Comments on: Blind Ads and Meetings http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2006/07/blind-ads-and-meetings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blind-ads-and-meetings Just another Diggings site Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott Jag http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2006/07/blind-ads-and-meetings/#comment-1861 Scott Jag Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:14:49 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2006/07/24/blind-ads-and-meetings/#comment-1861 Great advice. Twenty years ago when I was a rookie auditor dissatisfied with my job, I responded to a call about becoming a "regional vice president" of an unnamed company. All I had to do was come to an airport hotel, room 538, for a meeting. Being young and stupid, the thought of "who would want an inexperienced 23 year old who is dumb enough to go to hotel for an interview to try and get a vp job" never occured to me. Of course, the "interview" was about selling some crappy life insurance for some company no longer in business. The lesson: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. As Steven Covey says, there is no short cut. As in nature, you must plant and nurture before you can harvest. The same thing is true for a career...you need to develop and nurture your career and if you work hard, do a great job, and focus on growing, you will reap the benefits. Great advice. Twenty years ago when I was a rookie auditor dissatisfied with my job, I responded to a call about becoming a “regional vice president” of an unnamed company. All I had to do was come to an airport hotel, room 538, for a meeting. Being young and stupid, the thought of “who would want an inexperienced 23 year old who is dumb enough to go to hotel for an interview to try and get a vp job” never occured to me. Of course, the “interview” was about selling some crappy life insurance for some company no longer in business.

The lesson: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. As Steven Covey says, there is no short cut. As in nature, you must plant and nurture before you can harvest. The same thing is true for a career…you need to develop and nurture your career and if you work hard, do a great job, and focus on growing, you will reap the benefits.

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