I just got my first job in REPE asset management and it's also my first job overall. Any advice for impressing my coworkers/bosses my first 90 days so I don't get fired would be great!
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Don't make mistakes. Check your work 3 times. Sit on it for an hour and check it again. If you get labeled as a fuck-up that will be hard to overcome.
Take notes on everything and absorb all the information you can. Don't ask too many questions, but write them down in case someone asks if you have any. If you are too over eager it will be annoying to your coworkers and you will be able to quickly answer a lot of your own questions by just paying attention for a few months.
Should I bring a physical note pad everywhere I go or is that too try hard? appreciate the help
I've carried one around for 5 years and never been shat on.
Yes, but not just for questions. Write down everything that needs remembering. You will be drinking from a fire hose and will always have more to do in a day than you have time to accomplish and it is far too easy to genuinely just forget things. Write down every task you have to do and cross it off when it's done.
Always bring a notepad. I start every call/meeting by noting the date, name of deal/client, the time the meeting started, and the participants on the call. Two months later you can look back and see exactly who was on the call, and this also helps with syncing up email to your notes when looking for materials that may have been provided for that meeting. This has saved me more times than I can count.
I have been doing this since day 1 about 8 years ago and I highly recommend that you keep very detailed notes.
Yes, bring one. If I'm giving someone instructions, I don't want to do it again because you forgot.
The above advice is good - take notes and check your work.
My biggest tool for keeping everything in order is an excel spreadsheet tracker. I have various tabs that I reference, but the most utilized is a "to-do" list. It has every asset in the portfolio, a status drop-down (OK, Working, Waiting, etc.) to easily see if I have something to do or there is something outstanding, and then a note section with what I need to do.
EDIT: What's the shop size and product?
I’m an asset manager in retail at a 50 Billion plus shop. Trying to set up a deadline tracker now
Mostly listen. Unless specifically asked a question, your input just won't be that valuable.
Something I remember being complimented on as a junior (real flex coming up here) was being able to identify parties on a call by voice. It's not exactly meaningful in a larger context, but it'll look impressive if you can answer people on working calls by responding to their voice alone.
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