. But it’s good practice to familiarise yourself with this information once again before the job starts. Plus, you can carry out more specialised research once you know your job title and the colleagues you’ll be working alongside every day. You could also start matching faces and names by researching on LinkedIn people who will be working on your team.

Starting a new job can be daunting and exciting in equal measure, but by following the guide above, you should be all set to hit the ground running!

Overcoming adversity and accepting what you can’t control are increasingly relevant in business, and life! The powers of motivation, mindset and positive thinking are of huge value to employers and employees alike. We are therefore delighted to announce the amazing and inspirational speaker, Claire Lomas MBE, will be joining us at our next business breakfast event on Thursday 13th October at Derby Arena.

The event is the fifth business breakfast we’ve organised, aiming to motivate and educate professionals whilst also giving them the chance to network and catch up with business connections.

Claire was working as a chiropractor and had reached the highest level within Eventing, when a freak accident left her paralysed from the chest down. She talks about the split second that changed her life, and candidly describes the darkest times.

Claire challenges her audience to raise their sights, make their own luck by taking opportunities and be the best version of themselves that they can be.

People will leave the room believing in themselves, inspired and hugely motivated.

When faced with challenges in their own lives, Claire’s words will be sure to stick in their minds….

“Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can’t – you are right”.

Many people have listened to Claire and left her events inspired and hugely motivated with renewed belief in themselves.

Managing Director of Astute Recruitment, Sarah Stevenson said: “We are delighted to be hosting our next event with motivational speaker, Claire Lomas MBE . Her mindset and positive thinking about what can be achieved with the right attitudes and support, will also prompt us to think about how differently physical and mental illnesses are recognised and accepted in society. We believe it will hugely benefit all those in attendance, inspiring us and giving us lots of takeaway points which are perfectly transferrable to the business world”.

Astute Recruitment is a multi-award winning accountancy recruitment agency offering bespoke solutions to clients and helping candidates to find suitable positions. Apart from the recruitment side, we work to create positive life-experiences through our events. Experiences which can inspire our guests, valued business professionals and candidates across the East Midlands.

Please let us know if the breakfast event could be of interest and one of our team can forward you a complimentary and exclusive invitation to attend with details to confirm your place. This event is strictly by invitation only and there are only a few places still available, so ensure you don’t miss out by contacting Kelly Thomas, Marketing Director by email [email protected]

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16:04 13 Mar 23

Highly recommended! Josh and Sarah have been fantastic at Astute. They've found and placed me in 2 jobs now between them, both really responsive and excellent at keeping you up to speed with things. Very knowledgable about the roles and happy to talk to companies with any queries you have.

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10:45 27 Jan 23

Great agency one of the best ones I've worked with! Liz has been a great help and support in helping me towards a new direction in my career life. She is very attentive and keeps me in the loop at all times! She makes the extra effort to work with my preferred requirements for work and even if it isn't completely attainable she meets me in the middle and does as much as she can to help! Also Liz is very funny might I add 😂 and I'm happy that I can now put a face to the name after all these years! Thank you again Liz for all your help and support! 😊

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Fantastic recruitment agency.. Josh was extremely enthusiastic, encouraging and clearly knowledgeable about what was needed from both the employee and the employers point of view. Extremely supportive especially in regards to interview preparation and endeavoured to procure feedback promptly. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Astute in the future to both candidates and recruiting businesses particularly for the right fit for the role!!!

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I have worked as a candidate for Astute and they have been excellent. Super friendly service and professional agents keen to fit the right person to the right job. It has been a pleasure dealing with them and I would happily work for them again in the future. Highly recommend this agency.