Arriving at work for the first time is a scary business. Arriving at a new job with people you do not know and work with which you are unfamiliar in a setting that is new is not only scary it is simply downright frightening. Most people will tell you that they approach their first day in a new job with a considerable amount of confidence. “After all”, they will tell you, “I was successful at the job interview and beat all the other candidates for the position. So why not be confident?”
What you are hearing is bravado AFTER the fact.
In reality all of us are frightened when we approach anything new and all of our previous experiences have shown us that there really is something to be afraid of.
Do you remember the first day at primary school?
Do you remember the first day at high school?
Yes, we were all told by our parents there was nothing to be afraid of on the first day at primary and we all know how well that went. Then when we finally thought we knew about school we went from being the oldest and most experienced class in the school to newbies again in high school.
I am sure that this experience has happened to almost everyone. I am equally sure that each and every one of us has worked out some strategy or other to survive the first few days of something new.
There is really nothing different about a new job. It's just a bigger playground with bigger children all playing a different set of games.
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