The Three Stages of Socialization

The book emphasizes socialization is the way in which people learn the norm of society within their culture, which means how the society works. There are three stages of socialization: 1) anticipatory socialization, 2) organizational assimilation, and 3) organizational turning points.
1) Anticipatory socialization has two forms which are vocational and organizational. Vocational is the form that happens while growing up, they are the values and beliefs instilled in us from birth. My parents taught me to work hard and play hard, to be respectful to everyone, not to make judgements, etc. These are all examples of vocational forms of anticipatory socialization. The organizational form is specific towards your job and is what is learned from the internet and the interview process. I worked at a construction company doing secretarial work. When I interviewed, I learned this company is the middleman in construction and finds all the companies needed to work on a project. I learned that the company deals with many plans and bids, which I would be in charge of organizing. This was the type of work I would be doing and that is and example of the organizational form.
2) Organizational Assimilation is when an employee first arrives to their job and learns their roles and the typical behaviors of the staff. When I walked in for my first day at the construction company everyone was dressed nicely and I was dressed in my typical jeans, t-shirt, and sandals. I then realized I needed to dress up everyday, so on Friday I come in slacks and a nice shirt only to find out it is casual Friday. They find it comedic to do this to new employees. I learned about how the company work; it is a relatively small company. There are the partners in the company that deal with comadeering projects and smooth talking everyone over, then there are the project managers who are normally on site at the jobs or making sure that every company is on task. There are the partners secretaries that send out memos to companies for expected projects, and then there was me being a secretary to a secretary. I had to make copies, calls, file and organize. It was the typical secretary job.
3) Organizational turning points are points within your life or career that change your perception. They include career choices, job transfers, and your life's purpose. The only turning point I have experienced is figuring out what I want to do in life, public relations.