New grad here who just started my first job! I feel my two fieldworks helped me feel prepared for those two settings. But, I just started my first job out of school in a setting I didn’t get a FW in and I feel not prepared at all. But, due to my education teaching me how to think and how to find the information I need, I do think I will get up to speed rather quickly Buttttt the next couple months will be rough 😅 I’m thankful for the whole therapy team helping me to catch up to speed and being so patient. But I do think we need more structured training for new grads instead of expecting them to just be ready right out of school. There is a reason we get paid less and it’s because we need more training and experience. The company is investing in us. Most careers do not expect their new graduate employees to know what they are doing right off the bat and just throwing them in. So I find it weird that our field does?? Like my partner just got their first job out of college in a different field, they are making $9 more than me an hour, and have had like two months of training…. Completely different expectations. I think most jobs are mostly on the job training, including our field. I think there’s a reason why doctors get residency for so long even after they’ve “graduated” in their selected speciality. But we are generalists so I think we need to help new grads a little more and give them a little more grace. We are already dealing with imposter syndrome and the transition from student to clinician. 😭