You spent four (or more) years doing the work, earning the grades, and building a resume. Then you started your first real job — and suddenly “good effort” doesn’t appear anywhere in the feedback you’re getting. Welcome to the adjustment many new graduates claim they were never warned about. Grade inflation is real. Studies have…… Continue reading Your Boss Isn’t Grading on a Curve
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How to Handle a Negative Performance Review
Around this time every year, I hear from students and recent graduates about how they love or hate their internships or first full-time PR jobs. Thankfully, most are loving their jobs and work teams during those first six proving-yourself months. But a lot of others have a hard time handling any critical feedback. One…… Continue reading How to Handle a Negative Performance Review