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For me, it's involved:
- carefully prioritising my workload - that means thinking about deadlines and urgency and either using the task management platform your company uses or making use of one yourself to ensure that work doesn't get lost / deadlines missed
- make use of your colleagues and build strong relationships so that they can help you, just as you help them
- don't be afraid to ask for help - senior figures at the firm would rather that work was done well due to you asking a question, than done poorly due to you being too afraid to ask
- carefully prioritising my workload - that means thinking about deadlines and urgency and either using the task management platform your company uses or making use of one yourself to ensure that work doesn't get lost / deadlines missed
- make use of your colleagues and build strong relationships so that they can help you, just as you help them
- don't be afraid to ask for help - senior figures at the firm would rather that work was done well due to you asking a question, than done poorly due to you being too afraid to ask
Firstly, congrats on the new role! I’m not sure if your position is in a firm or in-house so I’ve come up with a few generic tips that have helped me as a paralegal.
1. Try to suggest a solution or input your own thoughts when asking for help
2. Be as proactive as you can be (e.g. let your team know whenever you have capacity
3. Practical law is your best friend (at times)
4. Be very organised - try to use your calendar as often as you can to diarise important deadlines, tasks, etc
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