Here in the CRMO we are in the business of largely recruiting contractors rather then full time employees. Some of these contractors have twenty page plus resumes as they are career consultants, consultants who solely take on contracts. It often amazes me how many new contracts these individuals have started over the course of their career. Having to constantly get acclimatised to both new people and new projects seems a bit daunting to me, but who am I to judge?
Starting a new job is often a mixture of many emotions ranging from excitement, nervousness, anxiety and hope. There are many factors that each person has for deeming a new job to fulfilling. One main factor for most is expectations. If you expect a job to be a certain way and it does not meet these expectations, the start of a new job can be very stressful. On boarding is another key factor in starting a new job, or sometimes unfortunately, lack there of.
When you think about your current job and how you felt when you first started, what are your thoughts and what emotions pop up? On the other hand, have you had the unfortunate experience to start a new job, realize all too soon that it is not what you thought and jumped ship altogether?
Career Builder posted an article with some helpful tips on what to do if you do find yourself in the latter situation and truly hate your job a couple weeks into it. You can read the full article here.
What about you? Have you found yourself in the unfortunate situation of realizing your new job is simply not what you expected? If so, what did you do? Did you stick around or jump ship?
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