1. PDP Assignment 2
Group Members: Tan Boon Choon (0106065)
Desmond Marx De Silva (0106354)
Yap Ken-Ji (0105892)

2. How to Succeed in the First Few
years of the Corporate World?

3. Issues
• Deal with the transition to the working life from
university life
• Sustaining in the corporate world
• Create opportunities to build career in the future

4. 11 Rules to succeed in the first few
years of the corporate world
1. Understand your surrounding
2. Adapt to the working life
3. Financial Planning
4. Self Branding
5. Be a humble team player
6. Work to learn, not to earn
7. Perseverance
8. Work hard and work smart
9. Set Goals
10. Enjoy and love Your job
11. Networking

5. Understand Your Surroundings
• It is important to understand the culture and practices in
where you are working.
• Understanding the system and rules in a company is essential
in growing your career

6. Ways to understand Your
Surrounding
• Speak to colleagues
• To understand the working culture
• To know the rules of the company
• Ask questions if you don’t understand
• Be quick to find out when you don’t know
something

7. Adapt to the working life
• As a fresh graduate, it is a huge transition from university
life to working life
• It is important to adapt to the working life style in order
to succeed in your career

8. Ways to adapt to the working life
• Know the differences between campus and working life
• Time management is essential
• No more slacking or procrastinating
• Build friendships in your company (eg: colleagues and
bosses)

9. Financial Planning
• Many will find a time managing their finances in their first few
years
• They have the tendency to overspend because they have an
income
• Financial Planning will prevent financial problems

10. Financial Planning
• Set aside savings before spending
• Plan your expenses
• Don’t buy what you can’t afford
• Save for emergencies and opportunities
• Don’t spend more than you earn
• Don’t be in debt

11. Why Self Branding?
• To create a good image to both upper management and
colleagues
• To make yourself memorable
• To create an identity for yourself

12. How to Self brand?
• Proper working attire
• Good mannerisms
• Say Thank You
• Greet everyone
• Be generous with you handshakes!
• Always learn and improve yourself
• Speak well and politely
• Good self confidence

13. Be a humble team player
• Get to know your teammates
• Always listen to suggestions and give them as well
• Be mindful of your words and try your best not to hurt
anyone’s feelings
• Be part of the team and don’t think yourself as the best
• Don’t be arrogant. Learn from one another

14. Work to learn, not to earn
• Have a learning mindset
• Focus on gaining experience and learning
• Always cease the opportunity to learn
• Perceive money as a secondary objective
• Don’t be lazy to learn

15. Perseverance
• Transitioning to the working life might be hard to keep up
• There will always be good and bad experiences
• Pick yourself up quickly and try again!
• Talk to a close friend about your struggles
• Have a circle of colleagues who encourages one another

16. Work Hard and Work Smart
• Give your best in your work place!
• Don’t be lazy and procrastinate what you need to do
• Always strive to do better
• Don’t overwork, know when to relax
• Don’t work when it’s time to relax and don’t relax when it’s
time to work

17. Set Goals
• Goals will motivate
• Goals will indicate achievements
• Setting goals will push you to achieve greater things in your
career
• If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end
up somewhere else. ~Lawrence J. Peter

18. Set Goals
• A goal must be possible to achieve
• It must have a timeline
• Aim higher!
• Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the
stars. ~Les Brown

19. Enjoy and love your job
• Loving your job is the best thing you can do
• The stress will be easily lifted off your shoulders
• There won’t be complains
• Without knowing it, you will give your best all the time

20. Networking
• Building strong networks will help you to grow your career in
the future!
• Don’t despise anyone you meet right now, they might be of
great help to you in the future!
• Always look forward in building good friendships with
everyone around you

21. Conclusion
• The first few years in the corporate
world is all about learning and gaining
work life experience. In order to be
successful, it takes time, persistence, and
willingness.

22. The End
• Personal development leads to success.