What an internship or job should entails? - Hansoken

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Having heard of the abuse by the superior upon a male intern at a company, for a prolonged period of nine weeks, the work conditions (existence needs) such as workplace security etc. became more salient. I would be using Alderfer?s ERG theory (existence, relatedness, growth needs) as the basis of my expectations, roles, how I think internship should be tailored, and how I see myself in a consulting job.

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Multi-level Needs in a Workplace

Basically Alderfer is similar to the Maslow hierarchy of needs but differs slightly as you will see. I believe that we?ve different level of needs to meet at any time point, i.e. physiological and safety needs. And that we regress to a lower level needs when the higher needs, i.e. our job don?t provide a sense of achievement or advancement opportunities, can?t be met by the environment. Hence, we resort to fulfilling more of the lower level needs, i.e. socializing needs to ease the frustrations. And regress further to the existence needs, should the circumstances for the relatedness needs not be permitted.

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An employer ought to be mindful of the different needs their employees or interns might want to fulfill throughout their work at the company. If the employer can?t control his rage and is unable to provide a safe working environment, it may cause dissatisfaction, and caused uproar of unjust like the case above. Even if the basic safety aspects are present in the company, employers must note that individuals placed emphasis on different level of needs. Henceforth, it?s no longer sufficient for a company to provide and satisfy at least one level of the needs.

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Knowing your Rights

In summary, an internship or job should be tailored accordingly to the job specifications as stated in the contract, the resources required to perform the tasks, and the above needs in order for an individual to reach his potential capabilities. These includes providing employees with certain autonomy to get the task moving, proper guidance and rationale for the tasks assigned, and ensuring that the physical, social, and self-actualization are achievable.

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Therefore, jobs that fulfill the above criteria enable an employee to be equipped with relevant skill sets and broaden their breadth by exposing them to other job scopes, i.e. designing. It could be beyond the hard skills required for the particular field, termed as soft skills. These skills such as being a good listener and communicator, strong work ethics, allows the individuals to easily transit from one field such as telemarketing to a consultancy job.

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How do people transit to different profession?

At this point in time, you may ask me this question: How do I see myself taking up a consultancy job? Well, although it may be challenging as the experiences need to be learned, the soft skills and relevant hard skills I?ve acquired from my work experiences will allow me to adapt to the work. Besides, everyone start out with zero experiences in any field, bringing with them their knowledge and frameworks from their school into applications. If I?m willing to take up jobs from different field, you can too.

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Sources:

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/victim-viral-video-which-shows-boss-slapping-him-files-police-report-2

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Redmond, B.F. (2010). Need Theories: What Do I Want When I Work??Work Attitudes and Motivation. The Pennsylvania State University World Campus.

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http://www.sunzu.com/articles/erg-motivation-theory-refines-maslow-and-3-key-applications-to-change-management-143936/

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324715704578481290888822474.html

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http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2009/01/26/top-10-soft-skills-for-job-hunters/

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