Top 10 New Grad Realities
Posted on May 12, 2008
Filed Under Words of wisdom, Must read, Gen Y
Finally, a trend in towards recognizing that Gen Y has some career issues to resolve around entering the workforce and providing some great advice instead of excuses. JT O’Donnell at Brazen Careerist put together the following Top 10 Career Realities, there’s also an accompanying article on what she calls CAREEREALISM . Good stuff.
- You are the most educated generation to enter the workforce, but you are also viewed as the least prepared. Don’t be blind-sided by your generation’s professional reality.
- The other generations in the workforce don’t have much compassion for your situation. You are being incorrectly perceived as lazy, entitled and arrogant. Don’t validate these beliefs by ignoring their concerns, instead, work to overcome them.
- DON’T road trip, backpack or ‘take a year off’ without thinking about your career first. Those who delay to play, often pay!
- More degrees don’t mean more money! If you aren’t sure what to do next, the LAST thing you should do is stay in school.
- Don’t succumb to Cinderella Syndrome. The sooner you break your addiction to acceptance, praise, grades, rewards and other bribes, the sooner you’ll find personally satisfying work that is professionally rewarding.
- Got a compelling Career Story that you use to market your employability? If not, then plan on a longer, more stressful job search.
- Spray-and-pray job searches (sending out a hundred resumes and hoping for a call) are for people who are willing to settle for what’s available. Get active, create a network, and you’ll get access to the hot jobs nobody else knows about.
- A great mentor is worth a lot more than a good job.
- Want to quantum leap your career? Then learn to deal with the 3 C’s (conflict, criticism and causing disappointment) …now!
- Embrace the equation used by the most professionally satisfied people in the world: EXPERIENCE = LEARN = GROW
Until next time…
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