The First Job and

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Chapter 15

• The First Job and
• Early Career Moves

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Presentation Overview

• What about
• College-to-work transition issues?
• Professional work-life adjustments?
• Organizational culture
• Personal life
• Managing finances
• First-year strategies?
• Quitting?
• A CIP perspective ?

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A survey of 2,000 college graduates found that

• things would have been easier if
• they had realized how hard it
• was going to be in the new job.

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Other Survey Findings. . .

• Students
• Had insufficient information before accepting the
  job
• Underestimated time on the job
• Overestimated feedback on performance
• Found that the last hired was first fired
• Had difficulty adjusting to organizational
  politics and culture
• Experienced harassment/discrimination (30
  reported this and all but 2 were women)

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Common Reasons for Termination

• Poor attendance
• Failure to follow instructions
• Lack of initiative
• All seem related to poor self-management and
  relationship skills

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College Culture vs. Job Culture

• What are some differences?
• 1. Time 2. Schedules 3. Teamwork
• 4. Feedback 5. Holidays 6. Assignments
• 7. Work cycle 8. Directions 9. Attendance
• Differences in Boss vs. Professor?
• a. Class Assignments b. Work
  Assignments
• c. Discussion d. Evaluation
• The Learning Process?
• At School At Work

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Ten Areas of AdjustmentCan you give some
practical illustrations?
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Adjusting to the Organizational Culture

• Clock and calendar management
• Impression management
• Managing the boss
• Coworker relationships
• Performance evaluations

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Adjusting to a New Personal Life

• Develop nonwork social relationships
• Finding leisure interests
• Healthy lifestyle
• Managing stress

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Financial Adjustments

• Living arrangements
• Wardrobe
• Transportation
• Food
• Loans, credit, savings, taxes
• Financial planning
• Health insurance

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Economic Realities

• Work-related injuries and health
• Labor for paya fundamental reality
• Worker as profit or cost item
• Personal vs. economic relationship with employer

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From Career Planning to Career Management

• Finding mentors
• Seeking excellence in job performance
• Ethical behavior at work
• Challenging your personal
• status quo
• Finding work/family balance

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A CIP Perspective

• Self-Knowledge provides the criteria for
  evaluating job satisfaction
• Expand option knowledge of the industry, the
  organization, and your job
• Use the CASVE Cycle to solve job-related problems
  and make strategic career decisions
• Use positive metacognitions to think of yourself
  as the active designer and actor in your
  life/career