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Traveling for your job: survival tipsMark Cathcart, Senior Distinguished Engineer,Executive Director, Software Group, Dell Inc.Fellow of the British Computer Society, CITP
February, 2013
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Where the hell is Matt?
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Agenda• Travelling for your job
• How to handle personal issues professionally
• Thinking about and preparing for mid-career and long-term career prospects
• The joys and expectations of working in a large company
MAKE SURE CHANGE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS FOR YOU, NOT TO YOU!
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Travel, but not for too long. Don’t kid yourself it’s glamorous.
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TAKE CHARGE
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Travel Programs
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Expenses• Where there is travel
There are receiptsReceipts = lost money
• Corporate credit cards
• “Find the raincoat”
DON’T GIVE THEM A REASON TO FIRE YOU!
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How to handle personal issues professionally
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Thinking about and preparing for mid-career and long-term career prospects
Build your career as a pyramid• Not as a ladder
You need to have a base of experience• It’s a much more stable structure
Taking lateral moves• It involves getting out of your comfort zone
Carol Bartz, President, CEO Yahoo! Inc.
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The joys and expectations of working in a large company
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