So You Got the Job, But It’s Not What You Expected… What Now?

This week, Contributing Editor Liza Bilal shares her advice on navigating new work environments and expectations.

Last month for the BRICKS Learner Platform (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre), we delved into the demoralising reality of job hunting in the creative industry, and how to deal with the constant rejection. For most of us trying to find our feet in such an exclusive sector, closed doors and ghosted emails are an unfortunate part of the process. But let’s say you finally made it through the maze, survived the endless applications, and landed a role. It should be time to celebrate – and maybe you did, briefly – but now you're here and the job is not giving what it’s supposed to. What do you do now?

This month for the Learner Platform, we’re going to talk about what to do when you finally land a job, but it isn’t quite what you expected. Maybe it feels a bit flat, maybe it’s wildly different from the job description, or maybe it’s just not sparking that creative fire in you. Here are my top 5 tips for making sense of the situation without letting it knock your confidence.