Transitioning into the workforce by Lisa Cropp

     For young people, entering the workforce can be scary because they are faced with finding a new place for themselves.  Sense of entitlement and intolerance of rejection are two psychological obstacles that young people experince while trying to establish employment.  Sense of entitlement is when young people feel they deserve to get what he/she wants, including a job  opprotunities.  That is, entitlement involves the expection that the world of work should be as accommodating as family and school were while he/she was growing up.  Rejection is also a hard pill to swallow for young people who are looking for first time jobs.  At this stage in a young person's life, it isn't realistic for the parents to find their children jobs or to continue to raise them themselves, instead; parents should educate their children of the five realities of rejection.
     The first reality is: rejection should not be taken personally.  Parents need to explain to their children that finding a job make