3 Big Lies about Your First Job
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You just went five or six figures into a college degree to make photocopies. And your manager probably won’t even be happy with them.
Because the corporate entry level isn’t about what school you graduated from — even if it is UCLA — or what GPA you studied your way into, or even who you know. (Unless the CEO is your uncle.) No, this first job is really about paying dues and keeping your foot out of your mouth during meetings.
Here are a just a few of the biggest myths and misconceptions from Career Freshman CEO Michael Ball’s new book, You’re Too Smart For This: Beating the 100 Big Lies about Your First Job. For more lies, visit CareerFreshman.com (in the “For Newbies” section).