Single best piece of career advice you ever received?
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Anonymous
| Please share the single best piece of career advice you ever received. |
Anonymous
| Be yourself in interviews. You don’t want to work with people who don’t like the real you. |
Anonymous
| Go for more money vs a title. Titles can be given out like candy. Money is quite the opposite. |
Anonymous
| "to you, this is just a job/shift. To them, it's their life". It has been a grounding piece of advice when dealing with difficult patients. It seems very simple, but when you're dealing with 20 things at once, it is easy to want to rush through questions or talking to someone. It easy to feel annoyed over what you feel like is their 100th "needy" request. But then i tell myself that and it makes me slow down. |
Anonymous
| This is a timely thread. My youngest daughter is entering the career field in 2021, as she plans to graduate in December. She told me she wishes she had more real-world advice. I’m thinking I’ll buy her the parachute book, but I’m open to recommendations for more contemporary/helpful books to get her started. She doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. |
Anonymous
| An interview isn’t all about why they should pick you. It’s also about why you want them. Do your homework and be prepared to speak about that. |
Anonymous
| It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich [person] as a poor [person]. This is not advice I followed but in retrospect, wish I had. |
Anonymous
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From my father:
- never get into a pissing contest with a skunk, they'll outstink you every time. - it would be great to work for a normal company, unfortunately, there is no such thing - most things in life are a game. You have to laugh, and be able to laugh at yourself or you'll go crazy |
Anonymous
Not necessarily. As I have heard it: - when you marry for money, you earn every penny - marrying money is a full time job Back in the college days, briefly dated a classmate whose father was very well off from C-level executive recruting. Marrying here would have meant playing golf with her dad at his country club every saturday, doubles tennis with her brother and his wife, etc. Plus I looked her up recently and she gained 70 pounds. |
Anonymous
| Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. |
Anonymous
| Marry rich, get an ironclad prenup |
Anonymous
I have heard this for years but the truth is sometimes you can overdress for your role and just look ridiculous. Better to step up your dress and look polished. |
Anonymous
| wait, there are multiple posters whose best "career" advice is to marry rich? WTF? |
Anonymous
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Don't be loyal to the company, they will not be loyal to you
Old boys club is not a myth Perception matters Work hard: this will not get you promoted Learn a skill others don't have, don't share that knowledge Don't outshine your master Keep a critical mind People do not say what they mean, or mean what they say Keep your private life private |
Anonymous
| Don't be a person who doesn't know what they don't know. Always assume there's more to know or learn. |