WorkAdvice

From AlgerWiki

• who this is for

Getting the job:

• Your resume and what the career center doesn't know
  • college grads are functionally worthless; don't sell yourself on knowledge, but on work ethic and potential (subsumed)
  • don't even think you can negotiate (subsumed)
• interviewing tricks?
  • getting them to talk
  • getting intel from one interview for another
• choosing jobs?
  • don't apply/take jobs you don't want because you're desperate
  • working for free or in a related position to get the job you want
  • the most important thing is the people you're working with (esp. your boss), not the position or duties

What to learn before you leave school:

• Learn to write
• learn to listen
• learn basic computer skills
• make sure you know excel
• what you learned in college will only cover one year's worth of a job

On the job:

• the most important skills - people, communication, and managing relationships - have never been taught to you
• intelligence is malleable
• be professional
• don't ever date anyone at work
• how to work with your boss
• find a mentor
• health insurance
• take vacations - working all the time is not the key to being successful
• raises and promotions
• get involved in hiring

Living life:

• relocating to a new city (find a base, get a map, establish transportation, secure resource points)
• what you do when you get an apartment for the first time (toilet paper, lights)

• get enough sleep
• learn to deal with stress

• a filing system
• finances: budgeting, saving, 401(k)s, taxes(SEP), student loans, credit cards

• two gender roles everyone need to break: cars and cooking
• you don't need to sort your laundry

• visiting your parents: don't fall into old behaviors, don't live at home while visiting
• don't go back and live with your parents

Advancement:

• Becoming a manager
• Advancing without becoming a managers