JOBS RESOURCES
CAREER MISTAKES
You are most likely to make in your twenties
It’s a brutal job market out there today.
Twentysomethings are often so anxious to get into
some kind of steady work that they aren’t discriminating. Sometimes, they feel that the jobs you do
in your 20s don’t really count. “I’ll find my career
groove at 30,” is the thinking they use. Career experts
believe that the 20s are an important career window
that helps you establish a kind of career identity. Your
30s will be very difficult without the identity that
well-directed 20s can give.
Take a look at the common career mistakes that
young people in their 20s make today. If any of this
sounds familiar, it’s time for a reappraisal.
NOT LEAVING CHILDHOOD
BEHIND
In school, our challenges are standardized – we all
have the same subjects to study and the same tests to
take. When we want to know how we’re doing, we
just compare ourselves to our friends.
Once out of school, though, comparing yourself
to your friends is an inadequate test of success. As
we grow up, we gain our own individual tastes for
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how to reach for success. While some would like to
reach for best paying jobs, others believe in building
themselves up slowly. Direct comparisons can lead to
a loss of faith in oneself.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS
IN WHICH ONE CLINGS TO
CHILDHOOD
Many twentysomethings arriving on the employment scene today have been helicopter-parented.
They’ve had their overindulgent parents smooth the
way everywhere they’ve been. When you don’t have
a lifetime of experience dealing with stressful situations and real-world compromises, the job hunt can
seem especially difficult. Many twentysomethings
put off t