OFW guide: New job? Here's how to survive

So you have a new job. You might be nervous about the new culture and set of people that await you, but don’t fret, you’ll be able to get by through this guide and, hopefully, you can get comfortable in your new workplace faster than you first thought.

First thing to do in your new job, says Businessweek, is to learn the names of all the people there with no exception, from the big boss to the lowly intern.

“You have to keep a list,” says manners expert Thomas P. Farley in the article.

“You’ll be meeting 50 or 60 people on your first day at work, and you can’t be expected to remember everyone. When you’re back at your desk, jot a few notes down," he also said.

Next on the to-do list is to know your new office's culture.

"After you’ve learned who your co-workers are, you have to figure out what they’re like. Are they fitness freaks? Sci-fi nerds? Do they socialize together after work? Eat lunch in the break room together?" says the BusinessWeek article.

Once the office becomes familiar and comfortable with you, though, you will have nothing to worry about.

“That’s the secret to being the new person,” says a person, Debbie Hadley, interviewed in the article.

“You push through and deal with this stuff and hope everyone warms up to you,” she also said.

First 100 days

Meanwhile, an article published by United Kingdom-based publication The Telegraph says you should make sure you survive the first 100 days in your new job.

"The first 100 days with any new company is your make-or-break time. In many ways, it’s your one and only chance to position yourself for the rest of your time with the business," the article says.

The story gave three tips on new job survival:

1) Be a consumer. The article says know all that you can before you started your new job about how things work in the organization and what has happened there.

2) Beware the false friend: Find out more about the organization's team dynamic, because you don't know the office politics yet, the Telegraph says.

3) Keep an open mind. The Telegraph story says you shouldn't hastily conclude if your new job is better or worse than your previous one. "It may not be all that you expected but there are often previously undiscovered silver linings if you look for them," the article notes. - Gian C. Geronimo, VVP, GMA News