College graduates have had at least 17 years of teachers telling them if they are right or wrong on an assignment. One of the real differences in a career is that you no longer have someone checking your work. While your boss will review your work, the assumption is that your work is accurate.
So how do you check your own work? Here are some general guidelines that would be helpful.
- Independently verify the information you receive from at least two different sources. One of the mistakes that many young graduates make is to accept information they obtain without challenging it if it is really valid.
- Think about your approach. Does it make sense? Is there any other way you could approach the situation?
- Once you have developed your approach, review it with someone who has experience. What you don’t want to do is to ask the person how to approach the assignment given to you, but instead react to your plan.
- Do a double check on every step in your approach.
- Conduct a sensitivity analysis on your solution. A sensitivity analysis essentially explores how the answer would change should there be a change in one of the inputs you used.
- Ask yourself: “does the answer seem reasonable?” You should generally have an idea of what is reasonable.
- Test out your solution informally on others. Get their thoughts on whether the solution seems reasonable.
The one big difference between college and career in checking your work is that you will have more time to review your own work. But time alone won’t help unless you are very conscientious about what you are doing. Carelessness can doom a career..
Wanafunzi wa chuo kikuu wamekuwa na walimu kwa miaka 17 wakisema kama wanafanya kazi sahihi au makosa. Tofauti kubwa ya kazi ni kwamba hakuna mtu anayekagua kazi yako. Msimamizi wako atakagua kazi yako, lakini anaamini kwamba kazi yako ni sahihi. Kwa hiyo unakaguaje kazi yako mwenyewe? Hapa kuna miongozo ya jumla ambayo ingekuwa yenye kusaidia. - Chunguza habari unayopokea kutoka angalau vyanzo viwili tofauti. Moja ya makosa ambayo wahitimu wengi vijana hufanya ni kukubali habari wanayoipata bila kuitilia shaka ikiwa ni sahihi kweli. - Fikiria kuhusu njia yako ya kufanya hivyo. Je, hilo lina maana? Je, kuna njia nyingine unayoweza kutumia kukabiliana na hali hiyo? - Mara tu unapokuwa umebuni mbinu yako, jaribu na mtu mwenye uzoefu. Kile ambacho hutaki kufanya ni kumwuliza mtu jinsi ya kukaribia mgawo uliopewa wewe, lakini badala yake uitikie mpango wako. - Fanya ukaguzi mara mbili juu ya kila hatua katika mbinu yako. - Fanya uchambuzi wa unyeti juu ya ufumbuzi wako. Uchambuzi wa unyeti kimsingi inachunguza jinsi jibu ingebadilika kama kutakuwa na mabadiliko katika moja ya pembejeo ulizotumia. - Jiulize: <unk>Je, jibu hilo linaonekana kuwa lenye kusadikisha?<unk> Kwa ujumla unapaswa kuwa na wazo la kile kilicho na kusadikisha. - jaribu suluhisho lako kwa njia isiyo rasmi kwa wengine. Waulize maoni yao kuhusu ikiwa suluhisho hilo linaonekana kuwa lenye kusadikisha. Tofauti kubwa kati ya kazi ya chuo kikuu na kazi ya kazi ni kwamba unaweza kuwa na muda zaidi wa kuchunguza kazi yako. Lakini wakati peke yake haitasaidia isipokuwa wewe ni dhamiri sana kuhusu kile unachofanya. Ukosefu wa uangalifu waweza kuharibu kazi-maisha..