Abstract
One of the toughest transitions in most people's lives is from the schoolroom to the workplace. High school and college graduates are primed for this jolting change with lofty well-meant speeches projecting bright hopes for the future and spouting wise counsel about how to make it in the business world and what pitfalls to avoid. They are, in effect, given a healthy dose of inspiration, a hearty pat on the back and then encouraged to go out into the world and make it—on your own—because that's what it boils down to in the end.
No question about it. Of course, there's no other way. Venturing out into the world is just that. But no amount of preparation, however well-intended, could achieve a smooth and easy transition from the accustomed routine of regularly scheduled classes and classwork to the hard competitive world of job seeking and … getting ahead (Dreyer, 1992, p. 17).
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