I would like to add my input on this topic, but it has to do with my experience NOT having a log of work to go off of. After starting my first job in the industry, I quickly learned each day how much I would need to pick up on in order to effectively do my job. And it was a lot. Much of my work is shared among the rest of my team so I would watch and observe as closely as possible to learn; however, being provided a log of procedures and workflows to handle the tasks I am expected to take on would have helped me tremendously. Both my manager and I came to this realization early on and we actually began publishing clear instruction pages on several workflows on an online forum we use within our team. Each day, we become more and more productive and work smarter, not harder, by spending time to incorporate tools such as this.