22/06/2021
Dambisa Moyo wrote
"Here are 7 pieces of career advice I wish I had received at the start of my career. Hopefully this will guide you through the uncertain, help you when you're stuck, and drive your career forward.
1️⃣ Help me, help you: Your manager will be interested in your career as much as you help them to build their own career
2️⃣ The ideal employee is T-shaped: They have in-depth expertise in a specific area combined with broad knowledge of how the company works and the business landscapes
3️⃣ Data creates clarity and trumps politics: Ground your views and arguments in data not in emotions or suppositions.
4️⃣ You are not entitled to feedback: Foster a positive environment for your clients, colleagues, and managers to give you honest every day
5️⃣ No doesn’t mean never, it means not now: Take rejection as a cue to transform yourself into a candidate they just can’t ignore
6️⃣ Manage your career for where you’re going, not where you are: Your attitude, dress code, and communication skills signal whether you’ll be a leader or a follower tomorrow
7️⃣ Connect to future growth: Ally yourself to progress - the industry you work in, in the company you work for, and the friends you keep
