20120314 bad things at work
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11 Surprising Ways to Hurt Your Careerby Megan Malugani, Monster Contributing Writer
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While most career advice focuses on how to succeed, we can all learn valuable lessons by dissectingcareer failure as well Wor!place e"perts offer insights into some of the top ways wor!ers underminetheir own careers and #eopardi$e their career development
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1. Not Taking Your Education Seriously
)f you party too much in college and end up with a run*of*the*mill + -P%, you.ll be passed over forthe best entry*level #obs, says /ew Yor! City*based e"ecutive recruiter and coach 0rian rum of rum%ssociates /ot finishing your master.s degree is another way to hurt your career development goals,adds %nne %ngerman, a career coach with enver*based Career Matters
2. Not Having a lan
)n the current poor #ob mar!et, you may have defaulted into a career you aren.t cra$y about 2hat.s34, as long as you develop career plans to get where you want to be 52hin! of every #ob you ta!e asa stepping*stone to your ne"t #ob,6 rum advises
!. "ying
You.ll lose professional credibility in a hurry if you lie, from e"aggerating on your resume to getting
caught fibbing on 7aceboo! 5)f someone calls in sic! to wor! and then that evening posts a photo on7aceboo! of their e"tra day vacationing in Cabo San 8ucas, that.s a big problem,6 says corporateeti9uette specialist iane -ottsman of the Protocol School of 2e"as in San %ntonio
#. Sullying Your Re$utation on %ace&ook or T'itter
Social media can harm your reputation in other ways, too Personal posts and tweets from wor! **when you.re supposed to be doing your #ob ** can tag you as a slac!er %nd the content of your postsor tweets can come bac! to haunt you as well ** you never !now who might stumble upon thosebachelor*party photos 5You need to assume that every boss and potential employer !nows how to use7aceboo!, 2witter and MySpace, and post from the standpoint that everyone is watching even if inreality they.re not,6 -ottsman says
(. Not Res$ecting rofessional )oundaries
Sharing 2M) about your personal life with colleagues is unprofessional 5Your cowor!ers don.t want tohear about your fights with your husband,6 %ngerman says 3n the other hand, if you.re ultraprivateand wor! with a chatty group, #oin the conversations occasionally so cowor!ers don.t resent you
*. +ossi$ing, Slandering, E-cessively ritici/ing
)f you publicly bash fellow employees, the boss, the board of directors or even your competitors, you.llbe perceived as negative at best and a troublema!er at worst 2he ramifications can be broad andlong term, -ottsman says 5)ndustries are tight,6 she says 5You don.t want to be the one who startedthat rumor about the head of your industry6 %s far as bad*mouthing competitors ** what if yourcompany merges with a competitor, or you want to wor! for one someday:
0. arrying on an na$$ro$riate Relationsi$ 'it Your )oss
% romantic entanglement with a boss can do real damage to your ability to collaborate with peers;When you get involved in a drama or in something unethical that can be brought out in the open,you<re as!ing for trouble,; -ottsman says =ven getting too chummy with a boss can cause #ealousy>as well as other potential problems? When it comes to your boss, !eeping things professional is
always the wiser choice
3. Not ontrolling Your 4lcool ntake or "i&ido
-etting drun! at the office party or on a business trip damages your credibility itto a romantic,ahem, 5indiscretion6 that your colleagues !now about
5. 6o&7Ho$$ing 6ust for te Money
&ob*hopping ** in moderation ** may not automatically dis9ualify you from a position 50ut it gets to
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the point ** li!e if you have seven or eight #obs by the time you.re @ ** that employers are not goingto want to invest in you,6 rum says %lso, if you have leadership aspirations, !eep in mind that thetop dogs of many large corporations have been with those organi$ations for long periods, he says%dditionally, many companies have 5last in, first out6 layoff policies, which could leave you out of a #obif you never stic! around long enough to build tenure anywhere
18. "osing Touc 'it References
You.ll !ic! yourself later if you leave a #ob without collecting personal contact information fromcolleagues who can serve as professional references for you in the future 5)f you were forced to leavea #ob and you can.t as! your boss for a reference, hopefully you.ve built up some rapport with acolleague and can as! them,6 %ngerman says
11. "eaving a 6o& on )ad Terms
on.t become a lame duc! when you.ve got one foot out the door, rum says 52he employer only
remembers about the last five minutes you were there,6 he says -ive proper notice and don.t leave amess behind %nd by all means, do not ma!e a huge dramatic production of it when you 9uit,complete with cursing, slandering and throwing things, -ottsman advises 5)t.s very difficult to getanother #ob when you.ve left destruction in your wa!e,6 she says
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