I have been working for a company for about 3 weeks now as a junior IT/help desk type person. My IT manager has been with the company for maybe 6-8 years and then he has a remote person who does almost all the monitoring of the servers as well, as the database work you can say everything. When I was hired as a temp I was replacing some one who they believed just could not cut it did not have the knowledge or skill set from what I was told never met him.
I am looking for advice from IT managers what are you expecting from a new IT hire who is responsible for more then just help desk after 3 weeks. I find myself browsing this site looking for ideas and things to do. I will admit I am not a good self starter, I usually know how to complete any task that is asked of me or atleast no where to find the answer. But right now I spend a lot of my time playing with my thumbs. How do I go about finding out what is expected where do you think I can jump in at. Right now I am still working with limited Admin rights I can view exchange but can not make any modifications to users and so forth. I am responsible for the tape backups. They have almost all of their task documented even down to my daily task.
So I guess I would like to know what would you expect of a new hire 3 weeks into with knowledge of the network but limited admin rights.