Initial Issues
Before going in on the first day, consider what 'image' the employer feels is appropriate to your job - appearance, clothes, life-style, attitudes. If you deviate from these, know what you are doing.

Soon after starting, try to establish:

• The organisational structure.
• 'Who's who' - formally and informally.
• The relationship of your job to others.
• Communications: up, down and sideways; 'dotted lines', support services available - eg, personnel department.
• Preferred communication networks: word of mouth, memos, E-mail, committees, etc.
• What sort of procedures or rules operate - written or oral - eg concerning health and welfare, discrimination, etc.
• Whether the organisation has received BS EN ISO 9000 status or a similar quality accreditation.
• The geography of the organisation.
• The history of the enterprise.