Check out Heather Huhman’s article “How to Prepare for Your First Day of Work” on examiner.com today. I think this is a great topic. Heather’s article presents a wide range of advice given by some great career coaches and bloggers you should definitely check out!
Notice my slightly contraversial piece of advice on this topic:
3. Go shopping. “Please make sure you know the dress code and are dressed accordingly. My biggest pet peeve in my first job was seeing girls who looked like they were ready for a night at the club rather than a day in the office. Ladies, watch your cleavage and thongs please. Gentlemen, Abercrombie shirts may not cut it anymore,” said Nicole Crimaldi, founder of Executive Vision, Inc.
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If anyone can relate to where you're at in your career, it's Nicole Crimaldi: Nicole spent 5 years in corporate America, switched career paths, worked at a start-up, survived a layoff and is now self-employed. Nicole believes that career satisfaction is a huge part of overall happiness. Therefore, she started Ms. Career Girl to help other women get off the treadmill and onto a more fulfilling path.