School and work environments are quite different, and the strategies that help students excel throughout their academic life aren’t necessarily the same ones that lead to success in a working life. Stav Ziv shares some perspectives on the challenges of transitioning to the workforce:
- Not being used to hearing ‘not good enough’ and not knowing what to do when it happens
- Being terrified of not knowing/getting something wrong
- Intense discomfort due to lack of rubric/clear expectations
Source: The Muse. Link. Ziv shares a few of the challenges star students face in the workplace along with solution ideas:
- Your path forward is not clear
- You don’t get as much direction
- Acing assignments isn’t enough
- Feedback isn’t a given
- Hard work doesn’t always speak for itself
- You have to deal with office politics
Also see: Feedback: The Art Is in the Delivery, Veterinary Team Brief, October 2018. Link.
Also see: The art of receiving feedback, Veterinary Team Brief, November 2018. Link.
Feedback is not intended to be a litany of wrongs that makes it difficult to give and uncomfortable to receive . . .
View feedback as a chance for coaching versus evaluation
INSIGHTS: Managers and supervisors can use these perspectives when dealing with new hires.