The switch from the university to the workforce can be challenging. One minute, you’re gisting with your course mates about school-related stuff and the next minute, you’re battling with Microsoft Excel, trying to meet up with a deadline at work.
If you’re currently at this stage, here are some scenarios you might be able to relate to:
You vs. your alarm every morning
Alarm clocks can be downright annoying, most times. Also, why does time seem to go by really fast in the morning?
You, at a meeting that could have been an email
A simple email would have sufficed but they just had to bring everyone together for a boring meeting and they didn’t even provide refreshments. ? ?
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Having to introduce yourself to everyone on your first day
Saying your name over and over gets pretty exhausting at some point. Also, do your co-workers really care or are they just trying to be nice?
When you realize you’ve officially entered the adulting stage and you have to be responsible.
This is one of those realizations that hit you out of nowhere. You’re never fully prepared for it.
Realizing that you can’t ask your parents for money anymore.
Once that paycheck hits your account, financial independence comes knocking at your door. Just like that.
Seeing a job opening for fresh graduates with over 7 years of experience.
Okay, someone needs to do the math and break it down properly because it’s confusing.
Realizing that making friends at work is harder than making friends at school.
At work, you never really know who’s your friend and who’s out to get you, so you must be strategic. There’s also the tendency that your colleagues might be older than you.
When people try to turn you into their bank account.
It’s weird when you haven’t spent up to three full months in the workforce and people expect you to have so much money to lend and give out at will.
When you realize that you’ve got this and you’re ready to take on the workforce, no matter what.
You must brace up and be determined to succeed, despite any challenge. Your parents, colleagues and co-workers also made the transition and they got ahead. You will, too.
What’s the biggest struggle you have with your transition from a student to an employee? Share your experience with us!
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