Top 10 New Grad Realities
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…
Words of wisom
As you all shake off the effects of New Year’s Eve, here are a few words to live by in the new year. Enjoy!
You have two options once this happens: Roll over and die or move on. I chose to move on. I’m still me. I’m just 75 percent off. Get a great deal on Bryan Andersons this week. You know who actually told me that the first time? My mom. We were in Vegas, talking about T-shirts we should make, and she said 75 percent off. She said, You should get a shirt showing off your personality. -Bryan Adams, Triple amputee
You can fall many times in life, but you’re never a failure as long as you try to get up. -Evel Knievel, Daredevil
The bigger people are in life, the more big-league they are. That’s been my experience. You meet less shits the higher up you go. -Ted Williams, Baseball player, Boston RedSox
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer. -Muhammad Ali, Boxer
When someone tells you your butt is on fire, you should take them at their word. -Homer Simpson
Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone’s watching or not. -Michael J. Fox, Actor
Pride is hard to swallow, but it will go down. -Conrad Dobler, former NFL football player
You better live every day like it’s your last day, ’cause one day you’re gonna be right. -Ray Charles, Musician
Until next time…
