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Career Advancement is Not Always an Upward Path

Eat Your Career

When most people think of career advancement, they imagine some kind of physical ladder, illustrating a straight upward path to the sky! However, the reality of career progression is often more complex and nuanced. Ultimately, you’re banking that the degree you earn will help position you for a higher-level role in the future.

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Announcing: Brazen Careerist Top 50 Places to Work | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Not that I have any reason to doubt you, but why does nearly every major investment/banking firm that got gobs of money in the bailout because they nearly collapsed under the weight of stupid investments make the list? Subscribe -- free! Brazen Careerist was the focal point of my presentation and you corresponded with one of my team members.

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We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

Penelope Trunk

Our bank account barely noticed. I will certainly make sure that my time and skills are valued, both in my pay and in my career development. So is prestige, career advancement, power, etc. The exceptions are nonpartisan government organizations like the OCC's bank examiners and the NTSB.

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Frugality is a career tool | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

And guess which industry my friends & I work in – yup banking. So yes frugality is a corporate virtue , a career virtue actually – it gives you the freedom to get up from your desk & walk away. Posted by kelley on February 2, 2010 at 4:11 pm | permalink | Reply It's all about the network, real or perceived.

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