CAREER INSIGHT
II uni skirted inxesligatmg xour careet
prospei Is » Ink- -nil in high M hool. mills ate
Nun'll' .1 kl'asOlHT I ikl'NNISl' will'll NUU bill
something m eiiil .1 relationship. mu prnbahl
11 -1 I he pins .uni 11 mis on a piece ol pa|vi
hl'lllll' Mill ill's Ills'
Ri'usihiits an- usuallx nm'II pis'p.iii'il lot
change ami can haiulli' il with ci|iiainin11>
I low i'n ci. nn lii'ii llii'N is lai mt! a i lunge dial
has a high I'liiolional impact. ihex II olk'H
IIINoIvi' ihl'IIIM'lvi's 111 something we call
pseiiilm hange: a penml ol introspection pnoi
to actual chance which soinelimes keeps iliei
from changing
When Reasoneis are uncasx about an
impending change. lor example. I lie s 11 ana
In/e, i|uanl11\ and Ihcori/e einlles-l\. neiei
haung enough iiilormaiion to make a iiionc
Kvfocu\t,r\ aie lask ami coal oiienleil
I lies lend to Im a- on die pio|eils al hand an
on slimi term benefits When mvnlxeil in a
chance. Reloctiserx eoneenliale on achieung
lancihle lesulls I hex II persexere ituough al
kinds ol distractions and aie unshakeahle
under pressure llieir downlall is thex usual);
tail io see broader implications In tact. lliis i
how Relocusers experience pseudochange:
the inoie unrelenting a problem is. die mme
fixed Relocuseis become hi their
approai h in m * I \ mil’ ii
Noelan I i‘« i' w .1 .in ei ononiu s
iiuiU'i vvtii> pot cauehl up in pseudo
chance 11tlI 111;' till opholuole umi at llu1
1 nnersiis i>I l oloiado She panicked
ami divided dial hei 'kills were loo pen
eial In IiikI a pood |iih a hen plailualion
mill'll atound She ilei uleil In spec lali/e
in her lie Id. whi//mg tluouph ever)
required coutse Im hei economics
ileprec lhen usinp all ol hei electnes on
economics as well Us the time she
ei.klii.ileil Iasi lall. hei knowlcdpe and
mleresls were so narrow dial hei |oh
prospects weie lernhle She’s I null n o h
dttfieult to si heiiule |oh inlervlews and
eslahhsh a lappoil w iili mleivleweis
She has smee enrolled in a |oh seal. Ii
piojiam In learn how lo widen hei
approach
Rt'ldlcr\ lo\ e I' * take jxilt . I ties .11 s
like research and details, so dies seek
Ihe opinions ol professionals, friends
tannic memhers and the mail on die
street I hese personable chanpemakers
aie alscass inleresled in die einolion.il
human il lations as|vi Is ol chance, and
dies eel condorlahle bs makme as main
contacts as [Mssihle
Kclalers .mil Keasonets avoid . hanee
in the same vv.iv Moth l'.iiIk'i Ini'. i'l ilal.i Bui
ilk Ki.-I.ilci - mcl In ‘ill >U >c > consists ol . i s k 111
cmlless questions ol i>thci' without ac line on
the opinions thes he.it
\t the heeimniie nl the semester last
sprimi, I’am Hansen asked everyone in hei
|ki|itieal seienee elass at the l mversity nl
(lemma il they thouc'lit she il tlo hetlei in
anuthei piolessoi s class. 1 ven thotiuh most
nl them s.uil ves. she didn't cel around to
ilmppme the .lass in time She spent the
entire seinestei in a hassle and ended with
three hotusol l
ft/\ Acre aie decisis e and .a lion onented
I lies like to |uinp ill and attack a problem
head on. and are therefore impatient with
details I lies often take physical ot mental
iisks. sometimes Both, and make meal leaps
lorssaril ss hen hie i bailees ale needed I hen
eneies and intuition ollen help them handle
ch.mee easils lull, when they err. it can l>e a
sshoppei
Riskers pseudoch.inpe appears estieinely
liexihle I hes reenlaily charge head lone into
one scheme at let another, olten missme the
moment when a project mieht come to
I run ton \\ hen |oh hunt me. Kt'keis sc heduli
so mans ap(H>mtments that I he \ ic late loi (lie
apj>oinlment th.it mattered most
\\ hile il - imp*>n.itil to under stand the risks
nl chance. tocusmt' on the positiscs is mu*, h
limn' prodlktise I tic Inllosvme strategies to!
haiiee , an me km no sour v fiances »»l Imdim’
opp*'itiimlv as son hill tiom student statu^ (*>
the piols.-sMon.il Milks
1. look at your change from school to
career as a gradual transition.
\s \ou make sour nurse, sou’ll lint! that
sou sc chanced a lot since Inch school and so
has the careei sou had m mind sslien sou
enteied college loui seals aim I urtticimore,
sou and sour vareer held vs ill continue to
chance at an increasing late RememfkM that
v. ha nee is hoih normal and cood k*i sou I he
stimulation keeps sour mind flexible. and the
sensation is exhilarating
2. Recognise that your resistance to
change is normal.
I low would \iiu leel il miu walked min
\out room and lound dial even piece id Ini
inline and all voui peison.il helonumps had
been moved ' Aneiv shoi ked. worried mil
I used. hap|n 1
II i (lx- rare person who would '..is
happv e\cn il the newi a 11.111eenienl looked
Ix'ttei and ii a ■- more t uni ell lent \Ve all if msI
change iihfii in- teal Ihf unknown
Sometimes iif it* Mil hi11 a u if in1 if aliaid
iif 'll tail it iif tn something new Other
timei iif if tile tm what umk even it change
iiimid make things Ix'llet
Vs a new eiail vou'ie alxmt tn e\|X'ilenee a
change that sullen wieiu lung. even though
giaduation inaiki muii aeliieiftiifnt nt a sic
nitleant lile _uo.il Sometimes students are so
disturbed In the prospect ot this change that
ttie\ ereet siibconsi nun harriers I ties tail an
fan miirie ill the last semestei. I lie s ehanue
majois mid seal, tliei muii up lot eiaduale
seIni»il. and sometimes thes even develop an
illness that prevents >.lass attendance
\nalv/e liovv and win vou mi phi lx' lesni
mu change. and vou II 11mi the going becomes
imii Ii easier
3. Don't minimize your feelings of loss.
Non have a riithl to Icel that vmire losme
somethine Vout comtoitahle wav nt hie.
mh tal milieu, mutinev il.nl> ta^hc and slrm.
lute mil all dl'-apiH.-ai I \en it Vim can’t wait
to eel out ot mJiooI. the Imalilv ol eiadtiation
( iiiilimii tl aii paw ''