If so, they may be feeling excited, anxious and they may even feel like
they are prepared.
However, a recent study found that young people are often not prepared or ready for ‘office politics’ when they start their first job. Younger people are increasingly opting to go into apprenticeship schemes, which means they tend to start their career earlier and many of them are not aware or prepared for politics in the workplace.
What does this mean?
It means that a lot of young people who are surrounded by office politics may find it hard to express their opinions and ideas, resulting in them feeling isolated, unsupported and even unhappy.
It’s been suggested that businesses need to put changes in place to ensure that office politics are addressed and the root causes are found, this will then allow for more time to be spent training and motivating the younger generation that are joining their business.
Although it’s been shown young people may not be prepared for office politics, the research did find out that they are well prepared to the other core areas of workplace skills such as management skills, career development opportunities and being prepared for working hours. Not only that, a refreshing part of the study showed that these people felt they were prepared and well informed on how to talk to their bosses.
So although you may be feeling more unprepared, anxious and worried for them starting their career – you should feel comfortable knowing they are well aware of the core areas expected of them!
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