28 Truths On Jobs And Careers
A conversation on jobs and careers in Kenya with some friends this weekend led to this list forming in my head. Feel free to add your own in the comments section1.The career you think you’re going to have? This is not the career you’re going to end up with. The job you went to college for? That’s not the job you’re going to end up with.
2.You will spend a good portion of your work day with nothing to do.
3.Meetings almost never solve anything and never end on time.
4.Trusting co-workers can be bad for your career.
5.You’re probably way, way over educated for the job you’re in.
6.There are plenty more important things in life than your career or even job.
7.Some workplaces function EXACTLY like high school.
8.Learning to look busy is a valuable survival skill.
9.You’re unlikely to ever meet a happy accountant.
10.No one really takes the time to adequately train you. All new employees are inadequately trained.
11.The mistakes you make are sometimes more valuable than the things you did exactly right.
12.When your career is the only good thing you’ve got going in your life, it’s time to reassess your life.
13.That temporary job you settled for… is it really temporary if you’re still in it after all this time?
14.Turf wars and office politics exist in every office, no matter how small.
15.Be nice to the administrative assistants, secretaries, and office messengers; they are the key to everything because they keep the world turning.
16.It’s rare that your colleagues are actually smarter than you; it’s all confidence.
17.For every 100 job application only one employer will bother to send a regret letter.
18.Your boss is a human being too.
19.No one will believe in you more than you.
20And if you don’t believe in you, you’re not going anywhere.
21.Office gossip can be positively deadly.
22.Lunch – try to never skip it. You do not earn points for working through it and it helps you stay sane.
23.It IS possible to one day wake up and realize you hate your dream job.
24.The car you drive to work or the clothes you wear are important. Office workers put a lot of value judgments on fellow workers vehicles and dressing style.
25.Timing, like location, is literally EVERYTHING.
26.Networking is not just a buzzword: it’s the most valuable thing you can do for your career.
27.Take the lowest paying job with the best job description and title, rather than the best paying job with the worst job title.
28.Sometimes it’s who you know, NOT what you know.
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