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A Better Way to Start Your New Job
About Me
Jessica Rivera, Founder of New Job Notebook LLC, is a workplace Learning & Development professional who has welcomed thousands of employees into new jobs across multiple industries - from hospitals to fintech and even with Disney Cruise Line. She has focused her 20+ years of onboarding experience to bring you this tool designed to help ease you into your new role and plan your career growth beyond.
New Job Notebook: Onboarding & Onwards! uses the I-OTRA model (developed by Jessica and published in TD Magazine) which puts you - the Individual - at the center of your own onboarding, then walks you deliberately through the four dimensions that shape every new role: your Organization, your Team, your Role, and your Ambition. The order is purposeful. It builds from the broadest context to the most personal one, so by the end of your first 90 days, you've made sense of the company you joined, the people and team you joined, the work you'll actually do, and where it can lead your career.
There's no shortage of advice on how to land a new job. New Job Notebook is the guided companion for what to do once you have it.
WHAT IS NEW JOB NOTEBOOK?
New Job Notebook: Onboarding & Onwards! is a guided companion for the first 90 days of a new professional role. Built on the I-OTRA framework - an individual-centered onboarding model - it gives you the structure, prompts, and reflection space to make sense of your new organization, your new team, your new role, your career ambitions.
MISSION
To help every professional starting a new job turn the most uncertain weeks of their career into the most defining ones — equipped with self-awareness, self-empowerment, and self-advocacy.
A5 Size (5.8 x 8.3 in)
Fits easily into laptop bag / backpack
No Bleed Paper 120gsm
Grey Faux Leather Hardcover
Lay Flat Design
High Quality Design
Comes with premium quality colored pages, a colored edge index, & guided & reflective prompts that are easy to follow.
Perfect for remote / hybrid / office professionals!
185 numbered pages (with over 90 pages of guided & reflective prompts AND blank pages for notes)
Stay Organized with a Table of Contents
1 Bookmark & Elastic Band
Full Color Pages
New Job Notebook
Onboarding & Onwards!
Provides you with guided & reflective prompts in these four areas of the I-OTRA model:
Makes A Great Gift
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For Someone Graduating College
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For Someone Starting a Remote, Hybrid, or Office Job
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For Someone Switching Industries
What Are The Benefits Of
New Job Notebook?
| PRODUCTIVITY |
-Saves you time - instead of buying a blank journal and trying to figure out how to set it up, it's already done for you!
| ORGANIZATION |
-Central place to keep track of important information, tasks and goals related to your new job.
-Designated sections for all the basic information you need & Table of Contents that make it easy to refer back to.
| REFLECTION |
-Prompts for short and long term goal setting and career planning.
-Serves as a valuable resource throughout your first 90 days of employment.
DID YOU KNOW?
58% of companies focus on processes & paperwork during onboarding
Source: Sapling HR
Furthermore, according to Gallup, only 12% of employees think their employers do a "great" job onboarding new employees. So rather than hope your new company has you covered, put yourself in the drivers seat! Equip yourself to have more ownership during this process! NEW JOB NOTEBOOK allows you to be proactive in personalizing your onboarding experience.
tHE Top 3 things to bring to your first day of work:
1. Questions
2. Smile
3. notepad & pen
Source: Indeed.com
Instead of having a blank notepad where you'll have your thoughts scattered all over the place, NEW JOB NOTEBOOK provides a structured approach to write down all the important information you need as you progress through your onboarding! There are also additional blank dot grid pages for your own notes. Stay organized with an easy to use table of contents.
The Top 3 reasons new hires leave in the first 90 days:
1. Misalignment between job
expectations and reality
2. lack of connection with
team or company culture
3. poor onboarding experience
Source: Enboarder
This critical time of starting a new job - the onboarding experience - can be quite overwhelming! NEW JOB NOTEBOOK helps set you up for success by using guided prompts to explore your organization's culture, your new team, expectations in your new role and further career development. This will help ease any questions, concerns and uncertainties you may have.