CHAPTER 3

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Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Welcome to the workforce. Your employer proposed. You accepted. You got married, enjoyed the honeymoon, and are ready to get down to work. You may have previously moved in together with an internship program in college, but now it’s the real deal.

At first, the workplace can look like a variation of the game of Achieve and Advance. That’s understandable, particularly for vocational-related majors since the whole point was to advance from student to employee status as quickly as possible. You’ll meet with the hiring manager, most likely not your first time together. You may even get the American dreamwork ...

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