Getting started with your internship!

Hi all, welcome to my blog, "The Internship"!.This post is specially dedicated to those who are actually starting their internship (Others can just sit tight and relax for a moment until the next post is up :) ).

So my dear friends, it's the start of a whole new era of your life. Hope you all sat at your interviews and passed with flying colors. Therefore, congratulations in the first place for a job well done!. Here's a few tips that might be helpful to you on the first day/ first few days of your life as an intern.

• Be early to work - Punctuality shows that you are a reliable person. It's nice if you can do this as a practice rather than for few days.
• Greet everyone you meet at the workplace a Good Morning! - Everyone likes a cheery fellow ;) , and it's rather unpleasant not to do so.
• (for the first day) Wait in the reception until someone calls your name - Others are busy on their own duties, so you have to be patient.
• (for the first day) Listen carefully and follow the instructions exactly as they say regarding your registration and other administrative procedures - Yes, you can ask questions if something wasn't clear, but too many questions may reflect yourself as an inattentive character. And you don't need a black mark on your record on the first day,right?.
• (for the first day) After the initial paperwork, someone will lead you to your cubicle -  Memorize where it is exactly. Cause you may forget it out of excitement :P
• (for the first day) Greet(as in point 2) and Introduce yourself to other people on the floor. And get to know their names too - They may come to you and introduce themselves most of the time, but don't wait for them to act. Take initiative and be confident.
• Take a seat at your cubicle, turn your machine on and check if it works - They probably checked it just this morning. But electronic devices are so unreliable, so it's good if you can check it yourself. If it doesn't work, alert someone near you if you don't know where the System-Admin is. Otherwise, directly alert the System-Admin or other relevant people to take a look at it.
• For the first few days, you probably won't get any work to do. Don't waste that time! - You can always log onto Facebook at home. Use that time to do something more "technology" related stuff, learn some new things.
• When the lunch time comes, always try to take lunch with your team or at least another person - You are new here, getting to know others can be done during the lunch time. But be careful not to talk while you eat! ;)
• If you have any difficulty in understanding something,always ask someone out to help you - You are a Intern there, the word itself means that you don't know some things that they do. And most of them won't mind helping a fellow out in such times. Don't overdo it though. You are an IT person, that means learning yourself is part of the job description!
• Before you leave the place, check if the machine is properly shut-down and that monitors are also switched off - Contribute to save power!
• Make it a habit to say "Good Night" when you leave - others may not do the same, but stand out among them and show your class!

Okay then, i guess these guidelines will be generally helpful to you all to start your internships in a friendly and a good manner. Apart from these, there may be additional rules depending on your work environment also. Add those to this list and follow them also. Make yourself a good character to work with! :)