How long to stay in the job, how long does it take to step up the ladder, which path to take for transitioning are the most common questions a new professional ponders on.
Issues that rise in the process are the peer pressure and misinterpreting proficiency. Peers question each other on the stagnation if a couple of years passes without major changes on the job front. Proficiency is taken for granted based on time frame. The focus needed on the skills to be acquired and the practice needed for achieving proficiency is put aside.
The high school and under grad. college mentality continues at work. The reason I attribute this thinking to high school mentality is this. Most high school students ask similar questions in a different context. How long do I have to study for history? Why is it that calculus teacher expects ten problems solved every day? When will this class end? When will I move on to the next grade?
Being in high school and college teaches the student to produce work meeting objectives in structured environments and given schedules. Most often, teachers convey what skills the student is achieving in set times by explaining the course design and objectives. They also convey what rewards are in store when certain level of skills are achieved with their testing.
Educational institutions also provide schedules for celebrating achievements. Most times, the student is rewarded for the hard work done. There is celebration termed as "graduation" at set intervals of time. The student moves forward achieving success as per the standards set by the educational institution.
This background is part of the mind set that every student and aspiring professional operates on the way to graduating high school and college. The visible differences between educational institutions and work places are quite clear to the new hires and aspiring professionals by this time. They are aware that they are on their own to look forward for their advancement. They are also fit to take on the responsibilities offered at work. All this is good.
Questions arise when the expectations for timely rewards and celebrations continue in different settings. If the current work place does not seem to offer what they are looking for in their own terms, the aspiring professional looks out for "better" opportunities.
Job switching is the most popular approach to achieve the novice professional's timely rewards. This is quite troublesome for the newly hired, for there are no "graduation ceremonies" awaiting them in general after timely job switching other than monetary rewards in many cases.
Organizational training and educational institutions have a responsibility early on to attend to this trend for the professional health of the individual as well as that of the organization they work for. The skills that are required to the healthy growth need to be nourished from an early stage for the individual in the organization. Several factors need to be taken into account with proper planning and collaboration on an individual basis.
Points to Ponder:
1. How does one pave his/ her way to proficiency?
2. How do high school students choose their path towards proficiency introspecting their own mind set towards career aspirations?
3. How does the reward at school or at work help towards achieving proficiencty of the individual?
4. What "staying" factors help the individual to help make decisions to achieve satisfaction while studying or at work?
Reference:
How Rapid Job Switches Dent India's Competitiveness (and their own) by Prof. Frank C. Schultz, UC Berkeley
Issues that rise in the process are the peer pressure and misinterpreting proficiency. Peers question each other on the stagnation if a couple of years passes without major changes on the job front. Proficiency is taken for granted based on time frame. The focus needed on the skills to be acquired and the practice needed for achieving proficiency is put aside.
The high school and under grad. college mentality continues at work. The reason I attribute this thinking to high school mentality is this. Most high school students ask similar questions in a different context. How long do I have to study for history? Why is it that calculus teacher expects ten problems solved every day? When will this class end? When will I move on to the next grade?
Being in high school and college teaches the student to produce work meeting objectives in structured environments and given schedules. Most often, teachers convey what skills the student is achieving in set times by explaining the course design and objectives. They also convey what rewards are in store when certain level of skills are achieved with their testing.
Educational institutions also provide schedules for celebrating achievements. Most times, the student is rewarded for the hard work done. There is celebration termed as "graduation" at set intervals of time. The student moves forward achieving success as per the standards set by the educational institution.
This background is part of the mind set that every student and aspiring professional operates on the way to graduating high school and college. The visible differences between educational institutions and work places are quite clear to the new hires and aspiring professionals by this time. They are aware that they are on their own to look forward for their advancement. They are also fit to take on the responsibilities offered at work. All this is good.
Questions arise when the expectations for timely rewards and celebrations continue in different settings. If the current work place does not seem to offer what they are looking for in their own terms, the aspiring professional looks out for "better" opportunities.
Job switching is the most popular approach to achieve the novice professional's timely rewards. This is quite troublesome for the newly hired, for there are no "graduation ceremonies" awaiting them in general after timely job switching other than monetary rewards in many cases.
Organizational training and educational institutions have a responsibility early on to attend to this trend for the professional health of the individual as well as that of the organization they work for. The skills that are required to the healthy growth need to be nourished from an early stage for the individual in the organization. Several factors need to be taken into account with proper planning and collaboration on an individual basis.
Points to Ponder:
1. How does one pave his/ her way to proficiency?
2. How do high school students choose their path towards proficiency introspecting their own mind set towards career aspirations?
3. How does the reward at school or at work help towards achieving proficiencty of the individual?
4. What "staying" factors help the individual to help make decisions to achieve satisfaction while studying or at work?
Reference:
How Rapid Job Switches Dent India's Competitiveness (and their own) by Prof. Frank C. Schultz, UC Berkeley
