Fast Company: Uncomfortable situations are part of everyone’s work life. While it will never be smooth sailing all of the time, your first job out of college can feel like a minefield of potentially embarrassing missteps.
Here are some of those common circumstances that newly minted professionals often come across, and suggestions on how to deal with them in a workplace-appropriate way.
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I liked this article a lot because it put into words what I think I and many of my fellow freshman classmates have felt during the first half of our first semester at Carnegie Mellon. Coming into a new place in which you are doing things constantly that you had only ever tried once or heard about briefly before is not easy. It can feel super, super overwhelming at times, but it is good to remember that this feeling is so universal, even to people starting new desk jobs in cities across the country. I think the most compelling thing on this list of "uncomfortable situations" is the one that said "Feeling like you don't know what you're doing". A lot of my classes and work so far this year has felt sort of like learning on the job. And while it has made my learning more fast paces, learning how to do something while you are actually doing it can feel really scary. It is important to know when and how to ask for help, and I am glad that this article reminded me of that fact.
I really like the idea of this article. Going into any new place of employment can be scary. You want to do well, and so does your boss, but finding a way to navigate the new process is challenging. I like that this article hits on the fact that everyone makes mistakes. It can be hard to take responsibility of errors, even if they are obviously your own because you don't want to face the consequences. However, it is a very normal thing forever body. I am sure there are companies out there that are pretty cut throat and will take action if you make mistakes, but that environments is not a place I would want to work anyway. That is what always helps me navigate a new job, that I am seeing if I fit in well there just as much as they want to know. I would love to see a directly theatre related version of this article because the job stays the relative same just with new challenges.
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