Comments on: Your Job Is a Game: Make Your Opponents External

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:29:07 +0000

I agree that you should work hard and stay away from the politics. However, others may be jealous of you and may start a mud-slinging campaign against you so they can be promoted and not you. Therefore, in order to protect yourself from “bad politics”, I suggest you make healthy alliances within your organization right from the beginning of your career. Introduce yourself to others and offer to help them.

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By: Jahid

Jahid — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:21:51 +0000

The people who have the most employment stability have very similar profiles. These people join “teams” rather than get jobs. When they are looking for a new job, it is usually because the owner of the company retired, or due to some other factor beyond their control. When they are hired, it is almost like their presence alone brings positivity to the organization they are joining. I have seen the résumés of people who have joined one company after another that failed. I’ve hired people like this and it’s almost as if they’ve brought a cancer to our company. They are negative and polarizing. I wonder sometimes if extremely negative people inside a corporation can actually cause that company to fail.

By: vshamu

vshamu — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:26:27 +0000

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By: Roma

Roma — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:48:41 +0000

yes, I agree,
and if you realize that the team is “not right for you”, – NEWER FOLLOW THE TEAM, AND DO NOT BE A PART OF THIS GAME,

look for another team until you find the right one, and than TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TEAM PLAY THE GAME AGAINST EXTERNAL COMPETITION

By: Shaheenul

Shaheenul — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:40:43 +0000

I actually don’t think much of a exception between what I do and what an entry-level person might do on a typical day. This may in part, reflect our non-hierarchical approach to organization. But I’m sure it also reflects the simple fact that we all pitch in on whatever we’re doing – we need to as our resources are, as everywhere, stretched pretty tight. But, whether entry level or not, we all do much pretty much the same types of work (I just seem to attend more meetings). But more on that in moment.

There is no typical day; our schedules vary depending on the time of year and student needs. Yes, I know that’s an unsatisfactory answer – but, nevertheless, an accurate one. A “typical” day for me might include 2 to 4 individual one-hour counseling appointments with masters or PhD students; a stint (usually 2 hours) handling walk-in appointments (10 to 15 minute meetings with students that do not require an appointment – usually to discuss a draft resume/CV or for interview prep); preparing or delivering a skills-based workshop or hosting a faculty, industry, or alumni panel; the usual administrative work and, of course, responding to e-mail. Somewhere in there, we have to make time for learning about new careers or job market developments, planning, employer and faculty outreach, and the organizational work that comes with larger scale or more complicated events such as career fairs. Right now we’re spending a good deal of time on planning and coordinating programming for the fall semester – and on preparing workshops. Where I might focus more on planning and outreach (to potential employers and faculty/alumni), a more entry-level person might concentrate more on counseling and workshop development and delivery. But there are no hard and fast rules.

By: Chirag

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