http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2012/08/28/why-your-first-job-out-of-college-doesnt-matter-but-the-first-team-you-work-with-does/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-your-first-job-out-of-college-doesnt-matter-but-the-first-team-you-work-with-does Personal development meets professional aspiration Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2012/08/28/why-your-first-job-out-of-college-doesnt-matter-but-the-first-team-you-work-with-does/comment-page-1/#comment-31348 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:43:28 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=8444#comment-31348 I think this article should be read as a personal experience and not advice to anyone. For starters this article is huglely generalized to say that teamwork will be learned at your first job. Many people learn teamwork before they even enter a job, or much after college maybe their second or third job. What concerns me most to people who read this post is that your team will not matter when you are putting a reference on your resume for your next job. Form a strong relationship with your manager or whoever will vouch for you moving forward. They will have a strong word for you when your next employer calls. This doesn’t imply “not be a team player” no matter where you work being a team player is so important, but don’t get lost in the team. I think the lesson of this article is to always learn from your surroundings and the personal interactions of business in general; Wherever you learn these skills they can be carried forward in life and usefully applied to other situations. However, this will happen naturally to even a moderately intelligent person, so an article doesn’t need to be written about it for more understanding to be applied.

]]> http://blog.brazencareerist.com/2012/08/28/why-your-first-job-out-of-college-doesnt-matter-but-the-first-team-you-work-with-does/comment-page-1/#comment-31347 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:31:42 +0000 http://blog.brazencareerist.com/?p=8444#comment-31347 I think this article should be read as a personal experience and not advice to anyone. For starters this article is huglely generalized to say that teamwork will be learned at your first job. Many people learn teamwork before they even enter a job, or much after college maybe their second or third job. Next, what concerns me most to people who read this post is that your team will not matter when you are going to put a reference on your resume for your next job. Form a strong relationship with your Manager or whoever will vouch for you moving forward, because that’s the only person that matters. They will have a strong word for you when your next employer calls. This doesn’t imply “not be a team player” no matter where you work being a team player is so important, but don’t get lost in the team. The goal is to get your foot in the door and be smart enough to rub the right person the right way.

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