This is normally worse when it comes to defining your career path. You will hear things like,even if you start out as a tea girl, take it seriously and you never know what doors could open for you as you serve those top officials with tea, that those top officials started from the bottom too!
When it comes to fresh university graduates, it's unheard of for a graduate to turn down a job even if it absolutely has nothing to do with what he studied or what he likes.
"It will help you build your career",they will say. "It's during these small jobs that you will meet someone influential and they will steer your career, plus it will be giving you some income for the time being" all these are statements l have heard not once,not twice, and,l bet you've heard them too.
I'm not saying that you should under-look jobs or that you have to launch your career from the roof and rather the foundation, all l say is be conscious enough and distinguish which foundation/bottom you are trying to build your career on.
How do you know this is the right bottom to start then?
Just like any career principled person,you will have to be true to yourself with what you want to build.
If you are looking to build your career in fashion,how will "starting at the bottom" as a tea girl in a Tech company help you further your fashion career? And don't give me that bullsh$t of "the manager could be a high-end shopper and their choice of style could influence your fashion career".
On the other hand,when we look at starting at the bottom as a tea girl in a fashion house, this could ultimately help jump start your fashion career!
All in all, especially to my fresh graduates, when they say "start from the bottom" know which bottom to start at or else you will forever be at the bottom.
And I can't sleep too so I came running to see what's up.
ReplyDeleteGirl, don't even get me started on family influence, once you're done studying for some reason family doesn't wanna see you at home no more, they be pushing you to do whatever job is available for as long as you're out of their sightðŸ˜
Girllll!! Once you're done studying, all of a sudden you are no longer part of the family!
DeleteAt times like this I even don't know what to say about career growth , because back in my country having passion the skills and the books only with out connections is like mopping a sea with a cloth rug ðŸ˜
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad that everything has now been reduced to "whom do you know"! Really sad!
DeleteLiz 😠at times you want to think that God gave up on us
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