You need to make sure that people outside your group know you, and have a generally favorable impression of you. Of course you have to do a good job within your department, on the work and task that you have been assigned by your manager.  But this is a mere condition of continued employment.  It [...]

Not everything worth doing is worth doing well.  This is a quote you probably won’t hear from your teachers or professors.  But it’s true.  And you need to understand it if you are going to advance your career. In school, there is a direct relationship to the effort you put in (studying, reading, taking good [...]

If you think your job and position is secure, you really need to think again.  Those days are long gone. The world of business is one where relatively long periods of stability are interrupted by short periods of upheaval.  The upheavals can come from many sources, often from forces external to your company, and beyond [...]

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