Your Attitude Is Showing: A Primer of Human Relations, Tenth Edition

Tip 2: Use a Calendar Notebook to Help You Get Organized

An abundance of important information—rules, regulations, and procedures— will be thrown at you at the beginning of a new job. The first days are days of adjustment and excitement, so don’t trust yourself to remember everything. Rather, buy an inexpensive calendar notebook or day-to-day organizer and use it to record some of the instructions and hard-to-remember information you get from your supervisor or fellow workers. Jot these data down as they are given to you.

Do not hesitate to take notes when receiving a complex answer to a question involving considerable detail. The notebook itself (if not overused) will create a good impression. It will help show that you are organized, methodical ...