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First jobs for women

First jobs for women

Working girls regularly encounter different challenges than men when beginning their first job. As a girl who has worked in jobs ranging from secretary to producing production boss to money researcher, I've seen plenty of the mistakes that working girl make in their first roles. Here are 5 first job tips for working girls as they start in their career :

1) Don't become the "girl who bakes great cookies
" Everybody wants to be seen as cooperative, friendly, and useful when they start their first job and one way that some working girls try and do this is to bring baked products and treats to their office buddies. This isn't a great idea if you'd like to be seen as equivalent to the men in your office. Your bro or your lover would not bake chocolate chip cookies for the administrator and you should not either.

2) Don't become the office "social coordinator
" This is along the same lines as baking cookies for your office pals. Men frequently presume that a girl ( particularly a younger girl in her first job ) should coordinate office picnics and other activities for the group. If this is not part of your job outline, don't volunteer to do it.

3) Do volunteer for additional work
It is very important for all employees, particularly women, to be seen as go-getter in their first job. Volunteering for additional work will permit your higher-ups to see you're looking for increased responsibility and will certainly make a great impression ( be cautious not to bite off more than you can gnaw, though ).

4) Do ask for feedback
Girls are often great communicators and it is a smart idea to exploit this characteristic during your first job. Whether you have formal weekly conferences with your supervisor or not, make efforts to get in touch with your executive pretty constantly, asking for feedback ( both negative and positive ) on your performance.

5) Don't cry at work
All working girls have an awful day ( men do too ) and first roles can be particularly difficult as you become used to increased expectancies in the work place. Infrequently , you may have a bad director or a difficult first assignment that makes you would like to cry. If at all practical hold it in till you get home. Your colleagues and your supervisor do not want to see you crying and you do not want to be known as "the girl who cried at work today".

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