If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed entering the workforce, you’re not alone. According to Dr. Hazli Zakaria, from Alaminda: Mental Healthcare Provider, these are the three major areas that cause the most stress to fresh grads during this transition.
1. Struggles to cope with any given task despite the eagerness to apply the knowledge and skill learned ar school.
Knowledge and skill serve as the foundation to work on anything in the workplace. However, the majority of the time, employees would need to make decisions based on the external environment factors and other organisational factors as well. Typically, this would require more time on the job which means mimicking exactly what you’ve learned and applying that knowledge at the workplace without analysing other factors, would spell disappointment.
2. Struggles to adapt to the different changes in a new environment and not being able to achieve that ideal work-life balance immediately (read as: MAJOR culture shock).
There’s no lie when working folks advise you to “appreciate your university life before starting work.”
The truth is that studying and working are totally different, where the former is much more flexible than the latter.
Hence, if you’re unable to adjust your life routine, you’re probably going to have a hard time coping with incoming tasks and be unable to improve efficiency for the first few months.