SOC 201 Chapter 10: Chapter 10.15
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The first step is to make a career choice, that is, to decide what you want to be when you grow up. The second step, called anticipatory socialization, involves learning about and even playing at a work role before entering it. Young children may play at storekeeping or teaching. Adolescents may join the future farmers of america to gain experience in agricultural jobs. High school and college students may do volunteer work, undertake internships, or research a particular sort of job. These activities constitute a rehearsal for the future in that they allow an individual to begin to identify with a work role and learn something about its expectations and rewards. Finally, the individual finds employment and begins to learn the reality of the job. This final stage can involve some difficult moments because workers generally find that no job is all that it"s cracked up to be.
