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Start by showing up to the office in person, she says. Caney says early-career workers especially should cherish that time, because the best learning happens when people are in the same room. She advises those new to the workforce to be present in meetings regardless of whether or not it’s their job to solve the problem at hand.
“They need to see how the company operates, the good and the bad, and there’s a lot you pick up on the way, just listening,” she tells Fortune. “You don’t need to be here five days a week, there’s a balance, but I do think being in-person is important.”
“They’re literally the most AI-enabled workforce right now that we have in the whole company, and we don’t want to turn that off,” she says.
But Caney does have a word of caution to new hires who are often quick to highlight academic achievements over more standard work experience, because they believe it’s not relevant to their current position. That’s the wrong move, she says, because early jobs can help build those crucial hard-to-measure soft skills that employers are looking for in employees.
“You learn something in that first job that has nothing to do with the job you have now,” she says. “But it taught you about responsibility, or dealing with the public, [or] maybe, even service.”
